You may have missed the one home run in the game if you blinked or stepped away to the concession stands.
Jesús Luzardo threw eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball in his longest career start, and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Wednesday night.
The game’s turning point came in the bottom of the first inning when Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered, securing the Marlins’ victory with the game’s only run. This win marked their third consecutive series victory.
“The strikeouts for me — blowing people away — it’s not that important,” Luzardo said. “It’s more of getting deeper in the game, giving our team a chance to compete and saving the bullpen.”
Luzardo (2-3) struck out four and retired 17 straight until Gary Sanchez’s one-out single in the eighth. Jackson Chourio reached on a fielder’s choice and then stole second before Luzardo finished his outing by retiring Owen Miller on a fly-out to short right.
In three starts since returning from the injured list on May 11, Luzardo has allowed two runs over 19 2/3 innings.
The Marlins (17-34) improved to 10-10 in May.
The NL Central-leading Brewers (28-21) had one threat against Luzardo in the second when Willy Adames and Sánchez singled. But Luzardo retired Joey Ortiz on a pop-out, struck out Jackson Chourio, and then caught Adames on an unsuccessful steal attempt at third to end the inning.
Brewers starter Freddy Peralta also had a dominant outing as he limited Miami to one run and four hits over seven innings. Peralta (3-3) walked one and struck out seven.
The game was completed in 1 hour and 54 minutes.
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