Blake Perkins homered twice and William Contreras had five hits, including his third homer in two games, as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 16-9 on Friday.

Andrew Vaughn had a home run among his three hits and Andruw Monasterio had four hits for Milwaukee, which pounded out 25 hits and has won four of five.

Jose Quintana (8-4) pitched five innings, giving up two runs on six hits. He fanned four and walked a pair.

Paul DeJong homered and CJ Abrams had three hits for the Nationals, who lost their third straight despite delivering 15 hits of their own.

Washington’s Mitchell Parker (7-11) gave up eight runs on 12 hits in four innings.

Outfielder Brandon Lockridge, acquired from the San Diego Padres on Thursday, occupied the leadoff slot and went 2-for-6 in his

See Full Page