The Milwaukee Brewers were held to just three hits and fell to the San Diego Padres 2-1 at Miller Park on Wednesday night.
Padres starter Dinelson Lamet struck out 14 Brewers in his six innings of work to earn the win (3-5). It snapped the Brewers four-game winning streak, as they lost for just the second time in the last 13 games.
The Padres scored first in the third inning. Greg Garcia led off with a base hit and Seth Mejias-Brean followed with a home run to right-center field on a 0-2 pitch from Brewers starter Adrian Houser.
The Brewers put runners on second third in the bottom half of the inning with one out, but Lamet struck out Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas to end the threat.
Houser (6-7) took the loss, allowing two runs on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts in five [Read more…]