After a weekend where their bats were quiet, The last thing the Milwaukee Brewers needed was the most effective pitching team in baseball stepping through town.
This is what the Brewers have in their possession, anyway.
It was a different day and another disappointing performance by Brewers fans. Brewers’ offense, struggled in a 4-0 defeat to the league’s top Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night at American Family Field.
BOX SCORE: Dodgers 4, Brewers 0
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Freddy Peralta battled his command during his third outing since coming back to the field after an injury, with four walks in four innings. However, he only allowed one hit that was one of which was a Freddie Freeman solo homer in the first innings. Peralta struggled to break through a jam in the fourth inning, throwing off Cody Bellinger with the bases filled to conclude the inning, after taking two batters for two consecutive walks.
The Dodgers had a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning with an unearned hit off the reliever Peter Strzelecki as Mookie Betts made a run on a two-base mistake and scored via a sacrifice fly from Will Smith.