MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers don’t always hit home runs, but they can still beat you.

That doesn’t surprise old friend Willy Adames.

“I feel like they run a lot and they put themselves in scoring position every time,” said Adames, the Giants shortstop whose 87 home runs during his three full seasons with the Brewers from 2022-24 before he took his power to San Francisco led the team by a wide margin. “If you do that, it doesn’t matter if you hit home runs or not.”

Adames smacked a pair of solo homers in his old stomping grounds -- the first on the first pitch he saw after a sellout crowd of 41,716 welcomed him back with a standing ovation -- but the Brewers walked off with a 5-4 win at American Family Field on Friday by pitching, playing highlight reel defense and fighting until they were

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