Gray’s 10 K’s for naught as ‘pen struggles in loss

MILWAUKEE — Hernan Perez punched a two-strike, two-out, two-run triple just inside first base in the seventh inning to cap a three-run Brewers rally, sending them to a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Tuesday at Miller Park.

Jonathan Villar also hit a run-scoring double in the decisive seventh for the Brewers, who overcame Nolan Arenado’s National League-leading 33rd home run, a three-run shot in the third, to win their third straight game. Rockies reliever Carlos Estevez took the loss after surrendering Perez’s go-ahead hit, which came in an 0-2 count and gave the Brewers a 5-3 lead.

With closer Tyler Thornburg unavailable after logging three innings and a pair of saves over the previous two days, the Brewers used Carlos Torres and Corey Knebel to hold the lead, with Domingo Santana’s sacrifice fly in the eighth giving Knebel some margin for error. Knebel earned his first Major …

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