The 6-5 loss lengthened the Sox’ losing streak to a season-high five games, leaving the beleaguered club with a 27-31 record as it heads to Atlanta for a three-game weekend series.

The favored Brewers have -154 moneyline odds to win against the underdog Red Sox, who are listed at +129.

The ninth-inning rally was set in motion when Christian Yelich fought off a 100-mile-per-hour sinker on the hands to cue an opposite-field, leadoff double down the left-field line to open the ninth.