Brewers lose second straight game, fall to Reds 12-8

The Brewers offense has stayed potent, with eight runs again tonight. However, the pitching let them down tonight as they lost to the Reds 12-8.

Corbin Burnes made his first start of the spring, and the results weren’t great. He pitched into the fourth inning, but ended up allowing five runs. He did strike out five in the game. J.C. Mejia also allowed another two runs. Aaron Ashby was the bright spot of the pitching staff, pitching three scoreless innings in relief. Unfortunately, Brad Boxberger got hit for five runs in the eighth that were the difference in this one.

It was a back and forth game for a while. TJ Friedl homered in the first to give the Reds a 1-0 lead. The Brewers tied it up…