The Milwaukee Brewers dropped the second game of their series with the Atlanta Braves 5-1 at American Family Field Tuesday night.

The Braves jumped on Brewer starter Joe Ross, who was making his first start in over two months, with four runs in the third inning and never looked back.

Adding one more run in the fifth inning, Atlanta cruised to the win behind the strong pitching of Bryce Elder, who allowed only one run on five hits while striking out seven in 6.1 innings.

The Brewers’ only run came in the seventh inning on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Gary Sanchez.

Ross (2-5) took the loss, allowing all five runs on eight hits in five innings. The Brewers did not add any additional pitchers to the staff before Tuesday’s trade deadline other than picking up starting pitcher Frankie Montas from the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.

Milwaukee and Atlanta will face off in the rubber game of the series this afternoon starting at 1:10 p.m., with Freddy Peralta (6-6) taking the mound for the Brewers and Chris Sale (13-3) starting for the Braves.