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Brewers strive for another big day vs. Reds

Jun 3, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Blake Perkins (16) reacts with center fielder Joey Wiemer (28), first baseman Jon Singleton (12), and  third baseman Brian Anderson (9) after hitting a grand slam against the Cincinnati Reds during the third inning at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports
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The Milwaukee Brewers will look to take the first three games of the four-game set and clinch the series victory as they take on the host Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon.

After going just 11-16 in May, the first-place Brewers have won the first two games of this divisional rivalry with tight victories: 5-4 on Friday night in 11 innings and 10-8 on Saturday afternoon.

Saturday was first time the Brewers scored at least 10 runs in a game since April 14 against San Diego. They finished with 11 hits Saturday and scored all of their runs in the first four innings.

“The at-bats were good; we laid off pitches,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “We were patient, made the pitchers think. We put up a good offensive day.”

A big part of the Brewers’ big run total was Blake Perkins, who was recalled Saturday from Triple-A Nashville. In just the 11th game of his big-league career, he hit a grand slam and an RBI single.

Despite Perkins and the Brewers putting Cincinnati in an early 10-3 deficit on Saturday, the Reds put up a fight and even had the winning run on base in their ninth-inning rally.

“To come back in a game when you’re down like that and give yourself an opportunity to win, there’s a lot to be said for that,” Reds manager David Bell said. “We kept playing our game; all the guys in the dugout were really believing we were gonna come back and win that thing.”

Adrian Houser (1-1, 4.07 ERA) will take the mound for the Brewers on Sunday and will look to bounce back from his first rough outing of the season. The right-hander had not allowed more than three earned runs in his first four starts this season but got tagged for six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings vs. Toronto on Tuesday, picking up the loss.

For Cincinnati, right-hander Ben Lively (3-2, 1.99) will take the hill. He has struck out 24 in 22 2/3 innings this season.

This four-game set will continue Monday night. This series is the Brewers’ first against Cincinnati this season with three more three-game sets scheduled, all of which will be in July.

–Field Level Media

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