Brewers ace Jimmy Nelson out for season with shoulder injury

Milwaukee starting pitcher Jimmy Nelson will miss the rest of the season after jamming his shoulder while diving to a base a night earlier, complicating the Brewers’ quest for a playoff berth.

The Brewers are three games behind the Cubs in the NL Central after routing Chicagon on Saturday, and 21/2 behind Colorado for the second NL wild-card spot ahead of the Rockies’ Saturday night game.

Nelson, a right-hander, has a strained right rotator cuff strain and partial anterior labrum tear. Nelson left Friday night’s 2-0 victory over the Cubs having thrown four-hit ball over five innings, while striking out seven and walking two en route to winning his third straight start. He is 12-6 with a 3.