ST. LOUIS -- Tyler Lyons had just settled onto the bullpen bench when he was called into work on Friday, just minutes after Carlos Martinez had thrown his first pitch.
That's because Martinez would throw only six more, his night abruptly ending due to shoulder tightness. Lyons became the first of seven relievers to follow and pitched well enough to hand a lead off to Carlos Villanueva. It would eventually wither away -- the Brewers, with a home run off Trevor Rosenthal, would earn a 4-3 victory -- but Lyons again showed himself a reliable fill-in.