Chourio, Mears help the Brewers beat the Padres 3-1 to avoid a 3-game sweep
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Abner Uribe, right, celebrates with teammate catcher Danny Jansen after the Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres 3-1 in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in San Diego. Credit: AP/Gregory Bull
SAN DIEGO — Jackson Chourio robbed Xander Bogaerts of a three-run home run in the first inning and Nick Mears got Luis Arraez to fly out to center to end a bases-loaded threat in the seventh as the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers beat the playoff-bound San Diego Padres 3-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
The Brewers (96-63) reduced to one their magic number over Philadelphia for clinching the best record in the majors and homefield advantage through the postseason.
Brice Turang singled in Chourio with the go-ahead run with two outs in the seventh inning and Danny Jansen had a solo homer in the ninth.
These teams could meet again in the playoffs. The Padres entered the day trailing the Chicago Cubs by 1 1/2 games in the race for the National League’s top wild-card spot and the right to host a best-of-three series starting Tuesday. If the current standings hold, the Cubs would host the Padres, with the winner facing the Brewers in a division series.
The Padres also trailed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers by 1 1/2 games.
Turang singled off All-Star Adrian Morejon (13-6) in the seventh, a half inning after Jackson Merrill had tied the game at 1 by homering off Erick Fedde. It was Merrill's 16th. Jansen hit his 13th off Jeremiah Estrada.
Turang scored in the fifth on Andrew Vaughn's double after hitting a two-out single and advancing on a two-base wild pitch by Dylan Cease.
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Jackson Chourio makes the catch at the wall for the out on San Diego Padres' Jake Cronenworth during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in San Diego. Credit: AP/Gregory Bull
Key moment
Chourio made a perfectly timed jump to get his glove above the center field wall to rob Bogaerts of a three-run home run to end the first.
Key stat
Aaron Ashby (5-2) got the final out of the sixth for the win and Abner Uribe pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save.
Up next
Brewers RHP Quinn Priester (13-2, 3.25 ERA), originally scheduled to start Wednesday, will go Friday night against Cincinnati.
The Padres haven't named a starter for Friday night against Arizona.
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