Wily Peralta had a career night tonight in the Brewers 2-0 victory over the Reds. Not only did he record his fifth quality start of the season, he also drove in the Brewers only two runs on a fifth inning opposite field double. Peralta was able to repeatedly escape trouble and strand Reds' baserunners mainly with the help of seven timely punchouts and only three scattered hits. Three of those k's came against Jay Bruce who has well established himself as a Brewers killer with 24 career homeruns against the crew. The eight shutout innings drop Peralta's season ERA to 2.04.
Jonathan Lucroy was also able to re-establish himself at the plate with three hits in four at-bats, saying after the game it was with the help of a few mechanical adjustments he has made. Lucroy was one of the few bright spots in the lineup Friday.
Francisco Rodriguez remained perfect on the year with a three up three down ninth inning to lock up his 14th save of the year. Yet to give up a run on the year K-Rod has been a revelation in his 13th professional season.
The Brewers look to hang some runs on the current starter's ERA leader in the MLB in the third game of the series Saturday. Yovani Gallardo will be throwing for the crew and has yet to lose this season (2-0).
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