Bats help Parra sail through Phillies
Left-hander shows no rust from layoff
If Manny Parra was going to fall, there was going to be a pretty comfy cushion to crash into.Tonight's game:
The Milwaukee Brewers left-hander made his first start since Sept. 8 after neck stiffness kept him out of three slotted turns.
And the offense did its best to give him some wiggle room against one of the National League's best left-handers.
The Brewers cuffed around Philadelphia Phillies southpaw Cliff Lee and scored big in two innings to take out the reigning World Series champions, 8-4, Friday night at Miller Park.
Lee was tagged with four runs in the first inning and three in the fifth, the majority coming on home runs, and Parra was steady in seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits.
He struck out eight to tie a season high and walked one.
Manager Ken Macha planned to limit Parra to about 75 pitches and hoped to get five innings out of him. Parra was at 77 pitches after five, but his innings were stress-free and Parra said he felt fine, so the skipper let him work and he finished with 92 pitches.
"You had to like what you saw with Manny Parra tonight," Macha said. "Only one walk, eight strikeouts, gave us seven innings.
"He said he felt great. He was throwing the ball terrific."
PHI: Kyle Kendrick
MIL: Braden Looper
6:05pm CDT
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