The game started with a home run by Gerardo Parra off right-hander Michael Lorenzen and the Brewers never stopped hitting.
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It’s the Brewers’ longest winning streak overall since they won nine in a row from April 4-13 of last season.
Marco Estrada (6-4) improved to 5-1 in his last seven starts. “I don’t think he’s going to miss much time”, manager Craig Counsell said. I could have done better with my pitch selection. “I was happy for it”. But he struggled on Friday night for Cincinnati (36-42), allowing three earned runs and five hits over his 90 pitches in four innings.
Jorge De La Rosa (6-3) had six strikeouts to surpass 1,000 (1,005) for his career.
Jungmann retired the first 12 batters he faced before Jay Bruce led off the fifth with a double into the right-field corner. Masset walked Mikael Franco, loading the bases, and Howard’s fly ball to right field off left-hander Dana Eveland scored Herrera. Francisco Rodriguez, Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza have also been mentioned in rumors, with Jonathan Lucroy, Jean Segura and Carlos Gomez considered unlikely to be traded.
You could nearly equate Gomez to being the J.R. Smith of baseball, as you love to hate him but can’t help admiring his skill at times. The Brewers already were leading 5-0 in the seventh when Gomez crushed a 1-0 pitch from right-hander Carlos Contreras for his first career grand slam.
Milwaukee 1B Adam Lind’s run-scoring single in the fifth inning on Sunday gave him at least one RBI in nine consecutive games, tying the franchise record.
Cain drew a leadoff walk against Twins reliever Blaine Boyer (2-4) to start the ninth after Ervin Santana had almost shut Kansas City down in his return from a drug suspension. Greg Holland (2-0) earned the victory with a scoreless ninth inning.
Zimmermann (7-5) has allowed one run over 22 2-3 innings in his last three starts.
NEW YORK – Erasmo Ramirez pitched out of early trouble in his latest effective outing against New York, and Tampa Bay took advantage of some shoddy defense to snap its longest losing streak of the season at seven games.
The Reds scored first when Marlon Byrd took a Jimmy Nelson sinker that didn’t out to center field for his 14th home run of the season with one out in the bottom of the second.
The Reds are 30-21 in games where they hit one or more home runs. Ryan Braun also chipped in with three hits, and Parra went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two driven in.
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Reds: LHP Tony Cingrani (shoulder) turned in two hitless, shutout innings for Triple-A Louisville in the first appearance of his rehab assignment on Friday. The Brewers put together double figures in hits in each of the seven road games. As for the pitching staff, the Reds don’t give up many hits to opposing batters, ranking fifth in the NL with only 8.3 hits allowed per game.
