Hill hits game-winning double in 11th, Tigers beat Brewers

DETROIT (AP) — Derek Hill hit a leadoff RBI double in the 11th inning, giving the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 win over Milwaukee on Tuesday night and snapping the Brewers' five-game win streak.

After the game, Hill had to try to explain to his teammates why he had slid into second base as Victor Reyes was trotting home with the winning run.

“It was just instinct,” Hill said. “I'm trying to give the guys in the clubhouse a better story, but I forgot the game was over and kept going.”

The Brewers loaded the bases with one out against Bryan Garcia (2-1) in the 11th before Christian Yelich grounded into an inning-ending double play.

“We weren't very good offensively,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said after his team finished with four singles in 11 innings.

In the bottom of the inning, Hill fell behind 0-2 while trying to bunt Victor Reyes to third, then lined Hunter Strickland's next pitch into right-center for the game-winning hit.

“I told Derek that if he didn't get the bunt down, he should swing away with two strikes,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “We just needed to find a way to get a run.”

The Tigers had a good chance in the ninth inning. Brewers closer Josh Hader walked Jonathan Schoop, Robbie Grossman and Miguel Cabrera to load the bases with one out, and then struck out Jeimer Candelario and Eric Haase to force extra innings.

“That's why Josh is a great pitcher,” Counsell said. “He didn't have his best stuff and he got into trouble, but he fixed things and put up a zero when we needed one.”

The game started as a pitching duel between Wily Peralta and Freddy Peralta. They each put up six scoreless innings in less than 90 minutes. Detroit’s Alex Lange was coming out of the bullpen to pitch the seventh when the game...

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