The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, 4-3 at Chase Field in Phoenix.

The win marks the series victory for the Brewers. How did they outlast the low-scoring battle?

A Defensive Battle

In the first inning, the home team grabbed the advantage.

After forcing Ketel Marte into a groundout, Brewers right-hander Brandon Sproat allowed back-to-back doubles by Geraldo Perdomo and Corbin Carroll that gave Arizona a 1-0 lead. After Sproat walked Gabriel Moreno, he was able to force two more groundouts to get out of the frame.

From there, the Brewers’ defense held the Diamondbacks in check, but they also could not find a way to get across home plate.

From the second to the sixth inning, neither team could score. Sproat ended up going four innings and striking out four hitters while allowing five hits, one earned run, and three walks. 

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Sproat was replaced by Grant Anderson, and it was the beginning of a deep reliever rotation manager Pat Murphy turned to in the game.

Anderson provided 1.2 innings for Milwaukee before being replaced by Drew Rom in the bottom of the sixth. Rom finished the frame and got a strikeout, and he was replaced by Aaron Ashby in the bottom of the seventh.

After Ashby, Abner Uribe took the mound and navigated Milwaukee’s defense through the rest of the seventh and eighth inning. Finally, Trevor Megill closed the game.

Finding a Way

For most of the afternoon, the Brewers could not break through. Then, the seventh inning happened.

In the top of the frame, Andrew Vaughn led off with a single, and Jake Bauers followed up with a two-run home run to right-center field, marking his 16th of the season. With the lead finally in their favor, the Brewers were not done yet.

After Garrett Mitchell struck out, Gary Sanchez hit a double to left field. Following David Hamilton’s lineout to right field, Joey Ortiz took advantage of the two-out situation with an RBI single to right field to make it a 3-1 game.

Uribe ended up giving up a run in the bottom of the seventh, and it was on Megill and the defense to protect Milwaukee’s one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. Megill allowed a walk, but the Brewers got through the frame and secured the win.

The Brewers will travel to St. Louis to face the Cardinals for a five-game set that includes a doubleheader on Tuesday to make up for a postponed game between the two teams on May 5.

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