The Padres beat the Brewers 4-3 in 11 innings on August 12, walking off one of the safest teams in the race and pushing their recent surge further.
San Diego kept answering late. Xander Bogaerts homered in the third, Jake Cronenworth tied the game in the eighth, and the Padres still had one more response after Milwaukee went back ahead in the 11th.
Jackson Merrill tied it with a sacrifice fly. Luis Campusano followed with the walk-off RBI single that finished it.
Adrian Morejon worked the final two innings, allowing one unearned run while striking out 4.
What It Means
The Padres improve to 65-57. The Brewers fall to 67-53.
BaseChaser has San Diego at 67.5% to make the playoffs. Milwaukee remains in near-safe territory at 98.2%.
San Diego has won five straight, and the cushion is starting to look real.
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