Crew's bats erupt for 24 runs against Mariners
PHOENIX -- A 10-run fourth inning surpassed the limits of Maryvale Baseball Park's scoreboard, but they all counted in the Brewers' 24-3 thumping of the Mariners on Monday.Keon Broxton, Travis Shaw, Orlando Arcia and Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered -- Arcia and Nieuiwenhuis during a 13-batter fourth inning that began with seven
PHOENIX -- A 10-run fourth inning surpassed the limits of Maryvale Baseball Park's scoreboard, but they all counted in the Brewers' 24-3 thumping of the Mariners on Monday.
"A day like that," said Nieuwenhuis, who led the way with six RBIs, "everybody goes home happy."
Everybody in a Brewers uniform, that is. Broxton had three hits, three runs and three RBIs and has now reached safely in all 11 of his Cactus League games. He paired with Shaw for back-to-back home runs off Iwakuma in the second inning. Arcia logged his first three RBIs of the spring.
Since the scoreboard has only a single digit for each inning, Milwaukee's 10-run fourth was marked simply with the number 1.
"I mean, it's Spring Training, you know? That's the big thing," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "Don't draw conclusions from it. Some guys swung the bat well, and that's always a good thing."
Brewers starter
Iwakuma, making his third spring start, allowed seven earned runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings.
"Overall my timing, my balance, I couldn't get my lower body to sync to my upper body," said Iwakuma, who won 16 games last year as Seattle's No. 2 starter. "I couldn't get the feel for really any pitch that I had. Nothing was working. I have nothing to say today that went well."
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