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MILWAUKEE BREWERS’ starting pitcher Mark Rogers of Orrs Island throws against the Washington Nationals during the first inning of a baseball game on Sunday in Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS’ starting pitcher Mark Rogers of Orrs Island throws against the Washington Nationals during the first inning of a baseball game on Sunday in Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers’ bullpen is still in disarray, and Michael Morse and his Washington teammates took advantage.

Morse hit a tying, two-run homer in the ninth inning, then delivered a tworun double in the 11th that sent the Nationals over the Brewers 11-10 Sunday.

The Brewers have lost nine of 10. Their bullpen allowed nine runs in the final five innings in the latest defeat.

Milwaukee starter Mark Rogers of Orrs Island, Maine, starting in place of Zack Greinke, pitched 5.2 solid innings in his first major league appearance since 2010.

The right-hander was the fifth pick in the June 2004 free agent draft, but had pitched only 10 innings in the majors before replacing Greinke in the Brewers’ rotation.

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Rogers gave up a home run to Steve Lombardozzi to lead off the game, but settled in to keep the Nationals off-balance. He gave up two runs on six hits and struck out seven.

“I felt good but obviously it didn’t start the way I wanted it to,” he said.

Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said after the game that Rogers would remain in the rotation.

After the Greinke trade was consummated, the Brewers reclled Rogers from Class AAA Nashville last week.

“We’d like to see him again,” Roenicke said. “I don’t know that we’ll just automatically go forward with young guys, but we’ll see how it goes.”

Rogers was 6-6 with a 4.72 earned-run average in 18 starts. He had 74 strikeouts and 49 walks in 95.1 innings.

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He appeared in four games for the Brewers in 2010, starting two, and posted a 1.80 ERA in 10 innings.

Milwaukee’s duo of Francisco Rodriguez and John Axford each allowed three runs in failing to protect another late lead. Jose Veras (3-4), another lateinning reliever, allowed the two-run homer to Morse in the 11th.


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