Brewers 6, Reds 1
CINCINNATI -- Gerardo Parra and Adam Lind homered and rookie Taylor Jungmann retired the first 12 batters he faced en route to seven shutout innings as the Milwaukee Brewers completed the three-game sweep with a 6-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
Milwaukee (36-48) extended its winning streak to eight games, its longest since winning nine straight in April of last season.
Jungmann (3-1) lowered his ERA to 2.43 in six career starts after allowing one run and four hits in eight innings.
The slumping Reds (36-44) have lost seven of nine.
Cincinnati starter Mike Leake (5-5) recovered after a rough start to allow three earned runs and eight hits in six innings.
Milwaukee, which was selective and patient at the plate throughout this series, forced Leake to use 28 pitches in the first inning Sunday.
Third baseman Aramis Ramirez extended his hitting streak to eight games with an RBI single putting the Brewers ahead 1-0.
Second baseman Scooter Gennett in a run in the second to make the score 2-0.
Through three innings, Leake threw 64 pitches.
Right fielder Ryan Braun doubled and scored on Lind's single making the score 3-0 in the fifth.
No current Reds batter had faced Jungmann before, and it showed.
Jungmann was perfect through four innings before right fielder Jay Bruce doubled on a 2-2 pitch leading off the fifth.
In one of the few threats it had in the game, Cincinnati had runners on the corners with no outs in the fifth, but catcher Tucker Barnhart grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Milwaukee added to its lead when Parra launched a 2-2 pitch from right-hander Carlos Contreras an estimated 425 feet over the visitors bullpen in right for his seventh homer this season, making the score 4-0.
Three batters later, Lind clubbed a two-run homer, his 14th, off Contreras to give the Brewers a 6-0 lead.
Cincinnati's only run came on second baseman Brandon Phillips' RBI double in the eighth.
NOTES: Milwaukee wrapped up its impressive seven-game road trip with 53 total runs. ... Brewers CF Carlos Gomez, who suffered a left wrist contusion when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's game, was out of the lineup Sunday. Gerardo Parra played center field. X-rays taken on Saturday were negative and manager Craig Counsell doesn't anticipate a lengthy absence. ... Brewers RHP Wily Peralta will throw to hitters on Tuesday. He is not expected back until late July. ... Brewers LF Khris Davis still is expected to rejoin the club on the next homestand beginning Monday, but Counsell wouldn't commit to a date. ... Despite dropping the first two games in this series, Cincinnati has won or tied 12 of its previous 19 series against the Brewers. ... Reds CF Billy Hamilton was out of the lineup Sunday in an effort to get Jason Bourgeois some playing time. Bourgeois started in center field and batted eighth. Hamilton pinch-hit in the sixth, walked and stole his 41st base.