Erick Aybar homered and Nick Markakis had an RBI single in the Atlanta sixth. Freddie Freeman doubled and scored to cut the deficit to three.Aybar finished with three hits on the day, falling a triple short of the cycle.Pina broke the game open with a bases-loaded double in the sixth, Perez added an RBI single in the seventh and Arcia drove in another with an RBI triple in the eighth.NOTES: Milwaukee C Manny Pina got the start and spelled Martin Maldonado, who had gone the distance in seven of nine games – including a pair of extra-inning affairs – since Jonathan Lucroy was traded to Texas on August 1.
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The Brewers scored in each inning for the first time in franchise history.
Atlanta Braves’ Jeff Francoeur has his bat fly out of his hands during an at bat against the Milwaukee Brewers during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Milwaukee. “It was a fairly decently located down and away pitch”.
Freddie Freeman is closing in on a new career high for homers.
“I then looked up (at the scoreboard) and was like, ‘Oh yeah, we did score in every inning, ‘” Carter said.
Pina broke the game open with a bases-loaded double in the sixth, Perez added an RBI single in the seventh and Arcia drove in another with an RBI triple in the eighth.
Chase Anderson (7-10) allowed two runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings to win his third straight decision.
“I’ve been say for a while that I’ve just been waiting for my stuff to come back”, Garza said. “It is refreshing. It is a spot I’ve worked real hard to get back to”. “We’ve struggled the last couple games scoring runs and have lost a couple of close ones”.
Nearly fittingly, the “star” of the day for Atlanta was Erick Aybar, who finished the day with three hits, including a home run and a double.
After scoring eight runs in the first three games of the series, the Brewers wound up with 14 hits. Elsewhere, both Brandon Cunniff (1.1 IP, 3 ER, 3 hits, 3 BB) and Madison Younginer (1.2 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB) were wildly ineffective in the middle innings, with Eric O’Flaherty also allowing a run in his only inning of work.
Braves starter Joel De La Cruz left after getting hit in the right knee by Orlando Arcia’s two-out grounder in the fourth. Then I thought he really got better as he went on.
Brewers: OF Domingo Santana (right elbow soreness) will play his third rehab game with Class-A Wisconsin on Thursday in Beloit.
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Braves: RHP Mike Foltynewicz (5-5, 4.37 ERA) will face Washington for the first time in his career Friday. After posting a 2.88 ERA in his first 11 starts, Nelson is 1-8 with a 5.40 ERA in his last 12.
