Gone fishin’: Brewers blast past Marlins

MILWAUKEE — Their Opening Day starter remained mired in his funk, but Brewers hitters slugged Wily Peralta to victory with Milwaukee’s best offensive game in two years.

Peralta surrendered a career-high 13 hits and couldn’t make it through the sixth inning, but he won his second straight start thanks to an offense that produced a seven-run third en route to a 14-5 win over the Marlins on Sunday at Miller Park, snapping Miami’s seven-game winning streak.

The Brewers scored 14 runs in a game for the first time since 2012 and produced 18 hits for the first time since 2014. Chris Carter hit a pair of home runs and Ryan Braun, Domingo Santana and Martin Maldonado enjoyed multi-RBI games of their own to avoid a Miami sweep. Through four innings, the Brewers owned an 11-1 lead, and already had season highs for runs and hits.

“Braun and Carter have been real run producers for us,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “They’ve certainly been driving the bus for us offensively, those two guys.”

Neither starting pitcher recorded a strikeout. Peralta surrendered five earned runs and saw his ERA rise to 7.50 after six starts. Marlins counterpart Tom Koehler took the loss after allowing eight earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDSlump-busters: Carter was in an 0-for-13 funk before he connected with a Koehler fastball in the third inning for a 412-foot, two-run homer to right-center field. Carter cleared the fence again an inning later, though this time just barely. His line drive along the left-field line snuck over the wall for Carter’s 12th career multi-homer game. Including a double in the eighth, 17 of Carter’s 22 hits this season have gone for extra bases.

“It’s pretty clear how he impacts the baseball when he hits it,” Counsell said. “His most impressive at-bat …

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