Perez powers Crew to series win over Pirates

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MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Lucroy was out of the lineup Saturday, as Milwaukee general manager David Stearns made progress toward a trade. Ryan Braun was a late scratch with continued tightness in his right side. But this was a Pirates-Brewers game at Miller Park, and those almost always end the same way.

Unheralded Hernan Perez took Braun’s place in the three-hole and delivered three hits and three RBIs in a 5-3 win over the Pirates at Miller Park. Perez and Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered, and Nieuwenhuis made a pair of highlight-reel throws from right field to help the the Brewers improve to 102-56 against the Pirates since the start of the 2007 season, including a remarkable 63-17 in Milwaukee. The Brewers have won each of the teams’ last eight matchups here.

Gregory Polanco hit a solo home run in the eighth inning and Jordy Mercer blooped an RBI single in the …

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