PITTSBURGH (AP) — Caleb Durbin and Brice Turang hit back-to-back doubles in the eighth inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers top the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Sunday.

Durbin sent a sweeper from Ryan Borucki (1-2) to the track in left field, driving in two and tying it at 5. Turang brought him home with a ball down the line in left.

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Jared Koenig (3-1) got the win despite allowing two runs in 1 2/3 innings. Trevor Megill struck out two in the ninth while recording his ninth save.

Adam Frazier drove in three runs for Pittsburgh, including two on a two-out double that put the Pirates ahead 5-3 in the seventh. He hit an RBI single in the sixth before Tommy Pham tied it at 3 on a single to left.

The Brewers scored three off Bailey Falter in the first before Oneil Cruz cut it to 3-1 with a massive drive in the third.

Cruz’s team-leading 11th homer had a 122.9 mph exit velocity for the hardest-hit ball since Statcast began tracking in 2015. He sent a fastball from Logan Henderson 432 feet into the Allegheny River past the Clemente Wall in right for his third homer in three games.

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Henderson, a 23-year-old rookie who won his first three starts in the majors, struck out six in five innings.

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Durbin fouled off the first five pitches before hitting his tying double in the eighth.

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Cruz already had the record for the hardest-hit ball on a 122.4 mph single on Aug. 24, 2022. Giancarlo Stanton had the hardest-hit homer at 121.7 mph while with Miami on Aug. 9, 2017.

Up next

Brewers: RHP Chad Patrick (2-4, 3.23 ERA) takes the mound on Monday against Boston. LHP Garrett Crochet (4-3, 1.98 ERA) starts for the Red Sox.

Pirates: LHP Andrew Heaney (3-3, 2.91 ERA) starts on Monday in the opener of a three-game series in Arizona. RHP Ryne Nelson (1-1, 4.60 ERA) gets the ball for the Diamondbacks.

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MILWAUKEE — A community cookout took place Saturday afternoon at Clarke Square Park in response to recent immigration enforcement activity reported in Milwaukee’s South Side neighborhoods.

Organizers with Comité Sin Fronteras referred to the event as a “Steak Out,” aimed at bringing people together during what they describe as a period of heightened fear among undocumented residents.

“People have told us they’re afraid to go to work or school or drive,” Fernanda Jimenez-Hauch said.

Jimenez-Hauch, a DACA recipient and founder of Comité Sin Fronteras, said a hotline with her organization received about 30 reports of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in the past month.

“There was a case where we saw ICE in this neighborhood,” Jimenez-Hauch recalled. “Just this Thursday, a man was separated from his family and detained by ICE after dropping off his daughter at school.”

The incidents come after multiple high-profile ICE arrests earlier this year, including at the Milwaukee County Courthouse that led to federal charges against a county judge.

“And that’s why we’ve been bringing these events to neighborhoods like Clark Square Park. So that people know that we cannot live in fear and we should not let them let us live in fear,” Jimenez-Hauch said.

Comité Sin Fronteras organized the cookout with support from Milwaukee Diaper Mission, UMOS, Oak Leaf Familia Bicycle Club, Party for Socialism and Liberation, MKE Alliance, and Voces de la Frontera.

Organizers provided free meals and mutual aid resources to offer community support and visibility.

Eva Mucka, an undocumented healthcare worker and organizer, said she has lived in the U.S. for 20 years without a change in status.

“I’ve grown up here 20 years and my status has not changed. I don’t know if it will ever and I can’t wait for politicians to decide what happens to me,” Mucka said. “We have the means to provide solutions for what’s going on.”

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The group said the cookout is part of a broader effort to organize community gatherings and trainings through their rapid defense network.

“A lot of people said they needed this. Things like this have given them relief that there’s people out there fighting and protecting our communities,” Jimenez-Hauch said.

Comité Sin Fronteras plans to hold similar events in Racine and other parts of southeastern Wisconsin.

TMJ4 reached out to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chicago Field Office to see how many people have been detained in Wisconsin so far this year but didn’t immediately hear back.

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CUDAHY — It took just about five years for a local start-up to go from $0 to a projected $22 million. The company has already begun expanding across the country and is eyeing new locations overseas.

Atomix Logistics is an e-commerce fulfillment company based in Cudahy. It started in Milwaukee, but then needed more warehouse space, so it moved to a location near the airport.

The e-commerce fulfillment company helps brands move products and get them to consumers with a unique approach that combines top-tier technology with strong customer support.

“We wanted to build technology that was at parity with technology leaders, and then we also wanted to provide very customized solutions and very hands-on support,” said Austin Kreinz, CEO of Atomix Logistics.

Kreinz saw a gap in the market and figured his idea could be a disruptor. They noticed businesses typically offered either good technology with poor customer support or strong customer relations with outdated tech. Atomix Logistics fits in the middle.

Since its founding in 2020, Atomix has grown from one employee to approximately 70 and is expanding rapidly. In 2023, it moved from Milwaukee to its current 60,000 square foot Cudahy warehouse. However, Atomix is already beginning to outgrow that space.

“We opened a facility in Salt Lake City last year, and this year we’re going to most likely double our footprint here in Milwaukee, and we’re looking at Atlanta to open our third facility as well,” Kreinz said.

With their eyes on expansion, Kreinz holds onto Atomix’s Milwaukee roots. He’s proud to have built a company where he grew up.

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“We really want to create a tech ecosystem and thriving business environment here, and we love it. And we wouldn’t build the company anywhere else,” Kreinz said.

It’s fast growth for a young company. So that means come major shipping seasons — a.k.a. the holiday season — it’s all hands on deck. Everyone is helping ship and package orders.

“For Q4, we come out here and we’re picking orders, we’re packing them, and I get to use the app. And I’m the slowest picker because I’m taking notes the whole time,” said Andrew Webber, CTO of Atomix Logistics.

Webber is a student of the game. He gets his hands on the product he created, so he knows exactly what clients experience. Webber and the Atomix team actually invite customers to experience the fulfillment process firsthand.

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“Knowing that they can pop in here with our open-door policy and pick a few orders themselves, or watch the fulfillment process go,” Webber said.

This transparent approach appears to be working well for the company, which has plans to expand to Atlanta, establish operations overseas, and license its software to other shipping facilities.

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