Jake Bauers blasted a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-2 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.<\/p>\n
Jackson Chourio had two hits for the Brewers, who have won five of seven.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee starter Brandon Sproat allowed one run and five hits over four innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked three on 92 pitches.<\/p>\n
Grant Anderson, Drew Rom (1-0), Aaron Ashby and Abner Uribe combined to allow one run in four innings of relief before Trevor Megill pitched the ninth for his 13th save.<\/p>\n
Diamondbacks left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (7-3) brought a shutout into the seventh inning before he was victimized by Bauers. He allowed two runs on five hits, striking out three without a walk.<\/p>\n
Geraldo Perdomo had three hits and scored a run for Arizona, which has lost three of four.<\/p>\n
Arizona took a 1-0 lead on back-to-back one-out doubles in the first inning by Perdomo and Corbin Carroll.<\/p>\n
Following Brice Turang’s leadoff single in the first, Rodriguez retired nine in a row before Chourio singled to start the fourth. Christian Yelich sacrificed him to second, but Rodriguez retired the next two batters to end the threat.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez surrendered a leadoff single again in the seventh to Andrew Vaughn, bringing up Bauers, who launched a 1-1 curveball over the fence in right-center field for a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Kevin Ginkel came in and surrendered a double to Gary Sanchez and an RBI single by Joey Ortiz to stretch the lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n
After scoring the early run, the Diamondbacks couldn’t capitalize on a leadoff walk in the second, or Perdomo’s infield single to begin the third.<\/p>\n
They also stranded runners on the corners in the fourth before loading the bases with one out in the seventh. Arizona could only plate one run on a fielder’s choice to cut it to 3-2.<\/p>\n
Ildemaro Vargas drew a leadoff walk for Arizona in the eighth and was sacrificed to second, but was doubled up on a lineout to second by Pavin Smith.<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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