Chris Narveson tossed 8-innings of 4-hit, shutout ball to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners at Miller Park on Sunday. It’s the first scoreless outing in 17 career Major League starts for Narveson
(7-4).
AUDIO: Chris Narveson on his 8 scoreless innings :14
Rickie Weeks led off the bottom of the first inning with his 17th career lead-off home run. Weeks finished with four hits as the Brewers took 2 of 3 in the series and have won 6 of their last 7 games.
The loss goes to Jason Vargas (6-3), his first defeat since May 4th.
Corey Hart also drove in Alcides Escobar with a run scoring double, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. Prince Fielder then capped off the scoring with by driving in Hart with a run scoring single.
John Axford struck out the side in the 9th for his 7th save. He’s perfect in that department since replacing veteran Trevor Hoffman.