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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers hired Lloyd McClendon as hitting coach and Leon Durham as assistant hitting coach Friday.McClendon is returning for his second stint with the Tigers after serving as bullpen coach in 2006 and hitting coach in 2007-13 before managing the Seattle Mariners for two seasons. He managed the Tigers Triple-A affiliate in Toledo this season, guiding the team to a 68-76 record. He also managed the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2001-05.Durham has been a minor league coach for the Tigers for 16 years.McClendon, a Gary, Indiana, native, played 16 seasons with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Pirates.Durham played 10 with St. Louis, the Cubs and the Reds. Cheap Rockies Jerseys China . -- Stanfords Kevin Danser knelt on one knee and hardly moved on the sideline as Michigan State celebrated its Rose Bowl victory and his Cardinal teammates made their way to the locker room. Cheap MLB Jerseys Authentic http://www.cheaprockiesjerseys.com/ . 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CINCINNATI -- The Milwaukee Brewers efficiently pushed aside the Cincinnati Reds.Milwaukee had only six hits -- two of them homers by Scooter Gennett and Domingo Santana -- and five of the six batters who walked scored and to help the Brewers win 7-0 and avoid a three-game sweep.Junior Guerra pitched six shutouts innings, Manny Pina drove in two runs and Chris Carter scored all three times he walked. Milwaukee snapped Cincinnatis five-game winning streak, a run that matched its season high.We put runners on base and hit home runs, manager Craig Counsell said. Thats the recipe for us.The shutout was the second of the series between the NL Central rivals. Cincinnati won 3-0 on Monday. The Brewers had lost four of their last five games.We walked six guys and five scored, Reds manager Bryan Price said. I think we hit more balls on the screws than they did, but they took advantage of walks.Guerra (9-3), in his third start since coming off the disabled list with right elbow inflammation, allowed just one baserunner past second base -- Jose Peraza on a one-out triple in the third inning. Guerra bounced back to strike out Tyler Holt and get Joey Votto to ground out to first baseman Chris Carter.Guerra allowed just three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He also hit a batter.Hes putting together a pretty good season, Counsell said. Hes got a good sense of the moment and what he needs to do in certain situations.Milwaukee improved to 14-6 in Guerras starts this season.Hes very poised, Gennett added. Hes been consistent all year. He gets ahead, and hes able to execute when he gets behind. He pitches in, which is huge.Corey Knebel, Jhan Marinez and Taylor Jungmann each pitched an inning to complete Milwaukees seventh shutout, matching last seasons total.Carter and Gennett drew back-to-back walks to start the second inning and Santana singled to load the bases with nobody out against Tim Adleman (2-4). Carter and Gennett scored on Pinas bases-loaded soft single to left field.The second inning, the first three batters got to 3-2 counts, Counsell said.dddddddddddd We won three 3-2 battles.Adleman walked Carter with two outs in the third inning and had two strikes on Gennett before the second unloaded his 12th homer of the season into the first row of the right field seats.Its important to get ahead and tack on when you can, Gennett said That takes the pressure off your pitchers and gives them some breathing room.Santana broke the game open with a two-out three-run shot in eighth off Ross Ohlendorf, Santanas eighth of the season.Adleman allowed three hits and four runs with three walks and four strikeouts in five innings to slip to 0-3 over his last four starts.MOUND ARMYRHP Abel De Los Santos became in the sixth inning the franchise-record 31st pitcher used by the Reds this season. The previous record of 30 was set in 2003.NO SPARKCincinnati pitchers teamed up to hold the top three batters in Milwaukees lineup to a combined 0-for-14 with seven strikeouts and a walk.IRON MANCarter has missed just two of Milwaukees 146 games this season. He is four games shy of matching the career high of 148 he set in 2013 with Houston.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: SS Orlando Arcia and CF Keon Broxton collided in short left-center field trying to track down Perazas bloop single. LF Braun scooped up the ball and threw Peraza out trying to stretch the single into a double. Arcia and Broxton stayed in the game.Reds: 3B Eugenio Suarez was hit by a pitch in the left elbow leading off the second inning. He stayed in the game.UP NEXTBrewers: Milwaukees 11-game trip continues Thursday with the first of four against the Cubs in Chicago. RHP Jimmy Nelson (7-14) is 0-6 with a 3.59 ERA in 11 career games against Chicago.Reds: After taking Thursday off, Cincinnati opens a four-game series against Pittsburgh that includes a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. RHP Robert Stephenson (2-1) will start the opener for the Reds. ' ' '