MILWAUKEE -- Gerardo Parra hit a tying home run in the seventh inning and Scooter Gennett punched a go-ahead single over third base in the eighth to lead the Brewers to their fourth straight series-opening win, a 6-5 triumph over the Nationals on Thursday night at Miller Park despite three hits from Washington leadoff man Denard Span.
It was Gennett's first game back in the Majors following a three-week demotion to Triple-A. He was hitless in his first three at-bats before grounding an opposite-field single with two outs in the eighth against Washington reliever Aaron Barrett, whose wild pitch on strike three to Aramis Ramirez leading off the inning put the Brewers in business.