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Turang

Turang smacked a one-out single in the third inning and scored on an RBI knock off the bat of Jake Bauers. He then delivered a two-run single as part of the Brewers’ four-run uprising in the top half of the 11th inning. The 26-year-old second baseman has been terrific for the Brewers and fantasy managers this season, slashing .263/.361/.451 with 12 homers, 51 RBI and 13 stolen bases over his first 374 plate appearances.

The Brewers lineup struggled to get much going against Braves’ starter Martín Pérez. Turang plated the only run against him with an infield single in the third and nearly tied this game up in the ninth with another base knock before Eli White threw out Jackson Chourio at home plate. Nevertheless, Turang has had an excellent season at the plate with a .264 batting average, .842 OPS, 11 home runs, and 12 stolen bases through 69 games so far this season.

Turang’s batting average has been tumbling, but he has four homers this month and 11 for the year. He’s on pace for 25, which would top his 2025 breakthrough by seven. He totaled 13 over 292 games in his first two years before hitting 18 last season.

If you’re going to get an occasional day off, doing so against Phillies’ left-hander Cristopher Sanchez isn’t a bad idea. Fellow left-handed hitters Christian Yelich, Jake Bauers and Sal Frelick are also on the pine for the Brewers in this one. Turang is having a strong season at the dish, slashing .261/.378/.457 with 10 homers, 42 RBI, 53 runs scored and 12 stolen bases through his first 296 plate appearances.

Turang put the Brewers on the board early, taking Zach Agnos deep for a solo homer in the first inning. He later went yard again, extended the lead with his second solo blast in the eighth off TJ Shook. The two home runs give Turang nine on the season while slashing .282/.405/.486 with 50 runs scored, 37 RBI, and 11 steals across 266 plate appearances.

After a stellar April, Turang came in at .231/.355/.363 with three homers and two steals last month. Tonight might be an indication that his June will be better. His triple was hit 396 feet to center and took a long carom off the wall. He had busted it out of the box, there’s a chance he could have had an inside-the-parker.

Turang’s big blast was a Wrigley Field-only homer into the basket in left-center. That’s where he’s been hitting them, though; none of Turang’s seven homers this year have gone down either line. This was the second to left-center, with the other five all going to center. The 26-year-old has been one of the NL’s best players while hitting .292/.413/.497. He’s tied for third in the majors with 39 runs scored and tied for 30th with 29 RBI.

Turang’s first career walkoff homer came off David Bednar with the game one out away from going to extras. He has six homers this year, so he’s on pace to top last year’s total of 18. After improving his slugging percentage from .300 as a rookie to .349 as a sophomore to .435 last year, he’s all of the way up to .511 right now.

Turang is back at second base and hitting third following a one-game absence over the weekend due to illness. The 26-year-old has been outstanding this season, slashing .291/.428/.491 with 27 runs scored, four homers, 20 RBI and seven steals across 30 games. He’s walked 27 times and his .428 on-base percentage is tops in the entire National League. He should see a boost in the counting stats departments with superstar Jackson Chourio finally back after missing nearly six weeks with a hand injury to open the season.

He said it’s a “wait and see.” The Brewers had David Hamilton at second and Joey Ortiz at short today with Turang out.