The Braves managed only three hits in the game. Justin Upton, Andrelton Simmons and Elliot Johnson had the three hits for Atlanta. The offense struggled mightily all night, continuing their recent run of games where they can't rally anything together to score runs. Jordan Schafer did steal his 22nd base of the year, which leads the team.
Mike Minor started the game for Atlanta and did a pretty good job even though he suffered the loss and is now 13-8 on the year. He pitched seven innings and gave up three runs on eight hits, including homers to Carlos Gomez and Jonathan Lucroy. Anthony Varvaro pitched the eighth inning and fell apart for the first time in awhile. He gave up two runs, one earned, on three hits including a homer to Aramis Ramirez. The other run scored on a bizarre play that included a Simmons' throwing error that bounced off the mound all the way to the net behind home plate. Kameron Loe took the mound for the ninth inning and struck out a batter in a perfect inning.
The Braves are now 92-64 on the year and they will play the Brewers again tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m. Freddy Garcia (4-7) will start for the Braves as he tries to secure a spot on the postseason roster while Tyler Thornburg (3-1) will start for Milwaukee.
After struggling in his first few appearances with the team, Kameron Loe has put together a few good outings from the bullpen, including a scoreless inning against the Brewers on Monday night.
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