Counsell impressed by Pena's resilience

Pena's first career strikeout 0:17 9/5/15: Ariel Pena fans Ryan LaMarre to end the 4th inning, notching the first strikeout of his career MIL@CIN: Villarreal doubles home Suarez and Duvall"I thought it took him a while to settle into the game," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said of Pena, acquired in the 2012 trade that sent Zack Greinke to the Angels. "Really, his best work, to me, was in [his] third inning against [Joey] Votto and [Brandon] Phillips, which were really key spots in the game. I thought he started getting into a groove at that point. Sometimes that's kind of what you expect in your first time."

The Brewers were clinging to a 3-2 lead in that inning, the fifth, when Ivan…