In a season in which the Brewers came away with a winning home record even while beginning to rebuild, the Reds spoiled the season finale at Miller Park on Sunday afternoon.
Cincinnati left-hander Brandon Finnegan only allowed three hits and no walks over five scoreless innings and the Reds jumped out to an early lead en route to a 4-2 win to take the series.
Adam Duvall doubled in a run during a two-run first against Brewers starter Wily Peralta, as Scott Schebler and Steve Selsky added RBI singles. Peralta finished with a quality start, going six innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out five, picking up his 11th loss. The two early runs gave Finnegan a nice boost.
“Especially off a guy like Peralta,” said Finnegan, who stayed in the game despite taking a Hernan Perez line drive off of his right knee in the second inning. “He throws hard and he’s got good stuff. When you put runs on a guy like that, it gives you a lot of confidence.”
Milwaukee finished 41-40 on the season at home and drew over 2.3 million fans for the 11th consecutive season.
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