Ortiz homers, Brewers beat Padres 6‑4 for fifth straight win
MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Joey Ortiz hit a solo home run and Brice Turang doubled in two runs during a five-run fourth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Tuesday night at American Family Field. The Brewers won their fifth straight game, improving to 23-16, while San Diego fell to 24-17.
Brandon Sproat (1-2) earned his first major league victory, allowing three runs over 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts. Abner Uribe recorded his fourth save with a perfect ninth inning. Matt Waldron (1-2) took the loss.
Ortiz broke a scoreless tie with a 395-foot blast to left-center in the third. San Diego took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth on Nick Castellanos’ two-run single. Milwaukee answered with five runs in the bottom half, keyed by Turang’s double. Miguel Andujar doubled in a run for San Diego in the eighth. Attendance was 25,372. The game lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes.