MILWAUKEE -- The season won¡¯t stop while the Brewers figure out how to piece together a pitching rotation. And if they are going to play, it appears they are intent on continuing to find a way to win.

Willy Adames delivered an RBI single in the 10th to extend the game for rookie third baseman Joey Ortiz¡¯s walk-off single in the 11th, capping a four-RBI night that began with Ortiz¡¯s first Major League home run and giving the Brewers a hard-fought, 7-6 win over the Yankees at American Family Field on Friday night.

The victory pushed Milwaukee¡¯s record to 17-8, which is second-best in the National League. Not too bad, considering a baseball fan outside the state of Wisconsin might not be able to name a healthy Brewers starting pitcher beyond Freddy Peralta.

¡°Like Murph preached in Spring Training,¡± said injured Brewers starter Wade Miley, referring to Milwaukee's first-year manager, Pat Murphy, ¡°there¡¯s an opportunity for somebody to step up and make a name for yourself ... That¡¯s the cool part about the game. It¡¯s going to keep flowing.¡±

Brandon Woodruff was already lost for the year and now Miley is, too. Jakob Junis is back on his feet after a scare at PNC Park earlier this week, but his shoulder is still an issue and the Brewers are mulling bringing him back as a reliever. It¡¯s not out of the realm of possibility to think the same could happen to left-hander DL Hall once he recovers from an MCL injury in his knee; Hall was electric in relief last year for the Orioles before struggling this year as a Brewers starter.

With all of those starters sidelined, it¡¯s Peralta and Colin Rea -- who surrendered three Yankees homers Friday but still covered six innings and kept the Brewers in a ballgame that was tied from the sixth inning until a see-saw 10th -- leading a group that also includes Joe Ross coming off two years lost to Tommy John surgery, Bryse Wilson just ramping up as a starter after beginning the season in the bullpen and Tobias Myers coming off his Major League debut.

It might be enough to test the manager¡¯s sunny disposition, if not for his team¡¯s knack for finding a way to win.

¡°There¡¯s a limit to depth,¡± Murphy said. ¡°We¡¯ve lost so many guys this year -- by my count, that¡¯s nine of our top 16 pitchers are out. We¡¯re having to fill in with guys who we had no idea were going to be in the big leagues. That¡¯s a challenge, but at the same time it¡¯s a great opportunity.¡±

It¡¯s not just the rotation injuries. When Garrett Mitchell fractured his finger at the end of Spring Training, it paused Sal Frelick¡¯s third base experiment and opened time at that position for Ortiz, whose first Major League home run was a game-tying, two-run shot in the second inning off Yankees starter Luis Gil.

Ortiz later added a tying sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and his first career walk-off hit in the 11th off Yankees reliever Michael Tonkin. It made a winner of another of the Brewers¡¯ beneficiaries of opportunity, left-hander Jared Koenig, who limited the damage to one run in the 10th inning before denying the Yankees in the 11th.

¡°The more pitching you see and the better acquainted you get, the more comfortable you get,¡± said Ortiz. ¡°It was just nice to feel comfortable today.¡±

The mainstay for the NL Central-leading Brewers has been the hard-worked bullpen, which limited New York to one unearned run over the game¡¯s final five innings without having to use some of the team¡¯s key, high-leverage arms. Abner Uribe, Trevor Megill and Joel Payamps all rested.

¡°Our bullpen has been magnificent for us,¡± Murphy said. ¡°They¡¯ve overachieved. It isn¡¯t conventional how we¡¯re doing it, but it¡¯s what we have to do to win tonight.¡±

He added, ¡°Will we pay the price down the road? I guess we¡¯ll see.¡±

About that: In spite of their immediate need for starting pitchers, the Brewers might bring Junis back in relief if they decide it¡¯s best for his health and production. It also would mean getting a good arm back to the mound more quickly.

¡°You can¡¯t rush him back, but if you bring Junis back and he¡¯s comfortable with a two-inning, two-and-a-half-inning role, and you¡¯ve got four, five of those guys, maybe we can get creative and they can help us get through the game,¡± Murphy said. ¡°It might not look conventional to you guys, but we get through and nobody is worse off for it.¡±

So far, the unconventional formula has worked.