Guerra hit Chase Utley with a pitch to put a runner on with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. Seager nearly made him pay for it, but his drive to deep center was caught at the warning track. Chris Hatcher struck out Keon Broxton in the sixth and erased a one-out single by inducing an inning-ending double play.
Thompson led off the bottom of the sixth with a ground-rule double and came around to score on Kendrick’s base hit to center. Broxton bobbled the ball, which allowed Kendrick to move into scoring position. Will Smith then replaced Guerra and he too gave up an RBI single to center.
Broxton again misplayed the ball, allowing Pederson to advance to second base. Pederson took third on a wild pitch and scored on Justin Turner’s sacrifice fly, however it wasn’t without some unnecessary drama.
Grandal, who drew a walk prior to Turner’s at-bat, was thrown out at second base on his inexplicable attempt to also tag. It was ruled Pederson scored prior to Grandal being thrown out, and the call was upheld after review, sending the game to the seventh inning tied at 6-6.
Grandal and Turner had a heated exchange in the dugout between innings in the seventh, and had to be separated by Gonzalez and Kendrick. Turner walked out of the dugout and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was seen talking to Grandal.
Pedro Baez working a second inning backfired as he gave up a go-ahead two-run home run to Villar in the ninth. Turner and pinch-hitter A.J. Ellis combined for back-to-back singles with two outs. Jeremy Jeffress then hit Utley with a pitch to load the bases.
The Dodgers caught a bad break on the play as it was essentially a wild pitch, but because it hit Utley, Turner had to return to third base. With the tying run at second base, Clayton Kershaw pinch-ran for Ellis.
Jeffress worked his way out of the jam by striking out Seager on three pitches to convert the save in Milwaukee’s 8-6 victory.
