A Brewers visit to Yankee Stadium has become a rarity since Milwaukee moved to the National League in 1998 — before Friday, they had played just one three-game series here, in 2011.

But even before their move to the N.L., the Brewers had not won a game in the Bronx since September 1996, a 10-game skid.

This year’s version of the Brewers, however, are leading the National League Central, ahead of the defending champion Chicago Cubs, thanks to the hitting prowess of outfielders Domingo Santana and Ryan Braun, and third baseman Travis Shaw.

On Friday night, it was Jesus Aguilar emerging as the catalyst for the visitors, producing a seventh-inning grand slam — his second homer of the night — off reliever Tyler Clippard that broke a 4-4 tie. The Brewers went on to win, 9-4, in a contest that was delayed 51 minutes by rain in the fourth inning.