Game result and context
San Diego Padres beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in NL Division Series Game 3
The San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 at Petco Park. San Diego scored in the third, fifth and sixth innings, Jake Cronenworth homered, and the Padres kept Milwaukee from tying it after the Brewers pulled within a run in the seventh.
Final result
The San Diego Padres beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in Game 3 of the NL Division Series at Petco Park. The Padres are 1-2 in the postseason. The Brewers are 2-1.
How the game changed
The run that held up came in the bottom of the sixth. San Diego scored once there to stretch its lead to two, and the Brewers could only get one of those back.
The Padres struck first with two runs in the third. William Contreras answered with a solo home run in the fourth, and Milwaukee tied it in the fifth. Cronenworth put San Diego back in front with a solo home run in the bottom half.
Milwaukee scored once more in the seventh to pull within a run. Neither team scored in the last two innings.
Key performances
Cronenworth reached on both of his at-bats, going 2 for 2 with a home run, a run scored and an RBI. Manny Machado also drove in a run.
Contreras went 3 for 4 with a home run and scored twice for Milwaukee. Christian Yelich added two hits and an RBI.
Nick Pivetta pitched 4.1 innings for San Diego, striking out four and allowing two earned runs. Dustin May went three innings for Milwaukee, also allowing two earned runs, with three strikeouts.
Season and playoff context
Milwaukee still leads the best-of-5 series two games to one. San Diego avoided elimination and needs to win again to force a deciding game.