Milwaukee Brewers All-Star pitcher Freddy Peralta dominated the Los Angeles Dodgers during a series-opening 9-1 victory.

Andrew Vaughn hit a three-run homer in his first plate appearance with his new team, Freddy Peralta threw six shutout innings and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-1.

For the second time in his career, Freddy Peralta will represent the Milwaukee Brewers in the All-Star Game. Major League Baseball announced the All-Star Game reserves and pitchers on July 6. Brewers manager Pat Murphy revealed the honor to Peralta in front of the entire team.

Andrew Vaughn hit a three-run home run in his first at-bat with Milwaukee and Freddy Peralta tossed six scoreless innings to pace the Brewers to a 9-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.

The Milwaukee Brewers may have acquired Andrew Vaughn nearly a month ago from the Chicago White Sox, but he's spent that entire time down in Triple-A Nashville. He hasn't met the vast majority of this Brewers roster.

It’s a compelling pitching matchup between Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Brewers veteran Freddy Peralta, but my Dodgers vs. Brewers predictions and MLB picks lean toward L.A.'s offense taking advantage of Peralta in the series opener.

The Major League All-Star Game takes place next week in Atlanta. Here's what to know about a showcase that will have limited Brewers contributions.

Brewers: Jose Quintana (6-3, 3.44 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 44 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers look to break their five-game slide with a win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee is 52-40 overall and 29-17 in home games.