ATLANTA – Blake Perkins was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and the Milwaukee Brewers had 16 hits in an 8-5 victory over the slumping Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.

Joey Ortiz went 3 for 5 with a double, two RBIs and a run to help the NL Central-leading Brewers beat the Braves for the second straight game to open the series.

Gary Sánchez was 2 for 5 with two runs and an RBI. Jackson Chourio and Rhys Hoskins had three hits each as the Brewers had 24 baserunners.

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The Braves have lost four straight and have dropped into the NL’s third wild-card slot after leading the wild-card race for much of the season.

Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta (7-6) allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings. Nick Mears, Joel Payamps, Jared Koenig and Devin Williams each pitched an inning of relief.

Atlanta’s Chris Sale lasted 4 2/3 innings, giving up three runs (two earned), nine hits and two walks. He also struck out 10, giving him 85 career double-digit strikeout games to pass Steve Carlton for eighth place on the career list.

Pierce Johnson (4-4) was the loser.

Austin Riley was 2 for 3 with a home run, two runs and three RBIs for the Braves. His 428-foot blast to left field scored Whit Merrifield in the fifth inning. Orlando Arcia was 2 for 4 and extended his on-base streak to a career-high 19 games. Jared Kelenic hit his 13th home run in the ninth inning.

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Perkins broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth with a two-run single to center field that knocked in William Contreras and Willy Adames. Earlier in the inning, Sánchez hit a single to right field that scored Chourio and tied it. The Brewers tacked on two insurance runs in the eighth.

Braves manager Brian Snitker was ejected in the fifth inning for arguing balls and strikes with plate umpire Brian Walsh. It was the first ejection of the season for any member of the Braves.

Rejoice Minnesota Vikings fans living in enemy territory.

Apparently, Milwaukee is part of Minnesota. This, according to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham.

“If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well — especially Milwaukee — it’s changed,” she said during her program on Wednesday. “It has never recovered from 2020 and it is not the same place. And Tim Walz was empathizing with all the DEI initiatives that were swirling about.”

Ingraham and her panel were discussing positions of diversity, equity and inclusion that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz holds. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, picked Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. During his time as governor, the murder of George Floyd and subsequent riots happened in Minneapolis.

What followed was a national racial and social justice movement that emphasized diversity, equity and inclusion. Many organizations, both public and private, adopted initiatives or policy changes that they believe helps bring about more diversity, racial equity and inclusion.

Republicans view the initiatives as a way to spark more division and hate. Fox News is politically a right-wing network and is also the most watched network in all of television in weekday primetime, according to Nielsen.

Ingraham’s remark caught the attention of many on social media. Here are some reactions:

A new documentary about the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers — to date, still the only Brewers team to play in a World Series — will have its big-screen debut exclusively at 12 Marcus Theatres in Wisconsin in September, Deadline.com reported Wednesday.

According to the entertainment industry news site, “Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers” will debut Sept. 13. According to Marcus Theatres, the movie will be shown at the Hillside, Majestic, Menomonee Falls, North Shore, Ridge and South Shore cinemas in the Milwaukee area; Bay Park, Oshkosh and Valley Grand cinemas in the Green Bay/Fox Valley area; Point Cinema in Madison; Renaissance Cinema in Sturtevant; and Sheboygan Cinema in Sheboygan.

“We are thrilled that we’re able to share this compelling, emotional and just plain amazing story with Brewers fans in Wisconsin, and especially grateful to our partners at Marcus Theatres for letting fans see the triumph and heartbreak of the magical ’82 season play out on the big screen,” “Just a Bit Outside” producer Kelly Kahl told Deadline.

“Just a Bit Outside” recounts the story of that improbable Brewers season, when after a sub-.500 start the team fired manager Buck Rodgers, replaced him with hitting coach Harvey Kuenn, and the veteran-laden team started to take off. Battling injuries, the team won the American League East title on the final day of the season, then came back to win the AL Championship Series and go to the World Series to face the St. Louis Cardinals.

Among those interviewed for the documentary, according to Deadline, are Brewers stars Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Ted Simmons, Gorman Thomas, Rollie Fingers, Ben Oglivie, Jim Gantner, Cecil Cooper and Pete Vuckovich, as well as then-owner Bud Selig and Hall of Fame announcer Bob Uecker.

The documentary also explores Milwaukee’s love affair with the ’82 Brewers, including spontaneous parades celebrating the team when they won — and when they lost.

“The story is about the love affair between a down-on-its-luck blue-collar city, and a perfectly matched blue-collar team … one that continues to this day, 40 years later,” the movie’s official website says.

Kahl and producer-director Sean Hanish are both Wisconsin natives. Kahl, former president of CBS Entertainment, was born in Burlington and is a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum. Hanish grew up in Brookfield and studied film at UW-Madison.

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