 allowed just three singles, striking out seven and walking two to win for the second time in seven starts. The 22-year-old right-hander did not allow a hit until Jose Peraza's single to open the fourth.Peralta was 0-for-22 with 11 strikeouts this season before he drove in the Brewers' second run with a fourth-inning single. He advanced the runners with his first career sacrifice bunt when the Brewers added two runs in the sixth.Milwaukee has won three of four after losing four of its previous five.Robert Stephenson (0-2) allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings, walking three and striking out four.The Reds loaded the bases in the eighth against Taylor Williams, but Jeremy Jeffress came on and retired Scooter Gennett on a flyball to left, and then finished with a perfect ninth for his sixth save in 10 opportunities.With one out in the fourth, Ryan Braun doubled off the glove of diving left-fielder Phillip Ervin. Manny Pina was intentionally walked with two outs to get to Peralta, who responded with single up the middle.The Brewers made it 4-0 in the sixth when Jonathan Schoop and Pina singled and advanced on Peralta's bunt. Yelich and Lorenzo Cain followed with consecutive RBI singles.Sloppy baserunning cost Milwaukee a couple of early runs. Braun doubled with one out in the second, but was caught off the bag on Schoop's fielder's-choice grounder to shortstop. Pina then followed with a single.Yelich doubled to open the third, but was caught stealing. Cain then singled.The Brewers also left the bases loaded in the fourth when Cain struck out looking.BREWERS MOVESRHP Matt Albers (left hamstring) was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list and OF Keon Broxton was optioned to Class-A Wisconsin. Albers is 3-3 with a 6.23 ERA in 29 relief appearances with the Brewers. Broxton's move was procedural, allowing him to remain in Milwaukee while his paternity leave is pending.UPON FURTHER REVIEWYelich appeared to steal third after his third-inning double but was called out as third baseman Dilson Herrera blocked the bag with his foot. The Brewers challenged, but the call was upheld after a review estimated at 1 minute, 1 second.TRAINER'S ROOMReds: OF Scott Schebler (right shoulder) is expected to come off the DL on Thursday or Friday, when Cincinnati faces the Cubs. Schebler might not start against lefty Cole Hamels on Thursday night even if activated. ... 1B Joey Votto (lower right leg) is eligible to come off the DL on Sunday and will do that if ready. ''If he says he's ready to go Sunday, he will play Sunday,'' manager Jim Riggleman said. ''Yesterday he said he felt really good. We have three or four more days to evaluate him.'' UP NEXTReds: Right-hander Anthony DeSclafani (6-3, 4.12 ERA) starts the opener of four-game series Thursday against the Cubs. He is 2-0 with a 0.83 ERA in three starts in August, allowing one run in his last 19 2/3 innings.Brewers: An after off day, left-hander Wade Miley (2-2, 2.18) opens a three-game series at home Friday against the Pirates, who counter with Joe Musgrove (5-7, 3.31). Miley is 1-2 in seven starts since coming off the DL in mid-July.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
StubHubStubHubReds ride Scooter into another meeting with Brewers 1h ago• 2 min read MILWAUKEE -- One of the reasons the Brewers opted to part ways with Scooter Gennett at the end of spring training last season was the perception that he couldn't hit left-handers consistently enough to be an everyday second baseman.Since joining the Reds, though, Gennett has proven those critics wrong and especially this season. He came into his ninth-inning at-bat Tuesday night with a .291 average in 144 plate appearances against lefties this season, including four home runs.And just in case his former team needed another reminder, he hit his fifth home run off a left-hander this season with two out in the ninth inning to give the Reds their fourth victory in five games."I can't hit lefties, right?" Gennett said afterward. "With (Eugenio Suarez) behind me, I look forward to those situations now. Before I was looking over my shoulder, seeing if they were going to take me out." Gennett's 19th homer of the season was only his second of the month and first since Aug .13. After earning his first career All-Star berth with a red-hot first half, Gennett had slumped through the first half of August and was batting .204 for the month before recording four consecutive multi-hit games coming into the series with Milwaukee."I feel like the pitches I'm swinging at play a huge role," Gennett said of his success this season. "I'm putting myself in better counts to get quality pitches to hit and drive. And also playing every day, facing lefties is something I didn't really get to do over here. That can kind of mess you up a little bit when you get a couple days off and your timing can be affected a little bit." Gennett and the Reds will try to notch consecutive series victories for the first time this month Wednesday, when right-hander Robert Stephenson (0-1, 7.94 ERA) takes on Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta (5-4, 4.48).Stephenson has yet to face the Brewers this season but is 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA in four previous meetings (one start). He could take the mound with an early lead if the Reds continue the trend of getting to Peralta early.The rookie has a 9.00 ERA in the first inning this season after allowing 12 earned runs on 13 hits and 10 walks. To break out of that cycle, Peralta tried changing his routine before his last outing at St. Louis and hit the weight room before throwing his first pitch."Just trying to find something that works," Peralta said through translator Carlos Brizuela. "I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable early on, but it's something we have to work on." Unfortunately, the change didn't have the result he was hoping for as a two-run single by Marcell Ozuna got the Cardinals on their way to a 5-2 victory."He recovered and gave us six good innings, but we have to get to the bottom of the first inning here," Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. "We did change some things up today. ... Unfortunately, same result." Peralta's only previous outing against Cincinnati came July 1 when the Reds scored three runs on five hits over five innings at Great American Ballpark.
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