King-sized win for Padres, who stave off elimination by beating Brewers – San Diego Union-Tribune

King-sized win for Padres, who stave off elimination by beating Brewers  San Diego Union-Tribune

Michael King gets two-inning save, Jake Cronenworth thrills with homer as Padres cut series deficit to 2-1. With no space at all between them and the wall they have so proudly been up against and fought their way back from so much of the season, they beat the Brewers 4-3 on Tuesday night in Game 3 of the National League Division Series. “We (came) back home 0-2,” Jake Cronenworth said afterward. “The mentality of the group is we’re 0-2, but we’ve kind of been 0-2 the entire year. Now we’ve got a game tomorrow and go out and tie it back up.” Cronenworth’s home run in the fifth inning broke a 2-2 tie, and the Padres took advantage of two bounced throws by the Brewers to add what stood as the deciding run in the sixth.

Without closer Mason Miller, who was placed on the paternity list shortly before Tuesday’s game, and Adrian Morejón, whose shoulder remained sore after he threw 31 pitches over two innings on Saturday, the Padres pieced together the finish by borrowing from the starting rotation to extend the best-of-five series. Michael King, who started Game 2 on Sunday and would presumably start Game 5 on Friday in Milwaukee if the Padres can extend the series that long, worked the final two innings to get the