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- Updated: July 28, 2016
MILWAUKEE — You probably won’t see very many innings like the first two of the Brewers’ 8-1 loss to the D-backs on Wednesday night at Miller Park.
Milwaukee committed a season-high five errors within the game’s first 12 batters as Arizona jumped out to an 8-0 lead. So unusual were the defensive woes that Brewers manager Craig Counsell said that the innings were “out of ‘The Twilight Zone.'”
“It is not something I’ve ever seen,” Counsell said. “It was just strange, the first two innings really. It was a tough night. It was a strange night. You just put it in the rear-view mirror and move on.”
Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson didn’t have much of a chance to settle in early on with three errors being committed over a span of two batters in the first inning. After a groundout to open the game, shortstop Jonathan Villar bobbled Phil Gosselin’s grounder and then committed a second error on the next batter by throwing Jean Segura’s chopper into right field. The errant throw allowed Gosselin to advance …
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