Rengifo picks the right night for his first slam
Luis Rengifo had never hit a grand slam. He waited for his old team to come to town. The infielder cleared the bases with a 366-foot drive in the second inning on Tuesday, and the San Diego Padres never looked back in an 11-2 pounding of the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.
There was history in that swing. Rengifo drove in three runs for Milwaukee in a 7-1 win over San Diego on May 14. Different uniform now, same outcome for the Brewers, only heavier. It was just his third homer of the year but the first grand slam of his career, and it capped a five-run second inning in which every San Diego run scored with two outs.
Jake Cronenworth opened the damage with an RBI double down the left field line. Fernando Tatis Jr. then worked a walk after challenging a 3-2 strike call and getting it overturned, and Rengifo did the rest.
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Tatis climbs the franchise ladder
Tatis added a milestone of his own. His leadoff homer in the fourth was the 12th of his season and the 164th of his career, moving him past Nate Colbert into second place on the Padres’ all-time home run list. Luis Campusano piled on with a two-run shot in the fifth, his fifth of the year, and San Diego finished with 17 hits. Every starter had a hit before the sixth inning was over.
Walker Buehler (7-5) handled the rest. The right-hander went six innings and gave up a single run on three hits, walking two and striking out five. It was only the fourth time in 24 starts this season he reached the sixth, a small sign of steadiness for a pitcher who has spent the year chasing it.
A rough night in Milwaukee’s dugout
Kyle Harrison (9-3) took the beating. He lasted 4 2/3 innings and allowed a season-high 10 hits and eight runs with three walks. By the eighth, Milwaukee had seen enough of its bullpen and sent backup catcher Gary Sanchez to the mound, where he wriggled around two singles for a scoreless frame.
Jackson Chourio’s third-inning groundout, which scored David Hamilton, and Brice Turang’s ninth-inning double accounted for the visitors’ offense. The win was San Diego’s fourth in a row and pulled the Padres level with the Phillies and Diamondbacks for the National League’s last two wild-card spots. August is turning into a scrap, and the Padres just landed the cleaner punch.
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