Guerra got through 8.2 innings, striking out five and walking just the one.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates look for consistency after splitting their last 12 games.
LHP Steven Brault was optioned back to Triple-A.
Whether or not Jonathan Lucroy is still a Brewer Monday remains to be seen, but Milwaukee fans showed the catcher their appreciation Sunday. Jonathan Villar leads Milwaukee with 110 hits, Ryan Braun has 46 RBI and Jonathan Lucroy has 13 home runs. Lucroy said Sunday, July 31, 2016, he was not going to go into the details behind his decision, but the long term is more important than the short term for him and his family. “I caught it and where he was, it was like, I just got to brace myself”.
The Pirates are 7-2 in their last 9 during game 2 of a series and 4-0 in Taillons last 4 starts.
“There wasn’t a clean inning out there”, Hurdle said. “However he made pitches”. “I feel very blessed and fortunate that I am even getting another chance to play this game”, Vogelsong said. He allowed one run on five hits over six innings July 19 against the Brewers.
Gregory Polanco and McCutchen then hit into fielder’s choices before Starling Marte chased Guerra with a single up the middle that hit off the second-base umpire. Jeremy Jeffress, pitching for a fourth consecutive game, got his fourth straight save – his 27th of the season.
“I actually played him coming up with the Tigers in Double-A and Triple-A”, Taillon said about Perez’s time with Detroit.
“I thought the fans deserved that”. C Francisco Cervelli was back in the starting lineup after being helped off the field in the eighth inning of Friday night’s game. He tacked on an RBI single in the seventh inning to extend the Brewers’ lead. Recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday, Brault kept Pittsburgh in the game. Matt Garza pitched five innings and allowed one earned run. Vogelsong has been out since May 24 with facial fractures.
Hernan Perez was notified right before the game that he would take Ryan Braun’s place in the batting order.
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Counsell visited the mound after Guerra walked John Jaso to put two on with nobody out in the ninth. “Just a little bit tight; waiting for it to loosen up”, Braun said.
