Thames smacks 6th April HR in return to lineup

Thames' mammoth two-run HR MILWAUKEE -- There's something about Eric Thames in April. Especially when he gets to swing the bat against the Cincinnati Reds.

Returning from a minor groin injury to face his favorite opponent, Thames put the Brewers on the board in the sixth inning Tuesday with a two-run home run. The shot off Cincinnati's Sal Romano broke a scoreless tie and awakened Milwaukee's slumbering offense at Miller Park.

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It was Thames' sixth home run on top of the 11 he hit last April, when the left-handed slugger returned to the U.S. on a three-year deal with the Brewers following three huge seasons in South Korea. Of his 17 April homers and counting over the…