Wily Peralta edged out John Lamb during a low-scoring duel on Sunday afternoon that the Brewers won, 4-1, over the Reds. Milwaukee (55-75) took two of three games in the series from last-place Cincinnati (53-76) to stay 1 1/2 games ahead of the last-place team in the National League Central.
It was a 1-1 game in the bottom of the third inning when Jonathan Lucroy hit a two-out RBI single to left field against Lamb that scored Martin Maldonado for the go-ahead run. The Brewers added two runs in the eighth for insurance and Francisco Rodriguez recovered from his first blown save of the year on Saturday to get his 31st save with a perfect ninth.
Peralta gave up one earned run on seven hits over seven innings, including Brayan Pena’s RBI single in the top of the second inning. He allowed no walks and struck out six. In his fourth big league start, Lamb had his finest outing to date, with two earned runs and five hits allowed over six innings. He did not walk a batter, struck out eight and induced two double plays, but he gave up Ryan Braun’s first-inning homer.
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