GAME REPORT

BREWERS 6, DODGERS 3

BEHIND THE BOX SCORE

Craig Counsell’s first two games as manager couldn’t have been more different. There was the exhilarating comeback victory against Clayton Kershaw, and the Dodgers followed by what became a lopsided loss as Zack Greinke shut down the Brewers’ offense. “Let’s ride the roller coaster,” Counsell said.”

Only home plate umpire Jordan Baker knows why he didn’t eject Los Angeles leftfielder Scott Van Slyke after a called third strike in the fourth inning. Van Slyke flipped the bat over his head and held both arms out in complaint, then came back to get some extra words in without getting the thumb.

STATITUDES

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who had five walks, a HBP and two-run homer in the first two games of the series, ranked second all time among visiting players (minimum 75 at-bats) with a .808 slugging percentage. He trailed another Dodgers first baseman, Shawn Green, whose .816 slugging percentage was aided greatly by a four-homer game at Miller Park in 2002. Gonzalez added three more hits, including a double, in four at-bats.

Each of Dodgers rookie centerfielder Joc Pederson’s last seven hits have been home runs. He hit two off Wily Peralta and has three in the series.

RECORD THIS YEAR: 9-19 LAST YEAR: 20-8 HOME: 5-11 (roof open, 0-0; roof closed, 5-11)

ROAD: 4-8

ATTENDANCE WEDNESDAY: 22,708 OVERALL (16 dates): 465,717 (29,107 avg.)

SELLOUTS: 1

COMING UP

Thursday: 12:40 p.m. at Miller Park. Milwaukee RHP Mike Fiers (1-3, 4.74) vs. Los Angeles RHP Carlos Frias (2-0, 0.00). No TV. Radio — AM-620.

Friday: 7:10 p.m. at Miller Park. Milwaukee RHP Jimmy Nelson (1-2, 4.03) vs. Chicago Cubs RHP Jason Hammel (2-1, 3.73). TV — FS Wisconsin. Radio — AM-620.

Saturday: 6:10 p.m. at Miller Park. Milwaukee RHP Kyle Lohse (1-4, 7.01) vs. Chicago Cubs LHP Travis Wood (2-1, 4.40). TV — FS Wisconsin. Radio — AM-620.

Sunday: 1:10 p.m. at Miller Park. Milwaukee RHP Matt Garza (2-4, 4.58) vs. Chicago Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 5.61). TV — FS Wisconsin. Radio — AM-620.

Tom Haudricourt

IN THE MINORS

COLORADO SPRINGS (AAA): Pete Orr put the Sky Sox ahead in the top of the ninth with an RBI double, but the Memphis Sounds scored three times in the bottom of the inning to rally for a 6-5 win.

BILOXI (AA): Yadiel Rivera had four of the Shuckers’ 16 hits and also drove in two runs in an 8-7 win over the Mississippi Braves.

BREVARD COUNTY (A): Clint Coulter hit a three-run bomb but that’s all the offense the Manatees would get in a 7-3 loss to the Clearwater Threshers.

WISCONSIN (A): Catcher Carlos Leal continued his hot hitting (.385) with a pair of singles, but the Timber Rattlers took it on the chin, 8-2, against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.