Padres 7, Brewers 6: Chase Headley hit a game-tying RBI triple and scored on Yonder Alonso’s sacrifice fly in the seventh inning as visiting San Diego rallied from a six-run deficit and salvaged the finale of the season-ending three-game series.
Headley added a run-scoring double to finish with a National League-leading 115 RBIs while Chris Denorfia and Cameron Maybin homered for the Padres, who had lost six of their previous seven games.
Denorfia began San Diego’s comeback with a solo blast in the fourth and Headley capped a two-run fifth with his double before Maybin’s two-run shot a frame later cut Milwaukee’s lead to 6-5. Headley followed Will Venable’s leadoff walk in the seventh with a triple off Jim Henderson (1-3) and scored the winning run two batters later.
Tommy Layne (2-0) picked up the win after retiring all four batters he faced and Luke Gregerson struck out two in a perfect ninth inning for his ninth save.
Travis Ishikawa had an RBI groundout and a three-run double for the Brewers, who lost only six of their final 28 home games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Headley, who already had set career highs in RBIs, homers (31), hits (173), runs (95) and walks (86), matched his personal bests with his 31st double and 17th stolen base. … The Brewers finished with an NL-high 202 home runs, with OF Ryan Braun belting a league-leading 41 shots. Braun finished three RBIs behind Headley for the NL lead. … Milwaukee’s pitchers fanned six batters, ending the season with a total of 1,402 strikeouts – three shy of eclipsing the 2003 Chicago Cubs’ all-time record.
