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04/20 21:25 CDT Yelich homers twice, Brewers beat Dodgers 5-0
Yelich homers twice, Brewers beat Dodgers 5-0
By RICH ROVITO
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Christian Yelich hit two home runs, pushing his major
league-leading total to 13, and Chase Anderson pitched five strong innings in a
spot start as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 Saturday.
Ryan Braun added a three-run homer for the Brewers, who snapped a three-game
losing streak.
The Brewers, who ended the Dodgers' six-game winning streak, got on the board
in the third when Yelich hit a solo homer with two out off Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-1).
With the homer, Yelich broke the franchise record for home runs in March and
April, set by Eric Thames in 2017.
Yelich hit Ryu's first pitch of the sixth into the right-field seats for a 2-0
lead. His 13 homers in the first month of the season matched the franchise
record for home runs in single month, set by Prince Fielder in May 2007.
Anderson got the call to fill the rotation spot of Freddy Peralta, who is out
with a right shoulder injury. He allowed just one hit, a single to Joc Pederson
to lead off the game. Anderson (2-0) retired 15 of the next 17 batters before
being lifted for a pinch hitter. He walked two batters and struck out five.
Alex Claudio, Junior Guerra and Matt Albers combined to pitch four innings of
one-hit relief.
Braun's homer in the seventh off Caleb Ferguson came after Lorenzo Cain's
two-out double and an intentional walk to Yelich.
Ryu, who had been dealing with a strained left groin, was activated from the
10-day injured list to start on Saturday. He gave up six hits and two runs in 5
2/3 innings while walking one and striking out nine.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: Plans to have LHP Rich Hill (left knee MCL strain) make a rehab start
on Monday at either Triple-A Oklahoma City or Double-A Tulsa have been scrapped
due to the forecast calling for bad weather. Instead, Hill will pitch at
extended spring training in Arizona on Monday.
Brewers: 3B Mike Moustakas left the game in the seventh inning with right-hand
discomfort. . RHP Jimmy Nelson (right shoulder) will pitch Monday at extended
spring training in Arizona. . Peralta reported no problems after a throwing
session on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (0-0, 2.57 ERA) will make his second start of the
season after opening on the injured list with left shoulder inflammation.
Kershaw is 6-5 with a 2.86 ERA in 14 career regular season starts against the
Brewers.
Brewers: RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-1, 5.23) will make his fifth start of the
season and first against the Dodgers in the finale of the four-game series. He
doesn't have a quality start, and opponents are hitting .280 against him. He
made three relief appearances against Los Angeles in last year's NLCS.
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