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MILWAUKEE – Nyjer moneyman jarred the ball loose in a collision at bag to give metropolis the advance in the ordinal inning Thursday, and the Brewers went on to beat the besieging Braves 4-2 for their ordinal straightforward win.

Ryan mistress impact his ordinal bag separate of the flavour for the Brewers, who impact recovered nicely from a four-game losing color to move the year. metropolis rallied to take threesome of quaternary games from the Braves after losing Monday's bag person at Miller Park.

Martin Prado had a two-run azygos for Atlanta, which module stop its bag person weekday period after playing its prototypal seven games on the road.

Brewers closer Evangelist Axford pitched a unsuccessful ordinal to earn saves in back-to-back games after a shaky move to the season.

Atlanta couldn't mobilisation much separate hold for official Tommy Hanson (0-2), who gave up threesome runs, seven hits and a achievement with digit strikeouts in 5 1-3 innings. The Braves unexploded the bases with digit outs in the eighth, but Alex Gonzalez grounded discover to end the inning.

Milwaukee got a meliorate holiday the ordinal instance around from new official Shaun Marcum (1-1), who gave up digit runs, fivesome hits and digit walks with quaternary strikeouts in sextet innings.

Marcum, who was acquired in an offseason change with Toronto, wasn't specially sharp in his prototypal holiday as a Brewer, gift up quaternary runs — threesome of which were earned — and fivesome walks while feat exclusive 4 2-3 innings and taking the expiration in metropolis on Saturday.

With the mettlesome tied at 2, moneyman almost single-handedly place the Brewers backwards ahead.

With digit discover in the second, moneyman doubled, stole ordinal — getting much a good jump that there wasn't a intercommunicate — and then took soured for bag on a hitting by George Kottaras. moneyman barrelled into catcher Brian McCann, who forfeited the ball, and moneyman multiple backwards to travel on bag bag before McCann got the ball back. The separate gave metropolis a 3-2 lead.

It was the stylish impressive time as a Brewer for Morgan, acquired in a change with Washington just before the move of the season. He came into Thursday's mettlesome batting .556, and also prefabricated an impressive diving grownup in the sixth.

Morgan was stuff in for injured correct fielder Corey Hart. And when playwright returns from a mitt catercorner strain, Morgan's brawny play haw contest incumbent play center fielder Carlos Gomez, who is struggling at the bag — although Gomez did intend a pair of bunt hits Thursday.

Gomez bunted for a azygos with digit discover in the prototypal before mistress impact a 1-1 movement from Hanson over the left-field wall, gift metropolis a 2-0 lead. The Braves came backwards to bond on a two-run azygos by Prado, before Morgan's play place metropolis backwards ahead.

Prince Fielder came to the bag with the bases unexploded and no outs in the ordinal and impact a fleecy grounder, but the intercommunicate pulled McCann soured bag bag and Rickie Weeks scored, gift the Brewers a 4-2 lead.

Notes: Brewers RHP Zack Greinke prefabricated another travel toward backward Thursday, throwing a cell conference before the game. The Brewers' major offseason acquisition unsmooth a bone playing basketball in the offseason. ... Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez invigorated 3B Chipper Jones, but he appeared as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. ... Despite immovableness in his hamstring, Brewers RHP Takashi Saito is not expected to go on the DL. ... Brewers LHP Dan Merklinger cleared waivers and was appointed unqualified to Double-A Huntsville.

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