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Peralta, Segura help Brewers beat Phillies

MILWAUKEE – Wily Peralta pitched seven scoreless innings and Jean Segura dashed home on a rare two-base sacrifice fly to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.

Segura’s scramble came after center fielder Odubel Herrera and right fielder Domonic Brown collided in the third inning. According to STATS, it was the first time a player had scored from second this season on a sacrifice fly.

Peralta (3-7) had his best start this year, and Francisco Rodriguez picked up his 27th save in 27 tries this season despite Chase Utley’s RBI single.

Utley had four hits for the Phillies, who squandered a solid start by Adam Morgan (3-4) by stranding 10 runners.

Khris Davis added a solo home run for the Brewers in the second.

The Brewers have slumped at the plate again recently, but took full advantage of their opportunities against the Phillies in their first game back at Miller Park since general manager Doug Melvin announced he was moving into an advisory role.

No matter who leads them, Peralta and Segura appear to be big parts of Milwaukee’s future plans.

Segura singled in Hernan Perez and reached second on the throw home in the third to set up his wild dash. Jonathan Lucroy hit a fly ball to the warning track, where Herrera could be seen calling for it and made the catch before crashing into Brown.

Third base coach Ed Sedar didn’t hesitate sending Segura to the plate, and Freddy Galvis’ relay throw was just late to catcher Cameron Rupp, allowing Segura to become the first Brewers player to score from second on a sacrifice since Fernando Vina did it on Aug. 24, 1997.

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