 after Manny Machado hit a leadoff single and Hunter Renfroe walked. Reyes and Hosmer had three hits apiece.Yasmani Grandal had given the Brewers an 8-5 lead in the top of the inning on a three-run homer against his former team, his 16th.Christian Yelich hit his MLB-leading 27th homer and Ryan Braun homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Brewers.Craig Stammen got into and out of trouble in the ninth for his third save. He allowed Yelich's single and a walk to Braun with one out before getting Grandal to force Yelich at third. Grandal was safe when first baseman Hosmer dropped a throw from Manny Machado. Stammen struck out Hernan Perez to end it.Machado missed a three-run homer by inches, settling for an RBI single in an odd play in the second for the Padres, who won their fourth straight.San Diego took a 5-3 lead in the third on Greg Garcia's triple and Manuel Margot's single, but Milwaukee came back on Yelich's no-doubter, his MLB-leading 27th, off Matt Strahm in the fifth and then Grandal's shot during a bullpen implosion. Brad Wieck allowed singles by pinch-hitter Ben Gamel and Lorenzo Cain opening the seventh before Gerardo Reyes (4-0) allowed Grandal's shot with two outs.Machado's flyball bounced off the top of the fence in left-center and back onto the field with one out in the second. The umpires never signaled home run, but the Padres scoreboard operators blew a ship horn that denotes a homer and Hosmer, who had been on first, eased into a trot and was tagged before he got to third. He continued on to the plate, perhaps unaware of what was going on. Fernando Tatis Jr. was on third and scored to put the Padres ahead 3-1.After a review of 2 minutes, 55 seconds, Machado was told to stay at second and Hosmer was confirmed as being out. The official scorer credited Machado with an RBI single since Hosmer was tagged before he got to third.The Brewers tied it in the third on Braun's two-run double off Strahm. The Padres regained the lead in the bottom of the inning on Garcia's triple and Margot's RBI single.Yelich homered into the seats in right-center with two outs in the fifth.Braun homered with two outs in the first, his 12th.Hosmer hit a two-run homer in the first, his 11th.BET PAIDWWE superstar John Cena paid his $1 bet with Padres rookie Logan Allen near the mound just before the game. The two became friends after a chance meeting at a Tampa steakhouse in January 2018. They had a bet whether Allen, acquired by San Diego from Boston in the deal for Craig Kimbrel in 2015, would make it to the majors. Allen won his debut Tuesday night, throwing seven shutout innings.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Jimmy Nelson (0-1, 10.29 ERA) is scheduled to start the opener of a four-game home set against Cincinnati, which is expected to counter with RHP Tanner Roark (4-6, 3.63).Padres: Haven't announced a starter for Friday night's opener of a three-game series at Pittsburgh. The Pirates are set to start Joe Musgrove (4-7, 4.87), who beat his hometown Padres 6-4 on May 19 at Petco Park.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Back at .500, Padres go for sweep of BrewersFLMThe San Diego Padres seek to close out a short three-game homestand Wednesday afternoon by completing a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.And suddenly, the Padres and Brewers are headed in opposite directions.The Padres got back to .500 Tuesday night with a third straight win, while the Brewers -- still clinging to a half-game lead in the National League Central -- fell to 2-5 on an eight-game road trip that ends Wednesday afternoon.Left-hander Matt Strahm (2-6, 4.66 ERA) will start for the Padres against Milwaukee right-hander Zach Davies (7-1, 2.60).The greater task for the Brewers might be scoring.After being shut out on four hits Monday night, Milwaukee ran its scoreless innings streak to 16 straight innings against the Padres before scoring once in the eighth inning on a walk, two ground outs and a wild pitch."We couldn't get anything going the past two nights," Brewers manager Craig Counsell told reporters Thursday night. "Four hits a game is not much to work with. The three double plays we grounded into tonight hurt us." For the second straight game, the Padres will be facing a Brewers starter who enters the game with one loss. They dropped Brandon Woodruff to 8-2 Tuesday night.Davies will be making his 15th start of the season Wednesday afternoon. While he did suffer the loss in his most recent outing, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk in five innings in a 5-3 loss at San Francisco last Friday, Davies before that became the first starter in Brewers history to win each of his first seven decisions in a season.Milwaukee is 9-5 in Davies' starts this season.Davies has allowed 28 runs (23 earned) on 78 hits and 22 walks with 50 strikeouts in 79 2/3 innings this year. He has a 1.26 WHIP and a .262 opponents' batting average.Davies has a solid history against the Padres, going 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in four career starts against San Diego (although he did not face the Padres in 2018). And all three of those wins have come at Petco Park, where Davies has a 1.93 ERA in three starts covering 18 2/3 innings.Strahm will be seeking to rebound from a difficult last month.Since picking up his second win and lowering his ERA to 3.06 on May 21, Strahm has lost three straight decisions while giving up 16 runs on 18 hits and seven walks with 19 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings for a 10.54 ERA and a 1.83 WHIP.Strahm was also on the injured list from June 3-13 with a rib strain. In his return last Thursday, he gave up six runs on seven hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings in a 9-6 loss at Colorado. He has also given up two home runs in each of his last four starts."I think we'll have a bounce-back outing from Matt (on) Wednesday," Padres manager Andy Green told the media. "We're confident his stuff is good enough to play in the rotation. His last couple have not been the sharpest." Strahm did make one major contribution last Sunday. He drew a bases-loaded walk to give the Padres the winning run in their 14-13 win at Colorado.Strahm's only career appearance against the Brewers came last season. He struck out the only hitter he faced and got the win.--Field Level Media
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