Milwaukee Brewers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Match Player Stats On Aug 26, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 27, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- Zach Davies pitched seven solid innings and the Milwaukee Brewers broke through the Los Angeles Dodgers' home dominance with a 3-0 victory Saturday in the middle contest of a three-game series.

It was only the 15th time the Dodgers lost a game at home in 67 tries. The Los Angeles offense collected only three hits off Davies over seven innings and only got a runner as far as second base twice. The Dodgers finished with five hits.

It was the third consecutive start where Davies gave up one earned run or fewer, and the fourth time he has done it in five August starts. In two starts against the Dodgers this season, he has not given up a run, firing six scoreless innings against Los Angeles on June 4 at Milwaukee.

Yasiel Puig had the Dodgers' only extra-base hit off Davies, a two-out double in the second inning. The other two hits off the right-hander also came with two outs: Chase Utley and Austin Barnes delivered back-to-back singles in the fifth inning.

The Dodgers were trying to beat the Brewers using exclusively relief pitchers. Ross Stripling, the swing man out of the bullpen this season, started and went three scoreless innings. He was followed by Edward Paredes, Josh Ravin, Brandon Morrow, Tony Watson and Luis Avilan.

The Brewers struck off Ravin in the fifth inning when Orlando Arcia crushed a two-run homer to center field. It was Arcia's 13th home run of the season. The Brewers added an insurance run in the eighth inning when Neil Walker's double scored Hernan Perez.

Brewers closer Corey Knebel closed out the victory with his 28th save. The Dodgers' Corey Seager led off the ninth with an infield single, but Knebel ended it on strikeouts of Justin Turner, Curtis Granderson and a ground ball from Yasmani Grandal.

NOTES: Brewers INF/OF Hernan Perez was in the leadoff spot for the first time this season, striking out twice in his first three at-bats before delivering an eighth-inning single. ... With his three scoreless innings against the Brewers on Saturday, Dodgers RHP Ross Stripling has fired five scoreless frames at Milwaukee in his brief career. ... Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez carried a .344 career batting average against the Brewers into Saturday's game, but struck out as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning.