Luis Rengifo hit a grand slam against the Brewers seven weeks after they released him, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a milestone homer and the San Diego Padres beat Milwaukee 11-2 on Tuesday night to win a series against baseball’s best team.<\/p>\n
Luis Campusano added a two-run homer for the Padres, who will go for a three-game sweep on Wednesday behind trade deadline acquisition Robbie Ray. The Padres lost two of three in Milwaukee in mid-May.<\/p>\n
The Padres pulled into a tie with Philadelphia and Arizona for the third NL wild-card spot after winning their fourth straight game and 14th of 18.<\/p>\n
Rengifo was released by the Brewers on June 23 and signed a minor league deal with the Padres six days later. He made his Padres debut on July 10.<\/p>\n
Rengifo came to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the second inning after Tatis challenged a strike call that was overturned for a walk. Rengifo then hit a 1-0 fastball from Kyle Harrison (9-3) into the seats in left field for a 5-0 lead. It was his third homer of the year.<\/p>\n
Tatis hit an opposite-field shot to right leading off the fourth for the 164th of his career, moving him out of a tie with Nate Colbert and into sole possession of second place on the franchise list. He trails only teammate Manny Machado, who has 217. Tatis has 12 this season.<\/p>\n
Walker Buehler (7-5) combined with two relievers on a six-hitter and earned his second win in his last eight starts. He held the Brewers to one run and three hits in six innings.<\/p>\n
Harrison was tagged for eight runs and 10 hits \u2014 including all three homers \u2014 in 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Brewers RHP Dustin May (6-7, 4.30 ERA) faces LHP Ray (10-7, 3.24) in Wednesday’s series finale.<\/p>\n
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