ATLANTA - The Milwaukee Brewers are playing so well, they're not even fazed by a four-run deficit after the first inning.
Willy Adames, Eduardo Escobar and Avisaíl García hit home runs Friday night as the Brewers rallied, overcoming Corbin Burnes' worst start of the season to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-5.
Escobar, acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks two days earlier, went deep in the ninth of his debut with the Brewers. García had three hits, including a three-run homer, as the National League Central Division leaders earned their fourth consecutive win.
Milwaukee is 9-3 since the All-Star break and has a seven-game lead over the Cincinnati Reds in the standings.
"Everything is going together for us," García said. "Pitching, defense and hitting. I think it's important. That's how you win games. We are a team. Everybody has to contribute, and that's what we're doing."
Burnes gave up a season-high five runs on nine hits and two walks in four-plus innings. He allowed four runs in the first inning, matching his high total of runs allowed in a game this season.
"I just didn't really find that rhythm really early on," Burnes said.
Austin Riley hit a two-run homer, only the fourth allowed by Burnes this season, to highlight the big opening inning. Riley has homered in four straight games and has seven homers in his past eight games to push his season total to 23.
The Brewers' bats had Burnes' back, though.
"He's an All-Star pitcher," García said. "Sometimes that happens. You just want to come back for him."
The Brewers rallied with four runs in the third against Touki Toussaint (1-2) and four more in the fourth.
García's three-run homer tied the game in the third. After Kolten Wong's double to right field drove in Jackie Bradley Jr. in the fourth to give the Brewers a 5-4 lead, Adames' two-run shot knocked Toussaint out of the game.
Burnes' National League-leading 2.12 ERA entering the game rose to 2.46. He gave up five hits, including run-scoring singles to Freddie Freeman and Stephen Vogt in the first.
Atlanta's big inning was a positive reaction to the Braves' extremely busy trade deadline day. General manager Alex Anthopoulos acquired outfielders Adam Duvall, Eddie Rosario and Jorge Soler as well as relief pitcher Richard Rodriguez in four trades.
Duvall, reunited with the team he spent the past three years with before signing a one-year deal with the Miami Marlins in the offseason, arrived in time to start in left field and batted fifth in the lineup. Duvall's run-scoring single in the fifth drove in Freeman, who walked, to knock Burnes out of the game.
The other newcomers are expected Saturday. The Braves began the day four games behind the first-place New York Mets in the NL East, where Atlanta is the three-time reigning champion.
Brad Boxberger (4-2) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Burnes.
Toussaint allowed seven runs in 3 1/3 innings after giving up a combined two runs in his first two starts of the season.
"It's just the command wasn't as good," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "The previous two he's thrown a lot of strikes. The fastball was leaking today. Just not as sharp."
Escobar started at third base and made a strong play for an inning-ending double play in the fifth, when he took a strong throw from Bradley in center field. Escobar could play a new position, first base, as soon as Saturday night. He told manager Craig Counsell he will play wherever he is needed.
"Wherever you need me, I'll be there for you," Escobar said. "Most important to me is to play every day."
Counsell said he plans to play Escobar at first against left-handers.
"We'll have to see how that goes," Counsell said. "The more he does it, the better he'll get at it."