Braun blast guides Brewers to win over Padres
SAN DIEGO -- Ryan Braun hit his 15th homer to break a 1-1 tie and Hernan Perez had three hits and scored twice Tuesday night as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres 3-2 at Petco Park.
Right-hander Zach Davies and three relievers combined to hold the Padres to six hits.
Davies (9-4) allowed two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Right-hander Tyler Thornburg struck out two in a perfect ninth to get his third save.
Jonathan Villar added three hits for Milwaukee.
Padres starter Luis Perdomo (5-5) took the loss, although the 23-year-old right-hander lowered his earned run average for an eighth straight start. He allowed three runs on 10 hits and four walks with six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Braun, who missed the previous five starts with tightness in his right side, drove a hanging curve from Perdomo 405 feet into the seats in left center for his 15th homer of the season and a 2-1 Milwaukee lead.
The Brewers quickly took a 3-1 lead when Perez legged out an infield single and raced home from first on Chris Carter's double to the left field corner.
The Padres got one of the runs back in the sixth when Jabari Blash lined a two-out single off Milwaukee third baseman Jonathan Villar's glove.
Blash, who was promoted from Triple-A El Paso to take over right field when Matt Kemp was traded to Atlanta, played a role in the first runs scored by each team.
Blash ran a circuitous path on a Perez drive toward the warning track leading off the fourth.
Perez was credited with a ground-rule double when the drive bounced into the stands, stole third and scored on a wild pitch by Perdomo, who had almost worked his way out of the jam.
Blash drew a two-out walk from Davies in the bottom of the fourth and immediately stole second, putting himself to score on a line-drive single to left-center by Derek Norris, who had gone hitless in 20 straight at-bats.
NOTES: The Brewers promoted top prospect Orlando Arcia, who turns 22 Thursday, from Triple-A Colorado Springs and immediately started him at shortstop. ... The arrival of Arcia moves SS Jonathan Villar to third base and 3B Hernan Perez to right field. ... The Padres designated INF/OF Hector Olivera as soon as he completed his 82-game suspension for domestic violence. The Padres had acquired Olivera from Atlanta last week in the trade that sent Matt Kemp to the Braves. ... As expected, Padres INF-OF Alexi Amarista went on the 15-day disabled list with the hamstring strain he suffered Monday night. ... SS Jose Rondon was recalled from Double-A San Antonio a day after being optioned to the Missions. ... Padres manager Andy Green has told veteran SS Alexei Ramirez, who started 98 of the Padres' first 103 games, that he is no longer the regular shortstop. ... An overnight scoring change gave Padres CF Travis Jankowski a third stolen base Monday night, with the addition being a steal of home for a second straight game.