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Storm a Brewin': Milwaukee tries to stay classy in San Diego
Apr 23, 2013 - 3:15 PMVideo
After a dreadful 2-8 start, the Brewers have ripped off eight straight wins and will go for another series triumph Tuesday in the middle test of a three- game set against the San Diego Padres.
The Brewers, coming off a perfect six-game homestand, kept rolling with Monday's 7-1 victory over the Padres in the opener of a six-game road trip at Petco Park. Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer and Yuniesky Betancourt belted a three-run shot to set the tone in the first inning. Braun ended with three RBI and has homered in consecutive games with six RBI in that time.
"I just enjoy coming back to the West Coast, it's always rejuvenating for me," said Braun. "It feels like home. Obviously, it's still a challenging ballpark to hit in, but I think I've enjoyed hitting here over the course of my career and as a team, I think we've enjoyed getting the chance here to come out and play."
Braun owns four homers and 11 RBI in the past five games for the Brewers, who last won eight in row from Aug. 5-13, 2008 and has homered in eight straight games. The Brewers, who are a game off the Central lead, have 15 home runs total in that span after producing just five in the first 10 contests.
Brewers starter Kyle Lohse was having a solid start, allowing just one run on five hits and a walk in five innings but in the sixth, as he was reaching first on a bunt, he bumped into Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko and left the game with a dislocated left pinky. Lohse is expected to make his next start.
"I've done it before, but this time it just wouldn't go back in," Lohse said. "I tried out there immediately because I knew what happened. It wasn't going back in, so they had to numb it up."
Yovani Gallardo will follow Lohse on the mound Tuesday and won for the first time this season in last Thursday's 7-2 decision over San Francisco. Gallardo held the defending World Series champions to a run and five hits in six innings, striking out six and walking one.
Gallardo is 1-1 in four starts with a 5.24 earned run average. The right- hander will make his seventh career start against San Diego and owns a 3-2 record to go along with 4.19 ERA in the first six appearances.
The Padres have lost four in a row and nine of 12 games. In Monday's lopsided loss in the lid-lifter of a six-game homestand, Jason Marquis had a night he would like to forget and gave up seven runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings.
A five-run first inning did the Padres in.
"Today, we got behind the 8-ball early," Padres manager Bud Black said. "But overall, we outhit them, we made some good plays in the field. Just a complete game, we're not playing. Now we got to do that more often, we just can't do it here and there."
Gyorko had two hits and Anthony Bass was credited with the lone RBI for San Diego, which will also host San Francisco on this residency and is winless in six straight at Petco Park.
Hoping to end the home drought for the Padres Tuesday will be Clayton Richard. The left-hander has posted back-to-back no-decisions and pitched well in a 2-1 loss to Colorado last Sunday. Scratched from his last start because of the flu, Richard gave up two hits in six shutout innings versus the Rockies.
Richard, who is 0-1 with a 5.28 earned run average in three starts, sports a 2-2 record and a 4.64 ERA in six career starts against Milwaukee.
San Diego lost five of the nine meetings with Milwaukee last season.
- MILWAUKEE: 6
SAN DIEGO: 3
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Apr 24 1:19 AM - Will Venable single to right scored Nick Hundley with two out. On the play, Everth Cabrera advances to second. Runners on first and second and Chase Headley due up.
Brewers 6, Padres 3 Bot 2, 2 OutsApr 23 11:02 PM - Jonathan Lucroy double to left scored Alex Gonzalez and Norichika Aoki with two out. On the play, Ryan Braun advances to third. Runners on second and third and Rickie Weeks due up.
Brewers 6, Padres 2 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 23 10:46 PM - Jean Segura grounded out third to first scored Yuniesky Betancourt with two out. On the play, Norichika Aoki advances to second and Alex Gonzalez advances to third. Runners on second and third and Ryan Braun due up.
Brewers 4, Padres 2 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 23 10:45 PM - Yuniesky Betancourt single to right scored Rickie Weeks and Carlos Gomez with none out. Runner on first and Alex Gonzalez due up.
Brewers 3, Padres 2 Top 2, 0 OutsApr 23 10:38 PM - Yonder Alonso single to center scored Chase Headley with one out. On the play, Carlos Quentin advances to third. Runners on first and third and Chris Denorfia due up.
Brewers 1, Padres 2 Bot 1, 1 OutApr 23 10:28 PM - Carlos Quentin single to left scored Will Venable with one out. On the play, Chase Headley advances to third. Runners on first and third and Yonder Alonso due up.
Brewers 1, Padres 1 Bot 1, 1 OutApr 23 10:27 PM - Ryan Braun grounded out short to first scored Jean Segura with two out. None on and Jonathan Lucroy due up.
Brewers 1, Padres 0 Top 1, 2 OutsApr 23 10:17 PM - MILWAUKEE: 0
SAN DIEGO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 23 10:10 PM
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