MILWAUKEE -- Jurickson Profar was the primary Rockies batter to dig in in opposition to Freddy Peralta on Monday evening, and he went down swinging.

There could be much more of that.

Ezequiel Tovar was subsequent, and he hit a house run.

There could be no extra of that.

The Brewers got here inside one pitch of throwing an ideal sport in a 12-1 win at American Family Field, with Peralta permitting that lone hit and nothing else whereas matching his profession excessive of 13 strikeouts over a season-high seven innings.

Relievers Elvis Peguero and Andrew Chafin mixed with Peralta on a 28-batter pitching clinic whereas rookie Sal Frelick delivered one other monster evening on the plate and Milwaukee stayed 1 1/2 video games forward of the Cincinnati Reds for the National League Central lead.

“That was as well-pitched a game as we’ve had this year, for sure,” stated Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell.

It marked the third time in franchise historical past that the Brewers yielded just one baserunner in a sport.

The most up-to-date incidence was Corbin Burnes’ and Josh Hader’s mixed no-hitter in Cleveland on Sept. 11, 2021, when Burnes’ seventh-inning stroll was the lone blemish.

Before that, there was Brandon Woodruff and Matt Albers throwing a one-hitter in opposition to the Phillies on May 26, 2019. The solely baserunner that day touched all of them; Philadelphia catcher Andrew Knapp homered off Woodruff within the sixth.

Peralta, who now has 10 profession begins of no less than 5 innings with one or no hits, will proceed to chase that elusive no-hitter.

“I don’t know when it’s going to happen,” Peralta stated, “but I’m waiting for that moment.”

Five years after he introduced his arrival in Major League Baseball with a 13-strikeout gem in opposition to the Rockies at Coors Field, Peralta has matched that mark twice in his previous three begins.

He struck out 13 Reds on July 26 whereas working six scoreless innings, then delivered a high quality begin in a win at Washington final week earlier than returning house and inducing 31 swings and misses in opposition to the Rockies on Monday -- essentially the most whiffs for a Brewers pitcher, in accordance with Statcast, which has pitch-tracking information way back to 2008.

"What was enjoyable for me was I knew that I had a number of strikeouts at the moment, however I had no concept about what number of,” Peralta stated. “When I completed, ‘Big Woo’ [Woodruff] got here in and he informed me, ‘You can only strike out 13?’

“I didn’t know that. I had no idea. I wished I could get another one to break my own record, but it was fun. And everyone knows that I love the strikeouts.”

Before Peralta, the Brewers report was 30 swings and misses in opposition to Burnes on Aug. 11, 2021. That was the evening he matched the Major League report by putting out 10 consecutive batters throughout one stretch of a victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Peralta appeared like he may give that report a run when he struck out 5 consecutive Rockies within the second and third innings, all swinging. Overall, 11 of Peralta’s 13 strikeouts had been of the swinging selection.

“Guys were frustrated, especially the younger fellows,” Rockies supervisor Bud Black stated. “You guys saw the look on their faces. They’re exasperated. But this is baptism under fire for these guys.”

Said Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones, a strikeout sufferer each instances up in opposition to Peralta: “I attempted to be early and was nonetheless late. Not a lot I may do there."

Brice Turang, beginning for the Brewers at shortstop rather than the slumping Willy Adames, offered Peralta a lead with a two-out, two-run house run for Milwaukee’s first hit off Rockies starter Peter Lambert within the fourth inning.

It sparked a five-run inning and a string of clutch at-bats, the likes of which had eluded Milwaukee since a 14-run outburst in opposition to the Pirates to start out this homestand.

Turang’s homer scored Frelick, who made his first profession begin in middle subject and remained an on-base machine. He reached safely 4 extra instances, scored three runs and drove in 4, together with a three-run house run within the eighth inning that pushed even larger his online game numbers at house.

In his first 39 profession plate appearances at American Family Field, Frelick has 10 hits, together with three house runs, 10 walks and two sacrifice flies, together with a game-winner and a hit-by-pitch in addition.

He was struck in the correct knee his first time up Monday however stayed within the sport and declared postgame that he could be “fine.”

Frelick has 15 RBIs in his first 16 profession video games, a Brewers report. He beat Paul Molitor’s 19 video games, and also you in all probability understand how that turned out.

“Once it gets rolling, a couple two-out hits there … it’s just contagious,” Frelick stated. “Everyone wants a part of it. You get a good start from your starter, too. It’s all contagious. Once that ball got rolling, it didn’t stop.”

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