Freddy Peralta allowed just one hit — a solo homer — before being ejected in the sixth inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a wild 8-2 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in a game also marred by an eighth-inning fight.
Peralta was ejected with one out in the sixth with Milwaukee up 6-1 after hitting Jose Siri with a pitch. Brewers manager Pat Murphy was also ejected. Siri then advanced to second on a wild pitch by reliever Elvis Peguero and scored on Richie Palacios’ single.
In the eighth inning, Siri and Brewers reliever Abner Uribe exchanged words, then punches, after Siri grounded out to first, with players from each team rushing onto the field.
Peralta (3-0) allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings.
He struck out seven, walked none and hit two batters in a 66-pitch outing.
Willy Adames put the Brewers up 6-1 in the fifth with his fourth homer of the season, a three-run shot.
Rhys Hoskins was hit by a pitch and moved to third on a single by highly touted prospect Tyler Black, who was making his big-league debut. Adames then sent a 2-0 sinker from reliever Jacob Lopez 400 feet to center.
Milwaukee made it 8-2 in the seventh when Joey Ortiz and Jackson Chourio drew back-to-back two-out walks and Brice Turang lined a two-run double to right-center.