The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Cincinnati right-hander David Weathers for a player to be named later. Weathers is 3-3 with a 3.32 ERA in 43 games. He pitched one inning and got the win in Friday’s 10-5 comeback win over the San Francisco Giants.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) — Braden Looper went a strong 6 2/3 innings and Ryan Braun had a key two-run double Wednesday to lead the Milwaukee past the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (UPI) — Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs Tuesday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded out 18 hits in a 17-4 win over Milwaukee.

The 17 runs the Dodgers scored Tuesday night were only the prelude to the excitement to come. After Manny Ramirez was grazed by a pitch in the seventh inning and Juan Pierre was hit by one in the eighth, Milwaukee Brewers slugger Prince Fielder took one off the leg in the ninth from Guillermo Mota in a runaway game.

In a case of “Figaro” meets “Fargo,” the Skylight Opera Theater is facing a meltdown.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Manny Parra went eight-plus innings Monday and the Milwaukee Brewers survived a ninth-inning comeback bid to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Oscar Salazar had a pinch-hit, sixth-inning RBI double Saturday as the San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1 (UPI) — A two-run homer by Will Venable in the fourth inning Friday started a San Diego comeback that brought the Padres an 11-7 victory over Milwaukee.

PITTSBURGH — Brandon Moss hit Pittsburgh’s season-high fifth homer of the game leading off the ninth inning and the Pirates won a series against Milwaukee for the first time in nearly two years, rallying to beat the Brewers 8-7 on Wednesday.

PITTSBURGH, July 21 (UPI) — Braden Looper pitched seven shutout innings and Prince Fielder had two RBI Tuesday to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh.