Randy Vasquez completed 3 2/3 innings before allowing a single to Sal Frelick and Vasquez and the bullpen helped the San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0.

Vasquez had trouble with walks, allowing four to Brewers hitters. He was able to work around the walks without allowing a run because he allowed just two hits and struck out two over 4 2/3 innings. Vasquez needed 78 pitches to get through his outing and 40 were strikes.

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Vasquez left the game with San Diego leading Milwaukee 1-0 after a Luis Arraez RBI-single in the top of the third inning. Arraez started the scoring in the game with a one-out single through the left side of the infield. Tyler Wade came in to score on the play after he hit a leadoff single.

Wandy Peralta came in for Vasquez and got the final out of the bottom of the fifth inning. He came back out for the bottom of the sixth inning and allowed a walk to William Contreras. Peralta then struck out Frelick and was replaced by Jeremiah Estrada.

Estrada allowed a walk, then followed with a strikeout and a fly out to end the bottom of the sixth inning. He then came out in the seventh and got the first out of the inning. Estrada allowed a single to Jackson Chourio and was replaced on the mound by Adrian Morejon.

Chourio stole second base to get into scoring position and Yelich hit an infield single. Jake Cronenworth ranged to his right to get to the ball and threw across his body, but Yelich reached safely and Chourio advanced to third. Had Cronenworth not kept the ball on the infield, Chourio would have scored easily to tie the game.

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With Brewers on the corners, Morejon struck out Contreras to keep Milwaukee off the scoreboard, ending the bottom of the seventh.

Manny Machado added to the Padres lead in the top of the eighth inning. Machado hit an 0-2 pitch over the wall just inside the left field foul pole to give San Diego a 2-0 lead.

Morejon came back out in the bottom of the eighth inning and retired all three batters he faced to get San Diego into the ninth. Robert Suarez came on in the bottom of the ninth and earned his 20th save of the season and secured the win for the Padres facing the minimum three batters and throwing just 13 pitches.

San Diego scored just enough to get the win, but the pitching staff held Milwaukee to 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 Brewers baserunners in the game.

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The Padres play the Brewers in the second game of their series, Saturday at 4:35 p.m.

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