Royals at Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers' pitching staff has joined the masses in dominating the Kansas City Royals' meager lineup. The Brewers will try to improve to 4-0 this season against the visiting Royals when the teams complete a two-game interleague series Wednesday afternoon.
Freddy Peralta allowed one hit and struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings to lead Milwaukee to a 5-1 win in the opener, giving them a 16-5 advantage on the scoreboard through the first three meetings between the teams. Adalberto Mondesi's solo homer in the eighth allowed the Royals to avoid the shutout loss, but they've been held to three runs or fewer in eight consecutive games. Christian Yelich, Jesus Aguilar and Ryan Braun each homered to lead Milwaukee, which is 39-11 in games when it hits at least one home run. Brent Suter will try to take advantage of Kansas City's prolonged slump when he matches up with Danny Duffy in a battle of southpaws Wednesday.
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PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals LH Danny Duffy (3-7, 5.18 ERA) vs. Brewers LH Brent Suter (8-4, 4.15)
Since seeing his ERA soar to 6.88 after a rocky effort against the New York Yankees on May 19, Duffy has gone 2-1 with a 2.87 ERA in six starts. Two of the last three have been of the scoreless variety, including six dominant innings at Houston on Friday. The 29-year-old, who is making his first career start against Milwaukee, is 6-4 with a 3.18 ERA lifetime in interleague action.
Suter won three straight starts and six of his last seven after limiting the St. Louis Cardinals to two runs over seven innings Thursday. That marked the second straight time he completed seven frames after failing to finish even six in his first 12 starts. The Harvard University product is 9-3 with a 3.71 ERA in his career at Miller Park.
WALK-OFFS
1. Brewers CF Lorenzo Cain (groin) was placed on the 10-day disabled list.
2. Aguilar has six homers in his last nine games.
3. Royals C Salvador Perez is 0-for-8 with four strikeouts over the past two contests to drop his average to .214.