The Brewers took game one of a four-game set in Cincinnati on Friday night, winning 5-4 in an 11-inning thriller.
Milwaukee struck first, as Christian Yelich led the inning off with a single before Joey Wiemer hit a two-out, two-run homer to deep left to make it 2-0.
Cincinnati immediately got one back using some small ball in the bottom half of the inning, as Jake Fraley walked, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on a fielder’s choice to cut the lead to 2-1.
After Darin Ruf left the game in the bottom of the third with a right knee contusion after colliding with the tarp on the first base side, Burnes gave up a two-out, two-run homer to Jonathan India to make it 3-2 Reds entering the fourth.