Three straight singles and another ball in play off the bat of Jake Cronenworth allowed the Padres to strike first with a two-run second off presumptive NL Cy Young-winner Jacob Misiorowski.<\/p>\n
Jackson Chourio\u2019s two-run homer in the third erased that lead. Then in the seventh, Contreras\u2019 406-foot homer to right-center on a full-count, 100 mph sinker on the outside corner gave the Brewers their first and only lead of Game 1 of the National League Division Series.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I feel like it was still a good pitch regardless,\u201d Morej\u00f3n said through interpreter Jorge Merlos. \u201cI think he just put a good swing on it, on that pitch. I felt like I executed the pitch correctly, but you know, I obviously have the velocity there, and all he has to do is swing at it. And he was just better in that situation right there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The home run was just the fifth that Morej\u00f3n had allowed all year and the first since Aug. 18.<\/p>\n
Morej\u00f3n finished the seventh and got through a scoreless eighth to put his pitch count at 31 pitches.<\/p>\n
Left-hander Robbie Ray (2\u2154 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BBs, K) turned in a perfect first inning and had stranded Christian Yelich\u2019s one-out single in the second after the Padres\u2019 two-run second.<\/p>\n
But Garrett Mitchell began the third with a broken-bat single and Chourio ambushed a one-out, first-pitch slider to tie the game in a hurry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt good,\u201d Ray said. \u201cI felt like I came out, ball\u2019s coming out really good. Really, just made one mistake. \u2026 Pitch selection was good, pitch location, it just kind of came back over the plate. I was just trying to throw a backdoor slider, and it just caught too much plate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Brewers scored more runs than everyone but the Cubs in the regular season despite finishing tied for 28th with just 154 homers.<\/p>\n
The irony of all three of their runs scoring on homers wasn\u2019t lost on Brewers manager Pat Murphy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were helpful,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were helpful. We\u2019ll take them.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brewers fans heckle Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres after he struck out during the ninth inning of Game 1 of the National League Division Series at American Family Field. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
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No introduction needed<\/p>\n
The best players on opposing teams are often booed. The hate for Manny Machado in Milwaukee, however, might trump the reception he receives in Chavez Ravine.<\/p>\n
As a Dodger in Game 4 of the 2018 National League Championship Series, Machado clipped the back leg of Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar while running out a groundout.<\/p>\n
Both benches cleared. The Brewers perceived Machado\u2019s act as intentional, with star Christian Yelich going as far as to deem it \u201ca dirty play by a dirty player.\u201d<\/p>\n
Machado has heard unrelenting boos from Brewers fans at American Family Field ever since.<\/p>\n
Then after Dustin Harris\u2019 groundout in the top of the first, the boos started as Machado approached the plate, before he was even announced and carried right on through a first-pitch ball.<\/p>\n
Manny Machado needs no introduction in Milwaukee. pic.twitter.com\/eldp2rfwgL<\/a><\/p>\n