Carter’s home run Friday was his 17th of the season at Miller Park, giving him the most by any player in his home ballpark this season.
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“We come in here, what did we get, six runs?” Too many soft outs throughout the series. Matt Garza pitched five innings and allowed one earned run.
Broxton, a former Pirates minor-leaguer acquired in the offseason, gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the second with his second home run.
“I kind of came out over-aggressive, I think is how to explain the first four innings especially”, Brault said. He allowed one run on five hits over six innings July 19 against the Brewers.
Hernan Perez hit a two-run homer, singled and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth, Zach Davies pitched 6 1/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Thursday.
“Fastball command was really solid”, Hurdle said.
Milwaukee has won eight straight home games against the Pirates and kept two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy on the bench as the Brewers considered trade possibilities. Brewers manager Craig Counsell hopes to have Braun back Saturday. “They were guys we haven’t counted on heavily this year, but they did a great job”. Anderson is 0-1 with a 5.89 ERA and 15 strikeouts in his career against the Pirates. Only seven active left-handed pitchers have more strikeouts than Liriano. His other outing was July 5 and since returning to Triple-A Indianapolis, he turned in consecutive scoreless six-inning outings.
Left-hander Steven Brault was optioned back to Triple-A.
Lucroy, who made his major league debut with Milwaukee in 2010, batted in the eighth. Vogelsong has been out since May 24 with facial fractures. He is 4-1 with a 1.47 ERA over his last seven starts. “When I got into trouble, then it hit me a little bit, but overall I reacted well”, Brault said after the game. Cervelli was unable to put much weight on the foot as he was helped to the dugout.NOTES: Brewers LF Ryan Braun was not in the starting lineup for the second straight game because of tightness in his right side.
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He held the Cubs to just one unearned run over 6 1/3 innings in his last start, dropping his season ERA to 2.85. Cole allowed one run over nine innings in a 10-1 win over Seattle on July 27. Hours after trading Mark Melancon to the Washington Nationals for a pair of left-handed hurlers, the Pirates offense was quiet and the bullpen was rocked in a 5-3 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.
