MILWAUKEE — David Riske was willing to shoulder the blame for Milwaukee's 3-1 loss to Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon at Miller Park, but the Brewers reliever had a lot of company.

Riske's contribution certainly stands out. That's what happens when you get two quick outs in the eighth inning and then let things fall apart with a walk and two hits on 0-2 pitches that result in the two runs that make the difference.

But Riske was sitting in the bullpen when Rickie Weeks and Bill Hall helped douse any chance of a rally against Phillies left-hander Jamie Moyer by getting picked off in the first and fourth innings, respectively.

Riske wasn't even warming up when Corey Hart was thrown out at third trying to stretch a leadoff double in the fourth.

And he was getting ready to come in when the Brewers put runners on first and third with no outs in the seventh and failed to score against Phillies reliever Tom Gordon.

"We had good opportunities to score runs and we didn't capitalize," said Tony Gwynn, who struck out with Hall at third and J.J. Hardy at first for the first out in the seventh and the game tied at 1. "When you don't capitalize at this level, you're going to lose ballgames."

Still, Riske was willing to take the onus.

After striking out pinch-hitter Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth to start the inning, his struggles of late — six earned runs in his last three innings covering four appearances — seemed over.

"The best I felt all year," he said.

But after issuing a two-out walk to Greg Dobbs, Riske allowed Chase Utley to poke a single to left against the over-shifted infield defense.

Then, on a 0-2 fastball to Pat Burrell, Riske gave up a double to left that scored both runners.

"We're all big leaguers here. ... You can't give up two 0-2 hits,'' Riske said. "It's unacceptable."

The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the third against Moyer, the ageless wonder who at 45 is the oldest player in the game.

Ryan Braun knocked in Weeks, who reached on a one-out walk and moved to second on an infield out before Braun's single.

Brewers starter Jeff Suppan all but matched Moyer, limiting the Phillies to Werth's one-out home run to dead center in the sixth.

Weeks was a victim of Moyer's tricky pickoff move in the first after leading off with a four-pitch walk. Hall's bumble came in the fourth after a single that would have scored Hart, had he only stayed at second.

Milwaukee's next chance came in the seventh after Hall led off with a double but was forced to stop at third on Hardy's line single to left.

That was it for Moyer, who passed the ball to Gordon (1-2).

Gwynn saw three curve balls and was back in the dugout, a strikeout victim. After a walk to Jason Kendall to load the bases, Gordon got Weeks to take a called strike on a 1-2 pitch before retiring Gabe Kapler to end the threat.

"Any time you have first and third and no out in the seventh, you need to pick up a run," manager Ned Yost said. "It kind of turned right there. If we take the lead, the tempo changes in our favor."

But the tempo went in the Phillies' favor when Riske made his two mistakes.

"Suppan pitched great. The team played great," Riske said. "I blew it.''