Rattlers' Perrin strikes out career-high 14

Driving home after their game on Tuesday night, Jon Perrin and Scott Grist relished what had just happened.

Not only did Class A Wisconsin come up with a 4-3 walk-off victory over Great Lakes to extend its winning streak to three games, but the roommates were responsible for keeping their team in the game with dominant performances on the hill.

"We are both feeling pretty confident," the Brewers prospect said. "We are happy, mostly because we got the win, and it's also nice to start to turn things around and see our hard work pay off and come to fruition."

Perrin recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts while allowing three runs -- two earned -- on six hits over 6 2/3 innings. Grist (1-0) fanned four over 2 1/3 perfect frames to get his first Midwest League win.

"I felt really good," Perrin said. "I was really able to throw my fastballs to both sides of the plate, especially getting inside on left-handed batters to keep them off my off-speed pitches. My slider was my strikeout pitch for most of the night, and that played off my fastball command."

Perrin fanned the side three times and was pulled in the seventh when his pitch count reached 90, a feat he was proud of, considering the number of strikeouts.

"I was very happy that I worked as deep as I did," he said. "When you have a big strikeout day like that, you usually see a ballooned pitch count, so I was pleased with my efficiency."

Helping him was an ability to limit walks. He's yet to issue a free pass over 24 innings in four starts.

"Walks are not a part of my game," Perrin said. "I'm a control pitcher, I pitch to contact. I'm not out looking for strikeouts, I'm just trying to get outs early in the count and try to throw as many strikes as I can. If I'm ahead 0-2 or 1-2, then I try to get [strikeouts]. But you can only hurt yourself if you walk batters."

Perrin's momentum was interrupted several times as a solo homer, a few hits and an error extended some of his innings. But the 22-year-old right-hander maintained his focus and rack up a strikeout in each inning to limit the damage.

"Those things can be a little frustrating from time to time, but you learn to work through them," Perrin said. "That's why you work in the bullpen out of the stretch. You make your mistakes, but then you get your adjustments, too."

Things did not get easier for the Loons, even after Perrin exited.

Grist got a groundout on five pitches to finish the seventh before fanning two batters in each of the final two innings to keep Wisconsin within striking distance heading to the bottom of the ninth.

"It's nice to see him get out there and put guys away," Perrin said of his roommate and driver for the night. "We have similar stuff and we both throw them for stikes. He can see what I was doing and I kind of told him the things I was doing to get the batters out and he just picked up right after I left off."

Brewers No. 24 prospect Jake Gatewood and Elvis Rubio singled with one out in the Rattlers' ninth and No. 11 prospect Isan Diaz singled one out later to forge a 3-3 tie. No. 15 prospect Monte Harrison followed with a walk-off single to center field.