Rangers pitcher Martin Perez gave up five earned runs on five hits and one walk in five innings while striking out three in his team's 9-3 loss to the Brewers Tuesday.
Perez retired the first nine batters of the game in order before allowing a leadoff double in the fourth, with the runner coming around to score on consecutive groundouts. He then gave up four runs in the fifth, with three coming on a Carlos Gomez home run, before retiring the final two batters he faced. Perez owns a 6.23 ERA and 8:8 K:BB ratio in 13 innings this spring.
