Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Milwaukee 5, Tampa Bay 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 40079

Zack Greinke rebounded from his worst start of the season and matched a season-high with 10 strikeouts, and Yuniesky Betancourt homered as the host Milwaukee Brewers posted a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.

Milwaukee avoided losing consecutive games at home for the first time this season and put an end to the Rays’ four-game winning streak. The Brewers own the best home record in baseball (26-10) and are the only team yet to lose two straight at home.

Greinke (7-2), the 2009 American League Cy Young Award winner, made sure the Brewers' impressive track record at home continued. The righthander, who was rocked for eight runs - six earned - in 5 1/3 innings against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, allowed one run and four hits in seven innings Tuesday.

Greinke outdueled Jeremy Hellickson (7-6), who yielded two runs and three hits in six innings.

Betancourt’s fourth homer of the season in the second barely cleared the left-center field fence and gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead.

Tampa Bay cut the lead to 2-1 in the seventh on an RBI single from John Jasso, but Milwaukee responded with three runs in the bottom half. Ryan Braun, who missed Monday's loss with a respiratory infection, had a two-run single and Prince Fielder drove in a run.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Milwaukee
Jeremy Hellickson Player Zack Greinke
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 10
3 Hits 4
3.00 ERA 1.29
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Milwaukee
John Jaso Player Jonathan Lucroy
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 4 0 6 .125 13 11 1 1 0 0
Milwaukee 7 1 10 .250 14 3 5 7 0 1
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