Brewers trip Phillies, close in on NL Central title

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William Contreras doubled home two runs and Aaron Civale allowed one run over five-plus innings to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Monday in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders.

Milwaukee's magic number to clinch the National League Central dropped to two. The Brewers (87-63) remained 10 games in fro