Lauer shines as Brewers roll to 10-0 blowout of Phillies

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Lauer allowed four hits in seven innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.

Avisaíl García hit a two-run homer in his return to the lineup and Eduardo Escobar knocked in three runs as the Brewers maintained their franchise-record 11-game lead in the NL Central over the Cincinnati Reds. Kolten Wong and Christian Yelich added two RBIs each.

Philadelphia fell 2 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, who beat the Washington Nationals 8-5.

The Phillies had won all five of their previous matchups with the Brewers this season, including a four-game sweep in Philadelphia in May and a 12-0 blowout in Milwaukee on Monday.

But they couldn’t do much of anything against Lauer.

Lauer (5-5) struck out five and walked one to continue his sizzling September. He has given up one run and allowed just seven hits over 14 innings in two starts this month.

He was pitching so well that the Brewers let him hit for himself with the bases loaded and two outs in a 3-0 game in the sixth inning. Lauer rewarded the team’s faith in him by drawing a walk to spark a three-run rally.

Hunter Strickland and Miguel Sánchez worked the final two innings to complete the five-hit shutout.

Phillies starter Aaron Nola (7-8) gave up three runs and six hits in five innings while striking out six and walking none. The Brewers put the game away by scoring seven runs against the Phillies' bullpen.

The Brewers opened the scoring in the third when Escobar knocked home two runs with a ground-rule double on the ninth pitch of his at-bat. Escobar’s drive hit the dirt in left field and bounced into the stands in foul territory. Lauer singled and Wong doubled earlier in the inning.

Christian Yelich knocked in Escobar with a...

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