Big Lutz and Bronson Arroyo Spill the Brewers

Donald "Big" Lutz drilled a three-run home run of the rightfield fair pole that went out faster than one can say grober eile (big hurry). Not only did the ball leave the park fast but it will land in Friedberg, Germany.

The wily Bronson Arroyo kept the fastball hitting Milwaukee Brewers off balance in the 5-1 win that completed the three-game sweep.

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Brandon Phillips and Brewer menace Jay Bruce singled off Wily Peralta to open the second inning. Todd Frazier struck out; then Big Lutz struck.  Lutz slammed his first career home run on a line that struck the screen of the pole 366 feet from home plate.

Wily Peralta put the pitch not only where he wanted but had a lot of mustard on it.

"I don't see how Lutz hit that ball," Brewer's manager Ron Roenicke said. "Wily started him out with a good slider for a strike then put the ball up and in at 95-96 mph."

"I saw the ball pretty good and put a good swing on it," Lutz said as he was also presented with the lineup card from the game. "I'm sending the ball to my mother."

That essentially was all the run support Arroyo needed.

The veteran spread four hits and a walk over the first five innings, retiring six hitters in a row until he hit Logan Schafer with a pitch two outs into the seventh. Rickie Weeks singled to cue Dusty Baker to call on Sam LeCure.

"It was the same old thing. Arroyo keeps you off balance all day," Roenicke said. "Arroyo throws his breaking ball for strikes sometimes better than he throws the fastball for strikes.  He has command of all his pitches. Arroyo got behind Rickie (Weeks) 3-0 and drops a curve in for as strike.  You hope to catch him when he is a little off with his command."

LeCure faced on batter, Jeff Bianchi, who struck out looking.

Xavier Paul pinch hit for LeCure and hit a pitch by Mike Fiers into the rightfield bleachers. It was Paul's second pinch hit home run of the season.

The Brewers scored a run on a wild pitch by Jonathan Broxton in the eighth.

Aroldis Chapman finished the game in a non-save situation, striking out side.

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