 was charged with two runs on four hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six.Corey Knebel set down the Dodgers in the ninth for his 29th save in 34 attempts. With two on, he struck out pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer on a full-count pitch to end it.Darvish (8-10) came back from lower back tightness to make his fourth start since the Dodgers acquired him from Texas at the July 31 trade deadline, but struggled for most of the afternoon.The right-hander lasted only five innings, again laboring and throwing 95 pitches. He allowed three runs on six hits and three walks, striking out seven.The Brewers scored in the first after Darvish walked leadoff hitter Eric Sogard, who went to third on Neil Walker's single and scored on an error by shortstop Corey Seager.Milwaukee added two more in the third. Perez led off with his 13th home run. A walk to Walker and Travis Shaw's double put runners at second and third. Santana singled Walker home, but center fielder Chris Taylor threw out Shaw attempting to score.Nelson's no-hit bid was broken up by pinch-hitter Chase Utley with one out in the sixth on a clean single to center. Seager extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single that scored Utley, and went to second when the ball got past center fielder Keon Broxton for an error.With two outs Justin Turner, mired in a 1-for-19 slump, hit a fly to right that Santana lost in the sun. It fell for a gift double as Seager scored.THOUGHTS AND PRAYERSBrewers minor league infielder Julio Mendez suffered a cardiac event Saturday night after being hit by a pitch during a rookie league game in Tempe, Arizona. The 20-year-old Mendez was treated on the field and taken to a hospital where he was in critical but stable condition, the club said. ''We're thinking about him, and our thoughts are with him and his family,'' Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. ''It's obviously very scary.'' TRAINER'S ROOMBrewers: Hurricane Harvey is impacting the team's plans for rehab assignments. ''Our Triple-A team is in New Orleans today and then they're supposed to go to Round Rock (Texas). We have some players that are close to rehab. We're not sending them there,'' Counsell said.Dodgers: Manager Dave Roberts said ace Clayton Kershaw (back strain) came out of his Saturday rehab start at Triple-A well and will next start for the Dodgers either Friday or Saturday. . To open a roster spot for Darvish, the Dodgers placed reliever Josh Fields on the 10-day DL with a sore lower back.UP NEXTBrewers: After an off day, Milwaukee will send RHP Matt Garza (6-7, 4.67 ERA) to the mound Tuesday at home against St. Louis. Garza is 7-5 with a 4.01 ERA in 16 career starts vs. the Cardinals.Dodgers: LHP Rich Hill (9-5, 3.32), who lost a no-hitter in the 10th inning in his last start, is scheduled to start Tuesday at Arizona. Hill is 6-2 with a 2.38 ERA in his last 11 starts.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Brewers' Nelson hopes to make Dodgers sweat 1h ago• 3 min read LOS ANGELES -- It is Players Weekend, where alternate uniforms and colorful socks are the norm, while clever nicknames, real or otherwise, go on the back of each shirt.Those uniform tops will ultimately be auctioned for charity and the Milwaukee Brewers' Jimmy Nelson might have a number of contributions after he starts against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.The back of Nelson's jersey reads "BIG SWEAT," and when he takes the mound Sunday afternoon in Southern California temperatures are expected to soar to 90 degrees, or even higher, with a touch of humidity."Jimmy will be making multiple donations to charity on Sunday," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said, suggesting that "BIG SWEAT" might be forced into multiple costume changes.Adding to his perspiration levels will be an assignment against a productive Dodgers' offense. The Los Angeles bats have helped the club to a 52-14 record at home, easily the best in baseball. In Milwaukee on June 2, Nelson controlled the Dodgers offense with eight scoreless innings.He is a hard-luck 0-2 against Los Angeles in his career, with a 1.33 ERA in 27 innings over four starts.Past success against the Dodgers could help the right-hander with confidence since his last three outings have not been to his standard. Going back to Aug. 11, Nelson has a 9.00 ERA in his last 15 innings, which includes starts against the Reds, Pirates and Giants. Against the Reds on Aug. 11, he gave up 10 runs (nine earned) in just 3 2/3 innings.On Tuesday, though at San Francisco, Nelson was somewhat improved, giving up three runs on seven hits over five innings in an eventual 4-3 victory."His pitching lines have looked a little different recently, but it's really a pitch here, a pitch there to me," Counsell said. "There is not big difference to me there." The Dodgers will counter "BIG SWEAT" with "YU SAN," otherwise known as Yu Darvish. The right-hander will be returning from the disabled list, where he spent 10 days healing form lower back tightness.The Dodgers' concern level for their new prized commodity seems low. The club has used the new 10-day disabled list liberally and they sounded far from concerned when the DL move was announced soon after Darvish left his outing early when facing the Chicago White Sox on Aug 16."I was going to go out, and in between innings I talked to (Clayton) Kershaw and he asked me how does your body feel and I told him I feel something on my back," Darvish said at the time through an interpreter. "And he said, 'We need you really bad in six weeks. That's when we need you the most.' That's what kind of got me and I changed my mind." Six weeks is the postseason, of course, and both Darvish and Kershaw figure to be recovered from back issues by then to help carry the club. Kershaw pitched in a minor league rehab outing Saturday and will rejoin the Dodgers on Friday at San Diego.More will be known about where Darvish stands Sunday. He has never faced the Brewers in his five-year big league career, adding to the mystery about how he will look in his fourth start as a National Leaguer. But as long as Darvish does what the Dodgers know he is capable of doing, they will be pleased."The excitement for us as coaches and players for Yu, there was a lot of energy," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said upon Darvish's debut with the club.
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