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Brewers 8, Marlins 4: Tonight's Turning Points

1) Gorkys Hernandez's two-run homer in the fifth inning: -.273 WPA

The Brewers were carrying a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning when Gorkys Hernandez took Shaun Marcum deep for the first homer of his career and drove home Donnie Murphy to give the Marlins a 4-3 advantage.

2) Norichika Aoki's seventh inning double: +.237 WPA

Aoki's second extra base hit of the game was a big one, as he doubled to left center and drove home Nyjer Morgan to tie the game at four and give the Brewers new life.

3) Ryan Braun's RBI single in the seventh: +.202 WPA

The Brewers' shortest hit of the night was also one of their biggest as Ryan Braun's dribbler down the third base line was enough to get him to first and bring home Norichika Aoki with the go-ahead run.

4) Norichika Aoki's two-run homer in the second inning: +.187 WPA

There were two outs in the second inning when Shaun Marcum singled to right and Norichika Aoki brought him home with this home run.

5) Jeff Bianchi's three run homer in the eighth inning: +.172 WPA

Jeff Bianchi's cold start as a Brewer has to be close to forgotten now after his third home run, which plated three insurance runs in the eighth inning.

The next five:

6) Giancarlo Stanton's fourth inning home run: -.125 WPA
7) Ryan Braun's first inning RBI double: +.121 WPA
8) Donnie Murphy's second inning RBI single: -.091 WPA
9) Donnie Murphy's fifth inning single: -.057 WPA

10) Francisco Rodriguez strikes out Bryan Petersen in the seventh inning: +.047 WPA


Source: FanGraphs