Brewers (8-6) 5, Indians (5-3-2) 4

Hits: Mitch Talbot strengthened his bid for one of the two openings in the rotation. He tossed three scoreless innings without allowing a hit and striking out three. … Reliever Rafael Perez pitched a scoreless eighth inning and hasn’t allowed a run or hit in four appearances. … Mega prospect Carlos Santana had an RBI double and a walk in two trips to the plate.

Misses: Rotation candidate David Huff had his worst outing of the spring. The left-hander started and allowed five runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings of a scheduled four-inning appearance. … Austin Kearns struck out three times in three at-bats. … Backup catcher Mike Redmond went 0-for-2 and was credited with a passed ball.

Falling short: The Indians rallied for two runs in the ninth inning, but couldn’t push the tying run across the plate against John Halama, who was filling in for closer Trevor Hoffman.   

Attendance: 6,763 at Maryvale Baseball Park.