MILWAUKEE – Try as he might, Braves journeyman Roberto Hernandez just did not have enough to compete with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.
The Brewers hit three homers and scored five runs against him in the first four innings, then kept scoring against Atlanta’s bullpen in a 11-3 rout at Miller Park. The Brewers led 6-0 after five innings and scored at least one run in all eight of their innings.
After winning the first two games of the four-game series, the Braves had a four-game winning streak snapped Wednesday and got blown out Thursday, with a big early-innings home run off the bat of slugger Chris Carter fueling the Brewers in both games.