Brewers 10, Diamondbacks 4: Breaking out the bats in front of a sellout crowd

Source: Yahoo Sports

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It's only the second week of spring training, but Sunday afternoon's game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields had more of a regular-season feel to it.

With a sellout crowd of 12,961 on hand for a rematch of the National League wild-card playoff series between the two teams (sorry, Brewers fans), Milwaukee broke out the bats en route to a 10-4 victory.

"It felt right," manager Pat Murphy said, referring to the atmosphere.

Next up for the 3-6 Brewers: A much-needed off day, their first of the spring.

"Just enjoy it," Murphy said when asked what he was going to do. "Not that I'm that important, but I'm sure the staff needs it. They've worked a lot harder than I have. And I'm happy that the staff can get a day off and we don't have anything purposely going on."

Peralta's first Cactus League appearance lasted three innings and 49 pitches, which was a positive.

The line - five hits allowed, including four homers and a double, three runs and a strikeout - wasn't so much. But of course, it's not all about the results at this point in camp.

Rather, it's stretching out, trying things and preparing for the season.

"It was great," said Peralta, who topped out at 96 mph on his penultimate pitch. "I felt great since the first pitch. Everything was working really good. I only don't feel good about one pitch in the 1-2 count to (Lourdes) Gurriel. But I felt great after that."

BOX SCORE: Brewers 10, Diamondbacks 4

Hall followed Peralta and threw two economical innings, allowing only a walk with a strikeout in 25 pitches.

"Just feeling that second (inning) in a real game and just kind of building up to being a starter again," Hall said. "It felt good, and felt good to get up twice."

Like many of Milwaukee's pitchers, Peralta and Hall both had done their fair amount of throwing in simulated games on the back fields in Maryvale. Peralta pitched three times in those, and Hall twice.

"It's nice to have the fans back. It's a nice feeling to be back on the mound with the fans," said Peralta. "That makes me feel really good. It made me feel like a better pitcher, too. That's how we enjoy the game."

Maybe the most impressive at-bat of the day belonged to Quero, the catching prospect who battled right-hander Bryce Jarvis for 12 pitches before winning with a two-run homer to left-center that upped Milwaukee's lead to 8-3 in the sixth.

"He impresses me more and more," said Murphy. "Just, his defense. He'll get better at the sequencing and all that kind of stuff. That right there was a championship-level at-bat and that's the kind of stuff he does."

"The Brewers need to get his autograph," Murphy, talking about Milwaukee's brass already potentially locking the 21-year-old Quero up to a contract extension, in the mold of their deal with Jackson Chourio.

Chourio started in center field and batted leadoff. He finished 1 for 3 with two runs scored and a walk. Chourio's average now sits at .200.