Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Milwaukee Brewers

85-62, 43-33 Away

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2 - 1

Arizona Diamondbacks

82-65, 41-32 Home

Hoskins homers, Brewers extend NL Central lead with 2-1 win over Diamondbacks

Hoskins hit his 24th homer off Eduardo Rodriguez (2-3) in the fourth inning and five Milwaukee pitchers shut down baseball’s highest-scoring offense. Peralta (11-8) allowed a run on six hits and Devin Williams worked a perfect ninth for his 12th save in 13 opportunities.

The Brewers extended their NL Central lead to 10 games after the Chicago Cubs lost 9-5 to Colorado.

“Freddy wasn’t his best self, but he bobbed and weaved, gave us five,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “We got some big outs at the end. The bullpen was really good.”

Arizona was limited to six hits to drop into a tie with San Diego for the top NL wild-card spot. The Diamondbacks remain five games back of Los Angeles in the NL West following the Dodgers' 6-2 loss to Atlanta.

“Ww built some innings, but we just couldn't get that big hit,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “We couldn't get into that space where we had the slug that broke the game open.”

Both starters were sharp.

Peralta walked two in the first inning and gave up a run on Pavin Smith’s sacrifice fly and worked around traffic the rest of his outing. The right-hander had five strikeouts and four walks in his second straight season with 30 starts.

“My goal from the begining was to put up zeroes, whether it was four innings or seven,” Peralta said. “I know the guys behind me are going to do it — our bullpen is great.”

Rodriguez struck out seven through the first three innings before Hoskins hit a two-run homer off the base of the second deck in the fourth. It was the only two runs the left-hander allowed on five hits in five innings, with seven strikeouts and three walks.

“I felt pretty good. The only pitch I felt I missed was a sinker and when you miss a pitch, you pay for it,” Rodriguez said. “The last three or four games I've missed a pitch to the wrong guy and paid for it.”

The Brewers helped Rodriguez with shoddy baserunning.

Jackson Chourio got picked off first by Rodriguez in the third inning and a throw behind Garrett Mitchell by Arizona catcher Jose Herrera led to a forceout at third after a rundown.

“Those guys don’t have a full year in the major leagues and we’re an aggressive team, so it’s going to happen,” Murphy said.

TRAINER'S TABLE

Diamondbacks: C Gabriel Moreno (groin) is expected to be activated from the injured list early next week. ... OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (left calf) also could be back in the lineup later in the week.

Brewers RHP Tobias Myers (7-5, 2.93 ERA) was set to face RHP Brandon Pfaadt (9-8, 4.42) on Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

Diamondbacks: 53.2%

Brewers: 46.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Perdomo flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Suárez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	McCarthy flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Williams relieved Megill
	9th Inning	Frelick lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Chourio intentionally walked.

Statistics

MIL		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
2	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	11
2	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	8
38	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.3	Runs Created	2.3
.194	Batting Average	.207
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.355	Slugging Percentage	.276
.290	Secondary Average	.241
.324	On Base Percentage	.314
.679	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.590
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
21.0	Batter Rating	14.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.51
.161	Isolated Power	.069
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.0	MLB Rating	68.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0