Baltimore Orioles vs Milwaukee Brewers Match Player Stats On Jul 04, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 4, 2017

MILWAUKEE -- Jimmy Nelson struck out eight and Eric Thames hit a pair of home runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday afternoon at Miller Park.

Nelson held the Orioles to one unearned run, six hits and a walk over seven innings to win his second in a row and fifth in his last six decisions.

Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez (3-4) struck out seven over five innings but gave up five runs and six hits, including all three Milwaukee homers.

Stephen Vogt struck first with a two-run shot in the second, his third since joining the Brewers, and Orlando Arcia made it 3-0 later in the inning with an RBI single.

With one out in the fifth inning, Eric Thames gave the Brewers a 4-0 lead with a solo homer to right-center and after Jimenez struck out Domingo Santana, Travis Shaw connected on a 3-1 offering from Jimenez for his 18th of the year.

Nelson retired the first 13 batters he faced before getting bailed out of a two on with one out jam in the fifth when Caleb Joseph lined out to third hard enough for Shaw to pick off the runner at second, Mark Trumbo, to end the inning.

Back-to-back singles by Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop kicked off the seventh inning and an error by Shaw put runners at second and third with one out, also allowing Adam Jones to reach on a fielder's choice.

Joey Rickard came up in place of Trumbo, who left the game with a left calf contusion, and broke the shutout with an RBI single that scored Schoop.

Thames got the run back in the bottom of the inning, sending a 3-1 slider from Tyler Wilson to the bullpen in right field to clinch his third career multi-homer game.

Schoop hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth.

NOTES: Baltimore optioned RHP Jimmy Yacabonis to Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday and recalled RHP Tyler Wilson, who worked two innings Tuesday against the Brewers. ... Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he expects LHP Zach Britton to return to the team Wednesday after completing a minor league rehab assignment for a left forearm strain that's kept the All-Star closer sidelined since May 6. ... Brewers 3B Travis Shaw was back in the starting lineup Wednesday, a day after he was hit in the left wrist by a pitch and had to leave the game after two innings. ... Milwaukee was without LF Ryan Braun, who got a scheduled day off according to manager Craig Counsell. ... Showalter said LHP Jayson Aquino will be recalled from Norfolk on Wednesday and start the series finale in place of RHP Chris Tillman, whose wife is expected to give birth in the next few days.