Willy Adames went 4-for-4 with four RBIs to help the host Milwaukee Brewers avoid a sweep with a 9-3 win against the Washington Nationals on Sunday.Brewers relief pitcher Colin Rea (9-3), who stepped in for opener Rob Zastryzny in the second, went 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and fanning seven.Washington starter Jake Irvin (7-8) allowed seven runs (six earned) on nine hits through four innings.With Brice Turang on, Adames made it 9-3 in the eighth with a two-out home run to left-center field.After the Nationals cut into the lead in the top of the fourth, the Brewers extended their lead in the bottom half.A walk to Jackson Chourio opened the inning and Garrett Mitchell followed with a two-run shot 420 feet to center to push it to 6-2.William Contreras and Christian Yelich each drew a one-out walk in consecutive at-bats. Adames drove in Contreras for a 7-2 lead with a single to right.Limited to two hits over the next three innings, C.J. Abrams led off the eighth for Washington with a triple and scored when James Wood singled, cutting it to 7-3.Washington had earlier narrowed it to 4-2 when Lane Thomas, who hit a lead-off single, scored on a Juan Yepez single.In the third, Contreras belted a one-out home run to center field to put Milwaukee ahead 2-1. After Yelich grounded out, Adames and Sal Frelick each singled. The pair scored when Joey Ortiz singled to right field, for a 4-1 advantage.The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the first. Yelich knocked a two-out double and Adames followed with a ground-rule double to right-center field, bringing in Yelich.The Nationals tied it in the second. Yepez, the first batter to face Rea, drew a walk, stole second, and then scored on Ildemaro Vargas' two-out single.Zastryzny was perfect through 1 1/3 innings, with one strikeout.Yepez went 2-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.
