MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hunter Renfroe’s power surge is a welcome sight for the San Diego Padres.Renfroe’s grand slam keyed a six-run rally that
stunned the Milwaukee Brewers and gave the Padres an 8-4 victory on
Thursday.Renfroe hit a home run for the fourth straight game
Aaron Judge Jersey , a blast into the left-field bleachers off Brewers reliever Joakim Soria. San Diego entered the ninth inning trailing 4-2, but rallied
against Brewers closer Corey Knebel and Soria.The Padres finished 4-3 on their
Midwest road trip as they split four games with the Chicago Cubs and won two of
three against the Brewers.“Part of it is guys clicking at the right time. Part
of it is guys just saying, ‘Enough was enough. It’s time to go play winning
baseball,'” Padres manager Andy Green said.Knebel walked the bases loaded to
open the ninth and gave up an infield single to Travis Jankowski, trimming
Milwaukee’s lead to 4-3. Soria induced a flyout from Eric Hosmer and had a 1-2
count on Renfroe before the Padres left fielder turned on an inside
pitch.Renfroe did not chase an 0-2 pitch that just missed the strike zone.“It
was a great pitch; it was off the plate,” Renfroe said. “He dropped down a
little bit. I was able to lay off it and I was able to get a pitch I could
handle on the next pitch and drive it out of the ballpark.”Franmil Reyes capped
the six-run outburst with a solo homer to right field off Jacob Barnes.Knebel
(2-3) did not retire any of the four hitters he faced in the ninth.“Couldn’t
throw a strike,” Knebel said. “That was it. Nothing else going on. I just
couldn’t find the zone.”Brewers manager Craig Counsell said he may use other
options to close games in the future.“Whether it’s the seventh,
eighth
Gleyber Torres Jersey , ninth or sixth, we need those outs,” Counsell said. “I think the next time out, we’ll get him an easier spot for sure but at some
point, we’re going to try to get him back to working big spots in the game.“I
think we function best when Corey handles the ninth, but if we have to do things
a little differently to get him back on track, then that’s how we’ll approach
it.”Milwaukee finished a 3-3 homestand and dropped two games behind the
first-place Cubs in the National League Central Division race.Padres reliever
Kirby Yates (4-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the victory and Craig Stammen
closed it out with a perfect ninth.Brewers starter Junior Guerra allowed two
runs and eight hits in six innings and was helped by three double plays. The
Padres hit into four double plays overall.Brewers second baseman Jonathan
Schoop, acquired from Baltimore before the trade deadline
Tyler Austin Jersey , was 3 for 26 with his new team before hitting a two-run double down the left-field line in Milwaukee’s three-run fourth inning.
The hit broke a 1-1 tie.Schoop scored the third run of the rally when he raced
home from second base on Lorenzo Cain’s grounder that was misplayed by Padres
shortstop Freddy Galvis.The Padres cut the deficit to 4-2 on Galvis’ solo homer
in the sixth.TRAINER’S ROOMBrewers: Soria suffered a groin injury in the ninth
and was removed while pitching to Reyes.EASY FOR YOU TO SAY: Newly acquired Mike
Moustakas has become a quick hit with Brewers fans, judging from the “Moooose”
calls going around Miller Park in the past week.He hit a flyout to center as a
pinch hitter on Thursday. He has a .268 batting average in his first 12 games
with Milwaukee, while hitting two home runs and driving in six runs.“It’s just
personality,” Counsell said. “He’s an open book. He’s going to wear everything
out in the open.“He’s going to get his uniform dirty, dive and make plays like
that. You can see from the stadium that the chants have started already. It’s
fun to say ‘Moose’. It just is. It’s a fun word to say. It’s a good nickname as
well and it’s easy to get attached to guys like that.”UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Freddy
Peralta (5-2, 3.54 ERA) will make his 11th start and second against the Braves
as Milwaukee opens an eight-game road trip. He is coming off an 8-4 victory over
Colorado on Saturday.Braves: RHP Kevin Gausman (5-9, 4.47 ERA) was acquired in a
trade deadline deal with Baltimore and lost his Braves debut on Aug. 4, a 3-0
defeat to the New York Mets. He allowed three runs and six hits in five innings.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers star Manny Machado has been fined by Major League
Baseball for kicking Milwaukee first baseman Jesus Aguilar in the NL
Championship Series.MLB fined Machado an undisclosed amount Wednesday
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Yelich to call Machado a “dirty player.”“I don’t think we’re too concerned about
any other teams’ comments about our players,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said
Wednesday before Game 5. “I know speaking for Manny, he’s preparing to help us
win. It’s really not at the forefront of our mind.”Machado was running to first
on a grounder in the 10th inning of Game 4, and Aguilar left his right foot
partly across the base for a moment after catching the ball. Already out,
Machado brought his left foot forward and kicked Aguilar in the back of the
leg.“He’s a player that has a history of those types of incidents,” Yelich said.
“One time is an accident. Repeated over and over and over again, you’re just a
dirty player. It’s a dirty play by a dirty player.”Brewers manager Craig
Counsell wasn’t concerned the incident would distract from his team’s focus in
the best-of-seven series.“You say to yourself, ‘Two games from the World
Series.’ That’s all you’ve got to say
http://www.athleticsfanproshop.com/authentic-mark-mcgwire-jersey ,” Counsell said. “The other stuff just washes away, man. That’s meaningless to
me.”Some have questioned Machado’s sportsmanship since he tossed his bat toward
third base during an incident against the Oakland Athletics in 2014. Former
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez wondered on the FS1 postgame show whether the
string of incidents could affect Machado’s impending free agency after the
season.“It’s a beauty pageant. You have 30 owners — all want you right now,” he
said. “You don’t want four, five owners to sit around and say, ‘Hey, dude, you
see what Manny did? Did you see that? Oh, yeah
Stephen Piscotty Jersey , yeah, we’re out. We like him, but now we’re out.’ You’re losing tens of millions of dollars by the second if that becomes the
narrative.”Machado, whose late slide last year injured Boston second baseman
Dustin Pedroia, has been checked a couple times in this NLCS because of close
slides into second.Machado gave Aguilar a brief hug after hitting a single in
the 13th inning. The shortstop later scored the winning run, sliding home to
give Los Angeles a 2-1 win that evened the NLCS at two games each.Both Machado
and Aguilar said after the game that they had no quarrel with each other, and
Aguilar said Machado apologized to him.The players’ union declined comment on
Machado’s fine.
