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 Peralta (11-6) was dominant for the second time in as many
starts, yielding one run on three hits while striking out five after
posting the same line against the St. Louis Cardinals in his final
outing before the All-Star break. Carlos Gomez and Jean Segura
scored twice for the Brewers, who won for only the fourth time in 17
games and improved to 4-7 this season against the Reds.
Billy Hamilton homered in the sixth inning and Kristopher Negron
added a pinch-hit solo shot in the eighth off reliever Will Smith,
but that was all the offense the Reds could muster as they matched a
season high with their fourth straight setback. Mat Latos (2-2)
surrendered five runs (four earned) over seven innings and continued
to receive minimal help from his offense, which has scored a total
of eight runs for him in six all-time outings in Milwaukee.
 Latos allowed his unearned run in the third as Segura led off with a
triple to right-center and came across to score on the same play
when Ramon Santiago’s relay throw from shallow center hit Segura in
the foot and rolled into the dugout. Peralta and Gomez followed
Segura with singles ahead of Braun, who pushed across both runners
with a line-drive double that sailed over Chris Heisey’s head in
left.
The Brewers tacked on two more insurance runs one inning later as
Segura singled and scored on a ground-rule double from Gomez, who
stole third and came across moments when Reds first baseman Donald
Lutz was unable to cleanly field Scooter Gennett’s hard-hit
grounder. Francisco Rodriguez relieved Smith and tossed a perfect
ninth for his 29th save.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati manager Bryan Price was ejected in the
top of the sixth for arguing a check-swing call from home plate
umpire David Rackley on a strikeout of C Devin Mesoraco. … Braun,
who entered Monday 2-for-20 in his career against Latos, went
2-for-4 against the right-hander and is batting .400 during a
nine-game hitting streak. … The Reds have scored eight runs and
struck out 39 times – including eight on Monday – during their skid.
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