MILWAUKEE \u2014 Ty France would have loved to have put his cable ball behind him completely after the stunning outcome in Saturday\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not how viral moments work.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI mean, it was hard to miss,\u201d France said. \u201cIt was everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n It was out of his mind by Sunday.<\/p>\n A day after his deep fly ball in the ninth inning struck a cable and fell into Jackson Chourio\u2019s glove for an out instead of a foul ball or a homer \u2014 depending on whom you ask \u2014 France had positioned himself as a hero in Sunday\u2019s game before Mason Miller\u2019s blown save in a 4-3 loss.<\/p>\n France drove in the first run of the game on a single to right-center after Manny Machado walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n Six innings later, France gave the Padres a 3-1 lead with his second run-scoring single, this time through the right side of the infield. The RBI capitalized on one of three Brewers errors, scoring Fernando Tatis Jr. from second base after Machado had worked another walk.<\/p>\n The Padres are 3-for-18 so far with runners in scoring position in the series. France\u2019s second RBI was the first run scored off the Brewers\u2019 bullpen (9 IP) after chasing Jacob Misiorowski after four innings on Saturday (2 ER) and Logan Henderson after five innings (2 ER, 1 R) on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the best staffs in the game,\u201d France said. \u201cHits are going to be hard to come by, but at the end of the day, if you want to win, you got to get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n France is doing his part, batting .467\/.529\/.533 through four postseason games. He collected his lone extra-base hit, a double, in the sweep of the Cubs and was certain he\u2019d added another on Saturday when he sent a 105.3 mph drive on a 49-degree arc toward the left-field corner.<\/p>\n France stayed near the batter\u2019s box after his follow-through and watched the ball strike a cable near the roof of American Family Field, change its trajectory and drop into Chourio\u2019s glove.<\/p>\n The ground rules here say any ball that strikes the roof in fair territory is in play, and a replay review upheld the out call on the field.<\/p>\n Brewers manager Pat Murphy, noting he\u2019d never seen a ball hit the roof in his 11 years in Milwaukee, was certain the ball was headed foul. His catcher, William Contreras, thought the ball would have shattered the glass to the X-Golf facility on the third deck in left field. Several Padres thought it was a conundrum that the analytics that run the game these days should at least be able to solve, but only 11 batted balls with a 49-degree launch angle in the pitch-tracking era (2008) have resulted in home runs.<\/p>\n The bottom line: Who knows?<\/p>\n And it didn\u2019t matter to France one lick that the roof was open on Sunday for first pitch on a sunny, 67-degree day.<\/p>\n \u201cDidn\u2019t really matter,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, the chances of that happening twice are very slim.\u201d<\/p>\n May day<\/p>\n Brewers manager Pat Murphy didn\u2019t hesitate to name a Game 3 starter Sunday morning \u2014 before Game 2 and before the off-day:<\/p>\n Dustin May.<\/p>\n The former Dodger has a 3.14 ERA in 86 career innings against the Padres and a 1.23 ERA in three starts against them this year. He struck out seven in six quality innings (3 R, 2 ER) as a Cardinal in a loss at Petco Park<\/a>, fanned nine in a one-hit shutout in St. Louis<\/a> and, after the trade to Milwaukee, struck out seven over 4\u2154 shutout innings in a no-decision.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s pitched fantastic against the Padres,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cHe\u2019s got experience and we brought him in to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Padres manager Craig Stammen also named his Game 3 starter before Sunday\u2019s game: Nick Pivetta, who has an 8.76 ERA in five career starts against the Brewers, the last in 2025 (5 \u2154 IP, 3 ER, 5 BBs, 5 Ks).<\/p>\n Up and Adam<\/p>\n Quadriceps surgery ended Jason Adam\u2019s 2025 season a month before the postseason. A shoulder injury threatened to again bar the 35-year-old right-hander from pitching in October, but Adam ramped up in time for two tuneup appearances in the last week of the season.<\/p>\n He\u2019s since thrown two scoreless innings across two appearances, throwing a scoreless inning at the Cubs and surviving a walk on Saturday against the Brewers.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, bounce-back is good; injury feels great,\u201d Adam said. \u201cEvery outing, you feel more in sync. So that\u2019s great. Want to be peaking at the right time. But I feel fully healthy, ready to go. Arm feels good. Leg feels good. Body feels good. 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