Milwaukee put up five runs in the eighth inning off
relievers Jamey Wright and Brandon League last night to post a come-from-behind
6-3 win over the Dodgers in a battle of first-place teams.
Zack Greinke pitched five innings of shutout ball and Pedro
Baez pitched scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh before the wheels came
off with Wright and then League on the mound.
Wright got into trouble in the eighth and Dodgers manager
Don Mattingly brought in League, who surrendered a bases-loaded pinch-hit
double to Lyle Overbay to give the Brewers a three run lead.
Greinke had control problems, walking five, but was able to
keep the Brewers off the scoreboard. Baez, a fireballer, pitched two solid
innings, walking one but giving up no hits.
Wright and League, however, could not put out the fire in the
eighth.
The Dodgers built a 2-0 lead going into the eighth with Dee
Gordon being driven in by Yasiel Puig in the first and fifth innings. Gordon would
get to first on a single or walk, steal second and score on a Puig hit. The
formula failed in the seventh when Gordon singled but was thrown out at second
by Brewers’ catcher Jonathon Lucroy.
Puig paced the Dodgers with three hits in four trips with a
pair of RBI.
The only saving grace in last night’s loss was news that the
Giants fell in extra innings, 5-3, allowing the Dodgers to maintain a 5.5 game
lead in the NL West.
The Dodgers send Clayton Kershaw (14-2, 1.78) to the mound
tonight against Yovani Gallardo (7-6, 3.44).
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