Brewers 11, Orioles 5: Rhys Hoskins, Jake Bauers homer as the red-hot offense ties a franchise record

BALTIMORE – The season is hardly two weeks old, yet the Milwaukee Brewers seem to already be taking on the approach of their manager, Pat Murphy.

They're easygoing yet tough. They wear opponents down. They preach mental discipline and cohesiveness.

And, at least so far, they win baseball games.

Box score:Brewers 11, Orioles 5

As the Brewers rolled to an 11-5 comeback win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, they displayed the very identity Murphy wants to see.

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The Brewers don't have a cast of household names, and even many of their most recognizable ones are injured. They don't have proven contributors up and down the roster. And yet, piece by piece, one game after the other they continue to stack solid performances early in the season and now own the National League's best record at 10-3.

How committed are the Brewers and Murphy to their identity this year?

Following Saturday's win –   one in which the Brewers tied a franchise record for most consecutive games scoring at least seven runs – Murphy put a Baltimore-based reporter on the spot, asking him if he knew the team's starting pitchers. He couldn’t achieve the task — and, from an outsider’s perspective, who can blame him?

The Brewers don't have the big names. They have Joe Ross and Colin Rea starting games. Bryan Hudson and JB Bukauskas are pitching late in close games. Oliver Dunn and Blake Perkins are starting in the field.

That’s just how Murphy likes it.

"The world doesn’t know who our stars are," Murphy said. "The world doesn’t know who our lineup is. Who’s (Oliver) Dunn? Who are these guys? It’s a joy to be around that. They’re kind of vibing together and it’s kind of cool. Just let it be. But we’ve got a ton of work to do. You can’t coast uphill."

After trailing, 4-1, early on Saturday, Milwaukee stormed back on the shoulders of a complete effort from the entire batting order.

Rhys Hoskins and William Contreras tied the game on separate occasions with singles, Jake Bauers blasted a go-ahead three-run home run and doubles by Sal Frelick and Willy Adames late put the game out of reach.

The Brewers have scored at least seven runs in six consecutive games and have 58 runs total during that span.

"It’s awesome," Frelick said of the offense. "It’s so contagious. One through nine you see guys getting hits early. It’s really contagious. Everybody is fighting at the bat rack right now trying to get to the box. It’s a good feeling being on the offensive instead of the other way around."'

Double trouble pads the Brewers' lead

The Brewers went three whole innings without scoring – something they had only done once since Monday – before deciding that was enough of that in the eighth.

They started off by taking advantage of reliever Yohan Ramirez's wildness as Joey Ortiz walked and Contreras was hit by a pitch with one out. Frelick and Adames then followed with doubles off Mike Baumann as soon as he entered the game to push Milwaukee's lead to 11-5.

Elvis Peguero provides solid bridge relief after tough day for DL Hall

Brewers starter DL Hall only lasted 3 ⅓ innings before being removed. He allowed five runs on eight hits while walking one and hitting another batter.

Elvis Peguero took over in relief and helped settle the game down in the middle innings, recording five outs without allowing a run. Peguero's work got the Brewers to the sixth inning still ahead, 8-5.

Hall continues to lack his trademark fastball velocity. The pitch, which typically has sat in the upper 90 mph range in his career, was a big reason the Brewers targeted him in the deal for Corbin Burnes this off-season, but was around 91-93 mph again Saturday.

"It’s definitely not where I want it to be," Hall said. "That’s something that’s kind of due to the starter load and slowly coming back. It’s definitely a bit tougher pitching without my normal fastball that I’m used to. It’s a different style of pitching. It’s pretty mentally tough on me to not have that since I’ve leaned on it for so long now."

Hall's command has to be sharp in place of the fastball velocity, and it wasn't against his former team.

"I think today is the perfect example of that," Hall said. "When I am 92, 93 like I am right now, you can’t miss over the middle of the plate. Those pitches I missed over the middle of the plate today, it's a really good hitting team and they’ll make you pay for it. You got a little more room for error when you’re in the upper 90s."

Jake Bauers' first homer as a Brewer is a big one

With two outs and two on in the top of the fourth, Bauers sure picked a good time to go deep for the first time with Milwaukee. He lofted a ball high into the Baltimore breeze toward right-center off Orioles starter Dean Kremer and it carried out for a three-run blast.

The Brewers took an 8-5 they wouldn't relinquish.

"Anytime you start a season, there's always a weird schedule with a lot of off days, we had some rain. It’s tough to get into a rhythm," said Bauers, who came into the day batting .154. "The last couple of days I’ve been working through some things and it’s good to put a good swing on a ball. Hopefully we keep that rolling."

Adley Rutschman took DL Hall deep

Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman led off the bottom of the third with his first home run of the season, taking a 91.8 mph heater from Hall and sending it over the 410-foot marker in straightaway center to put Baltimore on top, 5-4.

The Orioles would later load the bases with one out in the inning but Hall got Colton Cowser to pop up on the infield and James McCann to ground out to avoid any further damage.

Brewers tie the game at 4-4 in the third

A parade of balls in play and some good luck helped the Brewers to tie the game in the top of the fourth. Contreras opened the inning by reaching on an error by Orioles second baseman Jorge Mateo, then Adames and Frelick blooped in singles to load the bases.

After Bauers' RBI groundout, Hoskins lined a single to left that scored both Frelick and Adames to tie the game when Austin Hays misplayed the hop.

Brewers draw within 3-1 on Rhys Hoskins' blast

Two batters after Adames was robbed of a home run by the absurdly deep left-field fence at Camden Yards, Hoskins cleared it for his third home run of the season. Hoskins reached the first row in left with a 409-foot wallscraper.

Adames' fly out traveled 385 feet and would have been a homer in all 29 other stadiums.

3-0, Orioles: DL Hall struggling against former team

Pitching for the first against the team that drafted and developed him, Hall started the game off with a flyout and strikeout before falling behind Ryan Mountcastle in the count, 3-1. Hall then tried to sneak a changeup in for a strike but Mountcastle crushed it out to left field for a solo home run.

Hall followed that up by hitting Anthony Santander on an 0-2 curveball before giving up a two-run homer to Jordan Westburg on a 2-2 pitch.

"It’s definitely the location. Look at the balls that were hit hard," Murphy said. "They were over the middle. This is a tremendous offensive team also. They’ve proven that.

"... I look at this as a great game to learn from. Our guys believe in DL and they scored a bunch of runs for him because they know he’s young and want to back him."

Brewers schedule

Brewers at Orioles, 12:35 p.m. Sunday. Milwaukee RHP Colin Rea vs. Baltimore RHP Corbin Burnes. Broadcast:  TV – Bally Sports Wisconsin. Radio – 620-AM.

Brewers vs. Padres, 6:40 p.m. Monday. Milwaukee RHP Joe Ross vs. San Diego TBA. Broadcast:  TV – Bally Sports Wisconsin. Radio – 620-AM.

Brewers vs. Padres, 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. Milwaukee LHP Wade Miley vs. San Diego TBA. Broadcast:  TV – Bally Sports Wisconsin. Radio – 620-AM.