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- Updated: May 30, 2016
MILWAUKEE — In the box score, Junior Guerra’s final line reads as 6 1/3 innings pitched and four runs allowed, but the Brewers right-hander’s day could have ended better had a few bounces gone his way in the third inning of a 6-0 loss to the Cardinals on Memorial Day.
A series of defensive miscues aided a three-run Cardinals third inning that proved to be more than enough offensive support for starter Carlos Martinez, who carved up the Crew over eight scoreless innings.
“They were kind of woulda-coulda-shoulda plays, but certainly not routine plays,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “They way Martinez was pitching, we pretty much needed to make every play today.”
After a Matt Carpenter single, Aledmys Diaz pounded a slow chopper to Hernan Perez at third base. Perez’s throw to first baseman Chris Carter sailed wide, allowing Carpenter to take third base on an error.
Perez was then unable to come …
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