ARLINGTON -- The Brewers did a little bit of weekend cleansing throughout their Texas street journey, bringing out the brooms to brush a three-game set towards the American League West-leading Rangers.

Houser, a second-round choose within the 2011 MLB Draft, tossed 5 innings of one-run ball and struck out seven batters to earn his fifth victory of the season.

“His outing is what set us up [to win],” stated Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell. “They have a number of lefties of their lineup … just a few glorious hitters, and [Houser] did a very good job navigating by it. Especially his third time [through the order] within the fifth inning, I believed that was spectacular.

“You really can’t ask for much more. This was a lineup that scored a ton of runs and has done a lot of home run damage, and we minimized that today.”

Following Sunday’s win, the Brewers have now gained three consecutive video games and maintain a three-game lead over the Cubs within the National League Central. It is Milwaukee’s second profitable streak of a minimum of three video games this month; the membership has now gained seven of its final 10 video games.

“We’re playing good baseball,” Counsell stated. “In a long baseball season, you have ups and downs, but this was a good series. [Now] we get to enjoy a day off, and then we’re off to another tough challenge.”

On the opposite facet of the diamond, it wasn’t the hitting spree the primary two video games of the collection had been -- when the Brewers collected 14 and 15 hits, respectively -- however the bats did sufficient to again Houser and safe the sweep.

Facing Max Scherzer -- who moved as much as eleventh on MLB’s all-time strikeout record within the contest -- for the third time this season, the Brewers’ plate self-discipline stood out.

The workforce drew 4 walks and scored three runs towards the three-time Cy Young Award winner, forcing Scherzer out of the sport within the fourth inning after his pitch depend swelled to 99 pitches.

Three of the 4 walks charged towards Scherzer got here within the prime of the third inning, when the Brewers despatched eight males to the plate.

After Brice Turang struck out to steer off the body, Tyrone Taylor labored a seven-pitch stroll, Christian Yelich singled to proper subject and Mark Canha chipped in with a seven-pitch stroll of his personal.

Then, a few at-bats later, an errant pitch from Scherzer clipped Willy Adames on the highest of his helmet, forcing in a run with the bases loaded. Fortunately for Adames, he was not injured on the play and even tried waving off the medical employees earlier than they checked on him.

One at-bat later, Rowdy Tellez, who returned to the lineup on Saturday after spending six weeks on the injured record with a finger damage, additionally drew a free move to drive within the workforce’s second run of the day.

Yelich, who went 2-for-5, drove in a run on an RBI double down the right-field line within the prime of the fourth to chase Scherzer from the sport. 

In the highest of the eighth inning, the Brewers broke the sport huge open, tacking on three insurance coverage runs towards lefty reliever Will Smith to push their result in 6-1.

Taylor, who had a pair of extra-base hits and scored three runs, did many of the injury within the inning. With two males on, the 29-year-old outfielder bounced his first triple of the season simply contained in the right-field line to drive in each runs.

“We have a really good team,” Taylor stated, “and I’m just thankful to be a part of it.”

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