"Tough day," Peralta said.
Peralta was talking about the Shane Peterson foul that hit the back wall in the dugout and struck Peralta near his left ear. But those two words summed up the night for the Brewers, who have lost six games in a row and 11 of their last 13 while watching a number of veteran players, from Aramis Ramirez to Carlos Gomez to Gerardo Parra, get traded away.
"I thought we competed well in the Cubs series," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said, referring to his team's four games prior to Monday night.