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Is Peralta’s spot in the rotation in jeopardy?
- Updated: May 15, 2016
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.”
The priority, Counsell said in a continuation of the discussion Sunday morning, is, “What do we have to do to help Wily? That’s the first issue. That precedes anything. What do we need to do to get him going and get him productive?”
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 WHIP of 1.992, the worst mark in the Majors and on pace for the second-worst WHIP in club history for a starting …
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