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Padres cannot complete sweep, lose Ramón Laureano for Wild Card Series

Adrian Morejon took the mound in the top of the seventh inning with the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers tied, 1-1. He allowed three singles in the inning, which resulted in a run for the Brewers and a 2-1 lead. The Padres could not answer and dropped the final game of the series against the Milwaukee, 3-1

Morejon allowed a single to open the seventh inning, but then induced a ground ball double play to give him two outs in the frame. Morejon then allowed back-to-back two-out singles to Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang. Chourio stole second and scored on the hit by Turang to put Milwaukee up, 2-1.

San Diego had an opportunity to tie and possibly take the lead in the bottom half of the seventh inning. The Padres had the bases loaded with one out and Freddy Fermin, who had the game winning hit Monday, at the plate. Fermin struck out looking, which resulted in manager Mike Shildt being thrown out of the game.

After the ejection, San Diego had the bases loaded with two outs and Luis Arraez stepped to the plate. Much of the Friar Faithful held their breath and were waiting to explode with a hit from Arraez, but he flied out to left field to end the frame and the scoring opportunity for the Padres.

The Brewers tacked on an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning when Danny Jansen hit a one-out solo home run off Jeremiah Estrada after working to a full count. The homer put Milwaukee ahead 3-1.

San Diego scored its lone run when it tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when Jackson Merrill hit a solo home run to right field to make the score, 1-1.

Dylan Cease started for the Padres and had base traffic throughout the contest. However he was able to get the outs when he needed them to keep the Brewers off the scoreboard. Cease finally allowed a run in the top of the fifth inning and it came with back-to-back hits and two outs in the inning.

Cease allowed a single to Turang to start the top of the fifth. He then threw a pitch in the dirt, which deflected off catcher Freddy Fermin and rolled all the way to the protective screen near the third base dugout. Fermin scrambled to locate and retrieve the ball and Turang went from first to third base. Andrew Vaughn then followed with a double to left field to score Turang and put the Brewers ahead of the Padres, 1-0.

As tough as losing the game was for San Diego, the loss of a key contributor maybe worse. Ramón Laureano exited the game in the top of the third inning due to an injury and it was revealed after the game that he broke a finger and will miss the Wild Card Series.

The Padres are off Thursday and return to action for the final three games of the regular season against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park, Friday at 6:40 p.m.