The Brewers spent some time this past week concentrating on individual achievement and celebrated Wednesday as Ryan Braun clubbed his 252nd career homer to pass Robin Yount for first place on the franchise’s all-time list.
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Shane Peterson, back in center field, made a terrific play in the first inning, diving to snare a liner in the gap by Bryce Harper and throwing to third in time to get Jayson Werth, who tagged up when he saw Peterson go to the ground. Starter Joe Ross came up big with six hits and a solo bomb served up through seven innings of work.
“I would like to say that you can’t have a bad debut no matter how you play”, Turner said.
The home run with Ramos on second was the “09 Nationals” sixth-round pick’s 29th hit in 81 at bats with runners in scoring position this season (.358 AVG). “That was a heck of a play and then to get the runner tagging up made it even better”. CF Denard Span (back tightness) played nine innings Saturday night with Double-A Harrisburg in his fifth rehab outing, going 2 for 4 with a walk and three runs scored. 256 with two home runs in 14 major league games for Houston this year.
Davis, who had three homers during a recent homestand, had a sacrifice fly to center to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead.
The Milwaukee Brewers called up outfielder Domingo Santana from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Friday.
Kyle Lohse picked up his first save.
Manager Craig Counsell is going with a four-man starting rotation consisting of Wily Peralta, Jimmy Nelson, Taylor Jungmann and Matt Garza for the near future because the team’s several off days allow them to get away with having just four starters. He’ll face Wisconsin native Jordan Zimmermann (9-8, 3.44).
It was the first homer Jungmann had allowed in eight starts, and it set the tone for a frustrating night.
Ross (4-5), 0-2 with a 9.35 ERA in his two previous starts, gave up six hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter in defeating Milwaukee for the second time. Washington lost six of seven to NL West contenders San Francisco and the Los Angeles Dodgers before picking things up with two straight wins to start the series at Colorado. Garza is coming off of a 6-2 loss to Miami with five runs given up on eight hits in five frames.
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The Brewers have an off-day Monday before opening at two-game series against the Cleveland Indians Tuesday at Progressive Field.
