The San Diego Padres entered Wednesday's game with a 4-game winning streak that had them surging of the standings.
Entering play Wednesday, the Padres were just 1.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National West and 1.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League Wildcard race.
Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease pitched 5 innings, striking out 6 batters and allowed just 1 run.
That lone run came in the 5th inning, when Andrew Vaughn doubled down the line in left plating Brice Turang for a 1-0 Brewers lead.
The Padres evened the score in the 6th inning when Jackson Merrill hit solo homer just inside the foul pole in left field. It was Merrill's 16th homer of the season.
Milwaukee regained the lead in the 7th, when Turang singled in Jackson Chuorio for a 2-1 advanta