Ray deals, Goldschmidt slams, Diamondbacks rout Brewers 11-1

"He struggled with his rhythm early, then I thought after the third inning he really cruised in the fourth and fifth inning", Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Look for Eric Sogard to man second base in his absence.

The Brewers are 5-1 in their last 6 Sunday games, 1-4 in Andersons last 5 Sunday starts and 5-2 in Andersons last 7 starts. On the next pitch, Perez homered into the left-field seats that put Milwaukee up 2-0.

Still, despite the Brewers late inning woes, the mantra has been that it's better to at least be in these games than to lose them without putting up a fight. He went 0 for 2 and walked twice. "He's impacted me as a first-year manager in a very positive way, and it was a tough conversation, it was tough to let him go", Lovullo said.

The 23-year-old Brinson has been tearing it up at Triple-A Colorado this season, registering a slash line of.312/.397/.503 with six home runs and 25 RBI over 204 plate appearances. Godley is 2-1 with a 2.44 ERA in seven starts, and opponents are battling only.203 against him.

Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Jonathan Villar was forced to leave Friday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks after laying out to catch a ball, per Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Manny Pina had three hits - two doubles - and two RBIs and the NL Central-leading Brewers ended Arizona's nine-game home winning streak with an 8-6 victory over the Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Thought his first couple of starts this season "weren't ideal", manager Torrey Lovullo said, "But he got through them".

The Brewers called up their top pitching prospect on Friday and Saturday brings their top overall prospect, center fielder Lewis Brinson.

Paul Goldschmidt's grand slam in the eighth against Rob Scahill put what previously was a tightly played game out of reach as the surprising Diamondbacks won for the 11th time in their past 12 games at Chase Field, where they are 26-9 this season. OF A.J. Pollock's next step in his return from a groin injury is running the bases, which he will do this week. He pitched a scoreless seventh inning, walking two and striking out one. He has allowed one run in his last 30 1/3 innings while going 4-0.