Brewers 6, Marlins 1
Yovani Gallardo pitched eight scoreless innings and Jonathan Lucroy went 4-for-5 with a pair of RBIs as visiting Milwaukee extended its winning streak to four games.
Gallardo (5-6) allowed four hits and recorded four strikeouts, including the 1,000th of his career, to improve to 4-0 lifetime against the Marlins. Rickie Weeks added three hits - including a solo homer - and Carlos Gomez registered three and two RBIs for the Brewers, who matched their season high with 16 hits.
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton, out since April 29 with a hamstring injury, returned to the lineup and was 1-for-4 with a single. Ricky Nolasco (3-7), who was coming off four consecutive solid outings, was tagged for four runs on 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Norichika Aoki doubled to lead off the first inning and later scored on Gomez's single before Lucroy made it 2-0 with a two-out RBI base hit. Aoki singled and scored again on a two-out, run-scoring base hit by Gomez in the second.
Weeks hammered a 1-1 pitch from Nolasco over the left-field fence with two outs in the third as the Brewers extended their advantage to 4-0. Milwaukee recorded three double plays and held the shutout until Juan Pierre tripled with one out in the ninth and scored on a groundout by Ed Lucas.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Milwaukee LF Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, missed the game due to a sore right thumb and was replaced by Logan Schafer. … Weeks is 10-for-21 with a pair of home runs in his career against Nolasco … Miami placed 1B Casey Kotchman on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique injury to make room for Stanton. Marlins INF Donovan Solano and 1B Joe Mahoney both were activated and optioned to Triple-A New Orleans.