Phillies get 4 HRs, strong outing by Arrieta to beat Brewers
Phillies beat Brewers 7-2 Saturday.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Jake Arrieta pitched eight effective innings, Andrew McCutchen homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 on Saturday.
Cesar Hernandez, Rhys Hoskins and J.T. Realmuto also connected in Philadelphia's third consecutive win. Hoskins finished with three hits and two RBIs, and Hernandez also drove in two runs.
Arrieta (5-4) allowed two runs and five hits, struck out eight and walked one in his first win since April 27. The 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner was 0-2 with a 4.30 ERA in his previous four starts.
Milwaukee lost for the fifth time in its last seven games. Mike Moustakas hit his 13th homer in the seventh, but the Brewers finished with just five hits.
McCutchen drove Jhoulys Chacin's second pitch off the center-field scoreboard at Miller Park. McCutchen is batting .414 (12 for 29) with two homers and nine RBIs during his last seven games.
The Phillies added a run in the second when Jean Segura walked with the bases loaded. Hernandez homered with two out in the third and added a run-scoring single in the fifth to extend the lead to 4-0.
Chacin (3-6) allowed seven hits, struck out six and walked three in five innings.
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell was ejected in the eighth by plate umpire Mike Estabrook after Lorenzo Cain grounded out to end the inning. After being thrown out, Counsell came onto the field and engaged in a heated face-to-face shouting match with Estabrook.
Estabrook also tossed Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun in the fourth after the slugger struck out and shouted at Estabrook as returned to the dugout.
Hernan Perez's run-scoring groundout got Milwaukee within two in the eighth. But Hoskins hit a two-run homer in the ninth and Realmuto followed with his eighth homer.