Nelson picks up 'pen by going the distance

Jimmy Nelson whiffs 10 batters and allows just one unearned run on six hits en route to his first career complete game in a 2-1 Brewers winMILWAUKEE -- A complete game is rare enough. A Brewers pitcher hadn't thrown one since Taylor Jungmann's Dodger Stadium dandy in July 2015. The home fans hadn't cheered one at Miller Park since Kyle Lohse went the distance against the Reds in September 2014.

But it was the context that made Jimmy Nelson's Father's Day gem something special. Nelson surrendered a lone unearned run while pitching all nine innings of Sunday's 2-1 win over the Padres, a six-hit, two-walk, 10-strikeout beauty that gave Brewers manager Craig Counsell a break from the team's…