Gavin Sheets may soon have a warrant issued for his arrest for stealing a game from the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Wednesday. Sheets stepped to the plate in the top of the ninth inning with the San Diego Padres trailing, 1-0. There were two on and two out and Sheets was in an 0-1 hole when Brewers reliever Abner Uribe left an 88-mph slider over the plate. Sheets turned on the pitch and hit it just beyond the outfield wall in right-center field to put the Padres in front, 3-1. Mason
Miller was called on in the bottom of the ninth inning and worked around a leadoff single to secure the two-run win for San Diego.
The Padres faced Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski who was dealing for Milwaukee. He completed seven innings without allowing a run. He only allowed four hits and recorded 10 strikeouts over the seven innings. San Diego sent its ace to the mound as well in Michael King. While not as dominant as his Milwaukee counterpart, King delivered another solid start, but he failed to get run support from his offense. If not for the heroic home run by Sheets, King would be looking at another loss with his offense spinning its wheels.
San Diego was outhit by Milwaukee 9-6, but the Padres needed just two of those hits in the ninth inning to get the win. Miguel Andujar hit a two out single into center field and Xander Bogaerts followed with a walk. That set the stage for Sheets to play her0 and as we have seen before this season, Sheets came through when his team needed it most.
The win by the Padres sets up the rubber match with the Brewers on Thursday. The game is set to start at 10:40 a.m.
Padres News:
- Padres first-year manager Craig Stammen has shown throughout the season he is not afraid to mix up the lineup or ride the hot hand. Thomas Conroy of Gaslamp Ball believes Stammen is still just experimenting with his lineup on a daily basis.
- Ethan Salas continues to perform at a high level in the San Diego minor league system. He homered again and seems to be fully recovered from the back issue that caused him to miss all but 10 games in the 2025 season.
- A roster crunch is coming for San Diego and the biggest question around the team so far is who is leaving when Lucas Giolito makes his Padres debut. The expectation is Walker Buehler, German Marquex (IL) or Matt Waldron are released.
Baseball News:
- Shohei Ohtani took the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants helped the Dodgers finally solve their rival to the north with a 4-0 win.
- Nick Kurtz hit a grand slam and helped the Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Carson Benge hit a walk off home run to lift the New York Mets over the Detroit Tigers. Mets superstar Juan Soto is listed as day-to-day after fouling a ball off his ankle.
- New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried is scheduled to get imaging on his sore elbow. The Yankees were also shutout by Kyle Bradish and the Baltimore Orioles.
- Caddane Rafaela hit a pinch-hit two-run home run to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Atlanta Braves spoil solid start from Shota Imanaga and beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-1. It is reported the Cubs are adding closer Liam Hendriks on a minor league deal.
