Milwaukee 6, Toronto 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Iassogna, 1B -
David Rackley, 2B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 3B -
Chris Segal
Attendance:
42221
By SportsDirect Inc.
Brewers 6, Blue Jays 1: Mike Fiers worked seven dominant innings as host Milwaukee cruised past Toronto in the opener of their two-game interleague series.
Fiers (3-1), who struck out a career-high 14 in his previous start, fanned six in this outing and allowed a run on two hits and a walk to the first six hitters he faced before retiring the next 18. Jonathan Lucroy and Aramis Ramirez each drove in a run and recorded two of the team's season-high seven doubles as Milwaukee won its fifth straight and maintained its 2 1/2-game lead over second-place St. Louis in the National League Central.
Colby Rasmus doubled to account for the Blue Jays’ only extra-base hit while Dioner Navarro registered the club's other hit and scored its lone run as Toronto fell to a major league-worst 4-12 in August. J.A. Happ (8-8) dropped his third straight outing, giving up four runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings.
Three of Milwaukee's first four batters doubled as Lucroy and Ramirez each drove in a run during a two-run opening frame. Toronto got back a run when Rasmus scored on Munenori Kawasaki’s groundout, but back-to-back doubles by Lucroy and Ryan Braun sparked another two-run surge in the third inning.
Reliever Todd Redmond started the fifth and allowed two more runs to score before recording an out as Khris Davis followed an inning-opening ground-rule double by Ramirez with a two-base hit of his own before scoring on Rickie Weeks' single on the following pitch. Zach Duke and Brandon Kintzler each worked a flawless inning in relief to complete the two-hitter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lucroy has a major-league high 42 doubles and is bidding to become the first catcher to lead his league in two-base hits. … Toronto has lost eight of its last 11 meetings with Milwaukee. … The Brewers have recorded 23 quality starts over the last 27 contests.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Toronto |
|
Milwaukee |
|
J.A. Happ
|
Player |
Mike Fiers
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
2 |
|
10.80 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
2 |
0 |
3 |
.069 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Milwaukee
|
10 |
0 |
17 |
.294 |
16 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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