Brewers overpower Rockies
MILWAUKEE -- Jonathan Villar, Eric Thames and Travis Shaw hit their first home runs of the season, and Wily Peralta struck out five as the Milwaukee Brewers claimed their first victory of the season, beating the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Wednesday night at Miller Park.
Peralta (1-0) worked five scoreless innings, scattering three hits and a walk. Colorado starter Tyler Chatwood (0-1) pitched six innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out five.
Chatwood opened the fourth by striking out Villar, but Thames followed with a solo home run to right-center, giving the Brewers a 1-0 lead. Ryan Braun beat the throw from Nolan Arenado for an infield hit to bring up Shaw, who made it 3-0 with his first home run of the year.
In the sixth, Braun drew a one-out walk, advanced on a balk and scored on a double by Hernan Perez to give Milwaukee a 4-0 lead.
The Rockies' bullpen extended its scoreless innings streak to start the season to 9 1/3 after Jordan Lyles worked a perfect seventh, but a leadoff single from pinch hitter Jesus Aguilar set the stage for Villar's homer in the eighth.
Reynolds broke the Brewers' shutout bid with a two-out RBI single in the ninth of Taylor Jungmann.
Jungmann went on to load the bases before giving way to Neftali Feliz, who struck out Charlie Blackmon to earn his first save.
Baserunning gaffes on both sides kept the game scoreless through the first 3 1/2 innings.
Mark Reynolds opened the third with a double but was caught in a rundown one batter later. Orlando Arcia missed his chance to break the deadlock when he tripled but failed to touch the plate when trying to score on Peralta's flyout to right.
NOTES: Milwaukee claimed INF/OF Nick Franklin off waivers from Tampa Bay on Wednesday. He is expected to report to the team Friday. To make room for Franklin on the 40-man roster, the Brewers designated RHP Michael Blazek for assignment. They will need to make another move to add Franking to the active roster once he reports. ... Through the first three games, Brewers 3B Travis Shaw has five hits -- all for extra-bases. ... Rockies LHP Chris Rusin is due to make a rehab appearance Thursday for Triple-A Albuquerque. Rusin, battling a left oblique injury, is expected to work three innings or throw 45 pitches, manager Bud Black said. ... Colorado released RHP Jason Motte on Wednesday. He was designated for assignment at the end of spring training.