Ryan O’Hearn struck a big chelem, Luis Arraez and Jose Iglesias also dominated and the Padres of San Diego bleached the Brewers 7-0 Milwaukee on Tuesday to gain ground in the playoff race on several fronts.
San Diego (87-71) moved to 1,1/2 first place dodgers (88-69) games in the West National League after Los Angeles dropped 5-4 against Arizona diamonds on Tuesday.
The paadres are also at less than 1 1/2 Cubs games (88-69) in the pursuit of the Top NL Wild Card and the home advantage in a potential first-round series between the teams. Chicago was a loser of 9-7 in New York Mets on Tuesday.
O’Hearn gave the paadres the whole offense they needed when he lit a separator suspended to Bruce Zimmermann (0-1) at the bottom of the first. He aligned it with around 366 feet in the seats on the right field for his second career slam and his 17th circuit of the year.
Arraez made 6-0 in the second with a two-point circuit on the right-of-law pole, his eighth of the year. Mason McCoy scored in front of him, who reached an error to launch by the second goal Brice Turang.
Given this first support, Randy Vasquez (6-7) transformed a stellar outing. Vasquez withdrew the last 14 strikers he faced when he only abandoned a blow and two walks in seven rounds, moving three.
The simple of Christian Yelich in the third was the only Milwaukee blow in Vasquez. Padres Wandy Peralta and Yuki Matsui’s readers have each launched a round to polish a bleaching at four strokes.
Zimmermann, making his first appearance in the major league since 2023 and his first departure since 2022, was accused of seven strokes and six points, five deserved, in six rounds. He walked two and withdrew one.
Iglesias crowned the scoring in the eighth with a solo explosion for the statements of the Tobias Myers left center. It was the third Iglesias circuit of the year.
The Brewers (95-63) remained 2 1/2 games ahead of Philadelphia (92-65) in the race for the best NL record after the Phillies lost 6-5 in 11 rounds against the Miami Marlins.
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