Phillies stay hot, defeat Brewers
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Tyler Cloyd worked 6 2/3 shutout innings to help the Philadelphia Phillies down the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1, in the opener of a four-game set at Miller Park.
Cloyd (2-2) gave up four hits and five walks while striking out two to earn the win.
"Cloyd was very good. When he does that we have a real good chance of winning," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel.
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Delmon Young hit a solo homer, John Mayberry went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Ryan Howard drove in a run to help push the Phillies (31-30) over .500 for the first time all season and extend a season-best five-game winning streak.
Jonathan Lucroy drove in the lone run for the Brewers, losers in four of their last five games.
Wily Peralta (4-7) was tagged with the loss after giving up five runs on seven hits and four walks over five innings.
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"They got a couple of ground ball base hits and his command was off," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Peralta. "He didn't have his slider today and was more inconsistent than I though he would be."
Philadelphia plated a pair of runs in the first before adding one in both the second and third innings to go up 4-0.
With the bases loaded and no outs in the first, Howard lofted a sacrifice fly to deep center field to score Michael Young. After Domonic Brown walked to load the bases once again, Peralta bounced a wild pitch past Lucroy, allowing Mayberry to cross the plate.
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In the second, Cloyd walked then scored from first as Mayberry smoked a double to right-center field.
Brown scored on an Erik Kratz fielder's choice in the third to give the Phillies a four-run edge.
Delmon Young's homer in the fifth made it 5-0.
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"We got some runners on and we were fortunate to get some runs early, and then add on," Manuel said. "We got a real good start out of the gate tonight. That always helps."
The Brewers finally got on the board in the eighth inning. Ryan Braun worked a leadoff walk, stole second and moved to third on Aramis Ramirez's groundout. Lucroy followed with a groundout to third, but Braun was able to score on the play to account for the Brewers only run.
Game Notes
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Brown stole two bases ... Milwaukee has been held to three or fewer runs 26 times this season ... Peralta has dropped five of his last six starts.