Padres rally past Brewers on Merrill’s seventh-inning homer
SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday at PETCO Park.
Merrill’s drive to center field scored Ty France and wiped out a 2-1 deficit. France had put San Diego on the board with a solo shot in the second inning after Christian Yelich’s two-run homer gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead in the top half of the inning.
Casey Mize struck out six over six innings for the Padres. Yuki Matsui pitched a scoreless inning to earn the win. Mason Miller worked a perfect ninth for his 30th save.
Logan Henderson allowed three runs and struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Brewers, who had won three straight. Jackson Chourio had three hits for Milwaukee. Milwaukee out-hit San Diego 6-5, with all three home runs accounting for the game’s scoring.
The Brewers fell to 74-45, while San Diego improved to 63-57. The game lasted 2:21 with an announced crowd of 40,323.