Chourio and Patrick lead the Brewers to an 8-2 win over the Reds

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio homered twice and matched a career high with five RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 on Sunday.

Chad Patrick (1-0) allowed one run and two hits over 5 1/3 innings for his first major league win. Since starting the season 0-4, the Brewers have won five of six.

Spencer Steer went deep for the Reds, who have dropped five of six.

Chourio hit a sacrifice fly in the third to open the scoring, and Christian Yelich had an RBI single. Chourio then capped a five-run fourth with a three-run homer that made it 7-0.

He added a solo shot in the seventh.

Brice Turang had two hits to extend his hitting streak to nine games and Sal Frelick’s strong start to the season continued when he singled and scored in the fourth.

The offensive support made life easy for Patrick, who struck out four in his second big league start. The only run he gave up came when Steer led off the fifth with his first home run of the season.

Cincinnati added another in the eighth on an RBI single from TJ Friedl.

Reds starter Carson Spiers (0-2) permitted four runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings. He was replaced by Sam Moll, who served up Chourio’s three-run homer to left field.

Patrick had faced just one batter more than the minimum before issuing back-to-back walks with two outs in the fourth. But he got Christian Encarnacion-Strand to chase a 2-2 fastball to end the threat, preserving the Brewers’ 2-0 lead.

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 2 for 16 with no extra-base hits and five strikeouts in the four-game series.

Cincinnati opens a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday night with RHP Hunter Greene (0-1, 2.25 ERA) on the mound.

The Brewers get their first day off of the season Monday before RHP Freddy Peralta (0-1, 2.08) faces LHP Kyle Freeland (0-1, 2.13) and the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night at Coors Field.

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Cincinnati Reds' Carson Spiers pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Cincinnati Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand reacts after striking out during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona walks to the mound to make a pitching change during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Cincinnati Reds' Gavin Lux reacts after being hit by a pickoff throw at first base during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Abner Uribe gestures as he walks to the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Cincinnati Reds' Sam Moll reacts after giving up a three-run home run to Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Chad Patrick pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Chad Patrick pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio, right, celebrates with Joey Ortiz, left, after a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio (11) rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio hits a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio hits a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania's main opposition party faces exclusion from general elections set for October after its leader was charged with treason last week.

The CHADEMA party on Saturday boycotted an event for all parties to sign a code of ethics, violating a legal requirement for parties to participate in polls, Ramadhani Kailima, a director with the Independent National Electoral Commission, told reporters.

“Any party that did not come today will not be given the opportunity tomorrow,” Kailima said. “Therefore, if there is a party that has not submitted its declaration, it will not participate in this year’s 2025 elections or in any other by-election that may arise within the five-year period.”

Tundu Lissu, the leader of CHADEMA, was charged with treason on Thursday following his arrest at a public rally in which he called for electoral reforms ahead of elections. The opposition leader was forced into a police vehicle late Wednesday following a speech at a rally in the southern town of Mbinga, which is more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital.

Tanzania will elect the president and members of parliament in the October elections.

The opposition in Tanzania has been calling for electoral reforms to ensure the upcoming vote is free and fair. In statement Saturday, CHADEMA said it opposed elections without “fundamental electoral reforms.”

Human rights activists have accused the government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan of heavy-handed tactics against the opposition. The government denies the claims.

In 2017, three years before the last election, Lissu survived an assassination attempt after being shot 16 times. His party has been critical of laws that favor the ruling CCM party, which has been in power since Tanzania’s independence in 1961.

FILE - Exiled Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu gives an interview to The Associated Press in Tienen, Belgium on Friday, March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)