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Brewers’ homers, bullpen hold off Angels for Guerra
- Updated: May 4, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Lucroy and Chris Carter hit back-to-back home runs in the Brewers’ go-ahead fifth inning to power a long-awaited victory for right-hander Junior Guerra, who gave new meaning to the term journeyman in a 5-4 win over the Angels at Miller Park on Tuesday night.
Carter logged three RBIs in his second multi-homer game in three days, and the Brewers secured their first three-game winning streak of the season for the 31-year-old Guerra, whose long road to this moment included pitching stints in Italy in Spain. Called up from the Minors to fill a hole in Milwaukee’s slumping starting rotation, he fell into a 4-0 deficit after three innings but settled in to deliver three more scoreless frames before yielding to relievers Michael Blazek, Tyler Thornburg and Jeremy Jeffress.
Milwaukee powered its way back beginning in the third inning, when Carter put the Brewers on the board against Angels starter Nick Tropeano with a two-run home run. In the decisive fifth, Carter followed Lucroy’s tying two-run homer with a go-ahead …
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