MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jace Peterson tied the score in the ninth inning with a three-run triple and slumping Andrew McCutchen followed with a game-ending single as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Thursday night.
Jorge Alfaro’s two-run homer in the sixth off Brent Suter gave the Padres a 3-1 lead. Sergio Alcántara made it 4-1 with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Taylor Rogers (0-3) took over in the ninth but after allowing a leadoff single to Keston Hiura, hit two straight batters with pitches to load the bases for Peterson, who sent a drive off the wall in center field.
Padres manager Bob Melvin called on Nabil Crismatt to face McCutchen, who snapped an 0-for-32 skid with a base hit back up the middle to win it.
Peter Strzelecki (1-0) worked two innings in relief, earning the win in his major league debut. He struck out three.
The late four-run comeback wiped out what had been an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel early. San Diego starter Sean Manaea struck out eight over six innings, while Milwaukee’s Adrian Houser had five strikeouts and also allowed just one run over five innings.
Eric Hosmer hit an RBI double in the fifth for the Padres. McCutchen tied it 1-all in the bottom half with a run-scoring groundout.
CANO OUT, MAZARA IN
Robinson Canó’s short stint with San Diego is over.
Less than a month after signing him, the Padres parted ways with the veteran slugger, who elected to become a free agent when he declined an assignment to Triple-A El Paso.
San Diego had hoped the 39-year-old Canó would provide some much-needed offense against right-handed pitching but he batted just .091 (3 for 33) without an extra-base hit in 12 games. He struck out 10 times and had one RBI for the Padres after getting released by the New York Mets last month.
Canó was replaced on the active roster by outfielder Nomar Mazara, a former top prospect and productive hitter for Texas who had bounced around with three different organizations the past three years. He was putting up big numbers at El Paso this season, hitting .367 with seven homers, 27 RBIs and a 1.095 OPS.
LATE MOVE
The Brewers placed catcher Omar Narvaez on the COVID-19 injured list just before the game. Catcher Alex Hall was selected from Class A Wisconsin to replace Narvaez on the active roster.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: OF Wil Myers was not in the lineup for a third straight game but was available off the bench if needed, Melvin said. Myers has been dealing with a sore right knee all season and received an injection Tuesday to help treat the injury.
Brewers: After a frustrating week on the injury front, the Brewers got some promising news as SS Willy Adames (ankle) resumed his minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Nashville, OF Hunter Renfroe (hamstring) went through an on-field workout and right-hander Brandon Woodruff (ankle) played catch without any issues.
UP NEXT
Brewers RHP Corbin Burnes (3-2, 1.95 ERA) faces the Padres for the second time this season when the series continues Friday night. Burnes allowed just two hits over seven shutout innings last time out in St. Louis and held San Diego to a run over six innings on May 24. The Padres turn to LHP MacKenzie Gore, who also threw seven scoreless innings in his last start and will be facing Milwaukee for the first time.
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