Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Milwaukee Brewers

74-45, 33-23 Away

Final
2 - 3

San Diego Padres

63-57, 35-26 Home

Merrill's 2-run homer and Miller's 30th save lead the Padres to a 3-2 win over the Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

With the Padres trailing 2-1 in the seventh, Ty France singled with one out and Merrill followed with his 19th homer on an 83 mph changeup from starter Logan Henderson (6-2). Merrill has nine homers since the All-Star break.

San Diego has won 13 of its last 17 games. The Padres remained a game out of the final National League playoff spot.

Henderson had won his last six decisions over seven starts before taking the loss versus San Diego. In 6 1/3 innings, he gave up three runs and five hits while striking out seven.

San Diego reliever Yuki Matsui (3-1) got the victory, pitching a scoreless seventh inning. Miller worked a scoreless ninth.

The game ended when Brewers pinch-runner Brandon Lockridge was thrown out attempting to steal second base by Padres catcher Freddy Fermin.

Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich smashed a homer to left field in the second inning off San Diego starter Casey Mize to give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead.

Mize pitched well in the no-decision other than giving up that homer. He lasted six innings, allowing two runs and five hits while striking out six.

The Padres cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the second on a solo home run by France to left field. San Diego struggled to mount scoring opportunities versus Henderson until Merrill’s homer.

The Brewers have the best record in the majors and lead the NL Central by five games over the Chicago Cubs.

Up next Brewers LHP Kyle Harrison (9-2, 2.84 ERA) takes the mound in the second game of the three-game set Tuesday night against Padres RHP Walker Buehler (6-5, 5.07).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lockridge caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Lockridge ran for Contreras
	9th Inning	Contreras walked.
	9th Inning	Mitchell struck out looking. Milwaukee Brewers challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Vaughn grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Morejon

Statistics

MIL		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	10
2	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
1.9	Runs Created	2.7
.200	Batting Average	.185
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.444
.200	Secondary Average	.333
.273	On Base Percentage	.241
.606	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.686
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
20.0	Batter Rating	25.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	13.5
0.33	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.93
.133	Isolated Power	.259
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.067
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.148
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
71.3	MLB Rating	75.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0