Brewers hit 3 HRs to back Garza, beat Braves 11-3

Inherited runners-scored – Younginer IV 3-3. He beat them 6-5 while with Arizona in his only career start on June 8, 2014. After missing the first two months of the season with a right lat strain, Garza seems to have found his stride, allowing eight earned runs over his last four starts. Elsewhere, both Brandon Cunniff (1.1 IP, 3 ER, 3 hits, 3 BB) and Madison Younginer (1.2 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB) were wildly ineffective in the middle innings, with Eric O’Flaherty also allowing a run in his only inning of work.

Evan Gattis homered and had four RBIs in the second game as the Astros completed the sweep. They did a good job of putting some good pitches in play. We had a few too many walks. Just one problem: Pina was the second out.

The Brewers broke open the game in the bottom half on a three-run double by Manny Pina.

Freeman pulled the Braves within 4-2 when he led off the fourth with his first homer, then made it 4-3 leading off the eighth when he hit the first pitch from Corey Knebel just inside the left-field foul pole.

“I think you have to just stay the course”, Braves manager Brian Snitzer said.

Though they have hardly any hope of a magical run to the postseason, the Atlanta Braves are quietly putting together one of their best stretches of baseball during an otherwise disappointing season. “He had more good at-bats today”.

Brewers: RHP Junior Guerra was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation. To that point, he had allowed four runs on seven hits against the Brewers.

Chaz Roe took over and got the final out when Orlando Arcia grounded to third and Piña ran into the tag. “We’ve got guys coming”.

Brewers: OF Domingo Santana started in right field and went 0 for 2 with a strikeout in his second game of a rehab assignment with Class A Wisconsin. “He got squared up pretty good”.

The right-hander continued to pitch well but surrendered solo home runs to Nick Markakis and A.J. Pierzynski.

Aybar extended his season-high hitting streak to 14 games with an infield single in the fourth off Peralta. But with free agency looming, he has hit.377 (23-for-61) over his past 15 games. “Since we put him in the two-hole, he’s kind of gone off a little bit”. He’s hitting.377 with five extra-base hits over his last 16 games. But outside of those two outbursts, the team has struggled to score since trading away cleanup hitter Lucroy.

Brewers: RHP Chase Anderson (6-10, 5.01) makes his first start against the Braves this season. He limited the Cardinals to one run over six innings in his last start. The 29-year-old was making his third start for the Brewers since being recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on August 1. Across 10 starts and a 3-4 record this year, Garza holds a 5.03 ERA with a 1.53 WHIP in 53.2 innings.