MILWAUKEE _ Trevor Richards has good memories of his brief time living in Milwaukee.
But he'll likely want to forget the one that involve pitching there upon his return.
The Marlins' rookie, who a year and a half ago worked a job for six months at a brewery near Miller Park during his journey to the majors, got a rude homecoming from the tenants of that ballpark Friday night as the Brewers routed the Marlins, 8-0, and handed them their second consecutive lopsided defeat.
Richards had trouble putting away hitters from the outset, walking three batters and forcing in a run with the bases loaded in the first inning.
He limited the damage to that until the dam burst in the fourth inning when the Brewers scored five runs with two outs.
Richards was one strike away from retiring Lorenzo Cain to end the frame, but walked him.
The next three pitches from Richards settled the outcome quickly.
Christian Yelich hit the first pitch _ an 82-mph changeup _ for a triple off the wall.
Ryan Braun hit the first pitch _ an 80-mph slider _ over the left center field wall for a two-run homer.
Travis Shaw hit the first pitch _ a 91-mph four-seam fastball _ over the center field wall for a solo home run.
And after issuing his sixth walk of the game to Eric Thames, Marlins manager Don Mattingly ended Richards' outing with the Brewers comfortably ahead by six runs.
Richards, who made his fourth career start, threw 102 pitches over only 32/3 innings, and his ERA climbed to 6.16 in 19 innings pitched this season.
The Marlins (5-14) were shut out for the third time this season and lost for the fifth time in six games. The Marlins are 1-11 in the 12 games they have scored three runs or fewer.
Perhaps the one plus of the evening for Miami was another impressive outing in relief by Tayron Guerrero, who walked his first batter after replacing Richards, but proceeded to strike out the next four he faced.
Guerrero, a 27-year old rookie, had four pitches clocked at over 100 mph by MLB's Statcast tracking system during his 11/3-inning, 24-pitch outing.
