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Yelich slugs Tigers, pushes Brewers into first-place tie

Milwaukee — The eighth-largest crowd in Miller Park history came to party.

The N.L. Central-leading Cubs lost earlier in the day, so if the Brewers beat the Tigers Saturday night, they would move into a share of first place going into the final day of the regular season. The place was electric.

And the Tigers weren’t giving anything away.

The game was tied at 5 when Christian Yelich came to the plate against Tigers lefty Daniel Stumpf in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Go back to the bottom of the sixth.

Stumpf, who hadn’t allowed an earned run in his last 14 appearances, was summoned with the go-ahead run at second base.