Brewers 4, Padres 3
SAN DIEGO -- Shortstop Jean Segura hit a two-run homer off Tyson Ross in the seventh-inning Tuesday night to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park -- presenting 22-year-old right-hander Jorge Lopez with a victory in his major league debut.
Segura, who doubled home a run in the first inning, hit a 363-foot drive off the second balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co. building in left to erase a 3-2 Padres lead. Brewers left fielder Kris Davis had opened the inning with a single off Ross (10-12).
Lopez, the Brewers' second-round pick in the 2011 draft, allowed three runs on eight hits and two walks in five innings. He had seven strikeouts and threw 94 pitches with 59 going for strikes. He was the Double-A Southern League Pitcher of the Year with a 12-5 record and a 2.26 earned run average for Biloxi.
Right-hander Francisco Rodriguez picked up his 38th save for the Brewers.
The Padres spotted Milwaukee a two-run lead in the first before taking a 3-2 lead.
Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett opened the game with a single to right off Ross, advanced to second on an infield out and scored on first baseman Adam Lind's single to center. After a walk to Davis, Segura drove Lind home with a bad-hop double over the head of Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte.
The Padres halved the deficit in the third when Solarte hit a two-out single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on right fielder Matt Kemp's single to center. The RBI was Kemp's 100th of the season.
The Brewers got a break when Justin Upton's ensuing line drive into the left-field corner bounced over the wall for a ground-run double, forcing Kemp to stop at third.
Second baseman Cory Spangenberg opened the Padres' fourth with a triple into the right-field corner. Catcher Austin Hedges followed with a walk ahead of Ross' bloop single to left for his sixth RBI of the season.
First baseman Wil Myers put the Padres ahead with a line-drive single to center, although Lopez avoided further damage by getting Solarte to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Lopez allowed three runs on eight hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out seven and threw 94 pitches, 59 of them strikes.
Ross allowed four runs on six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
NOTES: Padres RF Matt Kemp left the game with soreness in his right wrist shortly after driving in his 100th run of the season. ... RHP Jorge Lopez became the 12th player to make his major league debut for the Brewers this season. ... 3B Yangervis Solarte returned to the Padres' starting lineup after missing four starts with a tight right hamstring. ... The Padres could adjust their rotation for the final weekend against the Dodgers if by some long shot the games still had a bearing in the National League West race. If not, there is a possibility RHP James Shields won't start the season finale.