Peralta could lose spot in starting rotation

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MILWAUKEE — Is the Brewers’ Opening Day starter on the verge of losing his rotation spot?

In the wake of Wily Peralta’s latest loss, Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell could not definitively say.

“We’ll talk about it,” Counsell said Saturday, when asked whether Peralta would continue to start. “We have to look at the big picture of everything. It’s certainly got to be better.”

Peralta surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings against the Padres, putting the Brewers in a 6-2 hole after Wil Myers and Matt Kemp hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth. The Brewers fought back to tie the game in the eighth but lost in 12 innings, 8-7.

Through seven starts, Peralta is 2-4 with a 7.30 ERA. He has surrendered a …

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