Eury Perez struck out seven batters over six strong innings, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 5-3 win over the Brewers on Sunday afternoon.
Perez (2-1) allowed just three hits, one walk and one unearned run. Pete Fairbanks pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save as Miami snapped its four-game losing streak.
Jacob Misiorowski (1-2) took the loss, lasting five innings and allowing four hits, three walks and three runs (one earned). He struck out nine.
Milwaukee had its season-best four-game win streak snapped.
Miami started quickly, forcing Misiorowski to throw 29 pitches during a three-run first inning that included some bad luck for the pitcher.
Jakob Marsee drew a full-count walk, Xavier Edwards stroked a broken-bat single and Otto Lopez reached on a fielding error by shortstop David Hamilton to load the bases.
All-Star left fielder Kyle Stowers — making his first plate appearance of the season after being sidelined due to a strained hamstring — saw eight pitches. Catcher Gary Sanchez failed to get his body in front of a curveball in the dirt, which resulted in a wild pitch and a 1-0 score. Then Stowers was hit on his right hand by a 102-mph fastball to reload the bases. Despite the pain, Stowers remained in the game.
From there, Miami added one run on a double-play grounder and another on Liam Hicks’ single.
Milwaukee cut its deficit to 3-1 in the sixth. Hamilton drew a nine-pitch walk, stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by Hicks and scored on Garrett Mitchell’s groundout.
Miami extended its lead to 5-1 with two runs in the sixth against reliever DL Hall. Hicks walked and Owen Caissie doubled before Javier Sanoja cashed in with a two-run single on a soft line drive that went just past the pitcher into center field.
Milwaukee got those runs back in the eighth. Pinch hitter Sal Frelick singled, Mitchell and Brice Turang drew two-out walks and Sanchez bounced a two-run single to center to make it 5-3.
However, Fairbanks shut the door with a perfect ninth.
–Field Level Media
