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Andrés Muñoz walked four batters in the ninth inning to bring home the winning run in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

After the Mariners scored twice in the top of the inning to tie it, Muñoz (0-1) opened the bottom half by walking Sal Frelick, Jake Bauers and Brice Turang to load the bases.

After Jackson Chourio struck out looking, William Contreras walked on a 3-1 pitch that was ruled just off the outside corner to score Frelick. Muñoz had never walked more than two batters in a game before Friday.

“They earned it because they took the close pitches, and we didn’t get any calls,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said.

“Very uncharacteristic of Muney. Muney usually goes in and fills up the strike zone, both with the slider and the fastball. Just wasn’t able to do it.”

It was the first time since June 2016 that the Mariners had lost a game on a walk-off walk.

During that winning rally, the Brewers took many pitchers that were right around the corners and got ruled as balls.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy praised plate umpire Derek Thomas afterward while noting his strike zone was tighter than most.

You have a young umpire who was very good tonight — very good — very tight,” Murphy said. “He was more tight than other umpires.

Some of the young guys have that, where they’re calling it you know, like, nothing on the corner.

I thought he did a really good job. Muñoz was close but not there. Very frustrating I’m sure for the other team, but credit to our guys for having good at bats.”

 

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