Brewers veteran right-hander Freddy Peralta stared down the Kid Rockies Monday night. It was not a fair fight.
Peralta dominated with a capital D, tying a career-high with 13 strikeouts over seven innings in Milwaukee’s 12-1 cruiser at American Family Field. Peralta allowed just one hit, didn’t walk a batter, and set down the final 20 hitters he faced. He threw 31 swing-and-miss pitches. In other words, he was close to perfect.
Peralta’s lone mistake was giving up a solo homer to rookie shortstop Ezequiel Tovar in the first inning. After that, Peralta was untouchable.
“We just couldn’t get the barrel to the ball enough times tonight,” manager Bud Black told AT&T SportsNet.