Defense key as Brewers edge Braves

ATLANTA — A two-run offensive night is usually not a good thing for the Brewers.

Heading into Tuesday night’s 2-1 win vs. the Braves at Turner Field, they were 1-14 in games in which they scored two runs or fewer, with two of those games coming in the previous series against the Mets.

But on Tuesday night, two runs were good enough. The defense made sure of that.

Milwaukee, which has committed 29 errors in 45 games and has a .982 fielding percentage, dazzled defensively, with web gems everywhere.

“The defense was great tonight,” said center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis, whose running catch of a Tyler Flowers blast with no outs and a runner on first in the sixth inning was called the play of the game by manager Craig Counsell. “[Aaron Hill] made a couple of great plays, Ryan [Braun] made a great play, [Ramon] Flores at the end of the game. On mine, it was a ball hit over my head, trying to get back as quick as possible, you can’t really take your eye off that. It was hit pretty hard, and then try to time my jump and was able to come up with it.”

Another key play came in the second inning. With the bases loaded and no one out, Erick Aybar ripped a 3-1 pitch — …

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