Brewers score in every inning, bash 3 homers
MILWAUKEE -- Perfect games are an incredibly rare feat in baseball, but a team scoring in every inning is an even more infrequent occasion. On Thursday afternoon, the Brewers didn't come close to a perfect game, but, instead, became the 19th team since 1900 to score in every inning that
MILWAUKEE -- Perfect games are an incredibly rare feat in baseball, but a team scoring in every inning is an even more infrequent occasion. On Thursday afternoon, the Brewers didn't come close to a perfect game, but, instead, became the 19th team since 1900 to score in every inning that they came to bat of an 11-3 rout of the Braves at Miller Park.
"I feel bad, because I think I was the only guy that didn't touch base," said Brewers right-hander
He was right. Every starting position player for the Brewers had at least one hit. Four different players scored multiple runs.
Garza did his part with six quality innings to win his third straight start. After missing the first two months of the season with a right lat strain, Garza seems to have found his stride, allowing eight earned runs over his last four starts.
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"Pina's double, I thought, that's what kind of made you exhale a little bit," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "In the sixth, they scored two runs back to make it 6-2, and then they had first and second and they had kind of a shot there. But the Pina double in the bottom of the inning was the hit. He had more good at-bats today."
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"It's going to get better," said Braves manager Brian Snitker, who could also welcome reliever
President Carter: Carter came into the game with the most homers at home in baseball and promptly extended that lead with his 20th homer at Miller Park this season. Despite being out front on a 3-2 slider from Hernandez, Carter muscled it into the Milwaukee bullpen in left-center to put the Brewers up, 2-0. It was Carter's 27th homer of the season, matching the most by a Brewer over the last four seasons.
"I was just trying to hit that ball, I wasn't trying to hit a homer," Carter said. "I just ended up clicking it just right and hitting a home run on it."
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"He's been swinging the bat really well," Snitker said. "He's just playing really solid baseball. Since we put him in the two-hole, he's kind of gone off a little bit."
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The Brewers have scored 26 runs in Garza's last two starts, including 22 runs while he's been in the game. But outside of those two outbursts, the team has struggled to score since trading away cleanup hitter Lucroy. In their other eight games this month, the Brewers have scored 22 total runs.
WHAT'S NEXT
Braves: Mike Foltynewicz will be on the mound when Atlanta travels to Washington, D.C., to begin a three-game series against the Nationals on Friday at 7:05 p.m. ET. Foltynewicz bounced back from two rough starts by tossing six solid innings against the Cardinals on Sunday.
Brewers:
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Curt Hogg is a reporter for MLB.com based in Milwaukee.
Adam McCalvy has covered the Brewers for MLB.com since 2001. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast.
Mark Bowman has covered the Braves for MLB.com since 2001.