MILWAUKEE _ Hernan Perez just keeps on getting it done for the Milwaukee Brewers.
His two-out, two-strike, two-RBI triple in the seventh inning was as clutch as it comes, and it sparked a come-from-behind, 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night at Miller Park.
The rally began with a one-out, pinch-hit double by rookie Orlando Arcia, who entered the game 2 for his last 34. Jonathan Villar drove him in with a double to narrow the deficit to 4-3.
After Scooter Gennett struck out, the Rockies elected to intentionally walk Ryan Braun to face Perez, who was 0 for 3 with a pair of strikeouts. Perez fell behind Carlos Estevez _ Colorado's third pitcher in the inning _ 0-2 before reaching out and slapping a 98-mph fastball down the right-field line to put the Brewers in front for the first time at 5-4.
Carlos Torres pitched a scoreless eighth, then the Brewers tacked a run on in the ninth on a Domingo Santana sacrifice fly.
That brought on Corey Knebel for the ninth with Tyler Thornburg unavailable after pitching a total of three innings the previous two games. Knebel retired the first two batters then put the tying runner on before getting Nick Hundley to ground into a game-ending fielder's choice.
The Brewers have now won three straight.
Rookie Brent Suter (1-1) earned his first major-league victory by pitching a scoreless seventh, and the save was Knebel's first in the major leagues.
Milwaukee got out to an early lead on Colorado for the second straight night.
Chris Carter drew a leadoff walk from Jon Gray in the second and moved to second on a single by Kirk Nieuwenhuis. After Keon Broxton struck out, Martin Maldonado doubled Carter in while Nieuwenhuis advanced to third. He then scored on a wild pitch by Gray, putting the Brewers up, 2-0.
The Rockies answered quickly against Chase Anderson, who was making his first start in a week after being drilled by a line drive against the Cubs. Charlie Blackmon and David Dahl each singled to start the third, and Nolan Arenado homered to left on the next offering to make it 3-2. It was the fourth career homer off Anderson for Arenado, tied for his career high (also James Shields).
Gray settled in after the second. Starting with a punchout of Braun in the third, the big right-hander struck out five in a row and retired 10 straight overall until Gennett opened the Brewers' sixth with a single.
Anderson recovered to keep Colorado off the board in the fourth and fifth, but was lifted after that with his pitch count at 96. He allowed six hits, three runs (earned) and two walks while striking out a season-high-tying seven in his return to the rotation.
Gennett's single jump-started a potentially big inning for the Brewers in that sixth, with Braun and Carter following with walks that loaded the bases with one out. But Niewenhuis flied out to left field on the first pitch from Gray, and Broxton flied out to right after working a full count.
Colorado tacked on a run in the sixth against reliever Jhan Marinez, who issued a two-out walk to No. 8 hitter Cristhian Adames and then gave up a double to right-center by Gray.
