By admin 
MILWAUKEE – Ty France would have loved to have put his cable ball behind him completely after the stunning outcome in Saturday’s loss.
Read more WR CeeDee Lamb’s Career Day Powers Cowboys in Battle of Texas
That’s not how viral moments work.
“I mean, it was hard to miss,” France said. “It was everywhere.”
It was out of his mind by Sunday.
A day after his deep fly ball in the ninth inning struck a cable and fell into Jackson Chourio’s glove for an out instead of a foul ball or a homer – depending on whom you ask – France had positioned himself as a hero in Sunday’s game before Mason Miller’s blown save in a 4-3 loss.
France drove in the first run of the game on a single to right-center after Manny Machado walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Six innings later, France gave the Padres a 3-1 lead with his second run-scoring single, this time through the right side of the infield. The RBI capitalized on one of three Brewers errors, scoring Fernando Tatis Jr. from second base after Machado had worked another walk.
The Padres are 3-for-18 so far with runners in scoring position in the series. France’s second RBI was the first run scored off the Brewers’ bullpen (9 IP) after chasing Jacob Misiorowski after four innings on Saturday (2 ER) and Logan Henderson after five innings (2 ER, 1 R) on Sunday.
“One of the best staffs in the game,” France said. “Hits are going to be hard to come by, but at the end of the day, if you want to win, you got to get it done.”
France is doing his part, batting .467/.529/.533 through four postseason games. He collected his lone extra-base hit, a double, in the sweep of the Cubs and was certain he’d added another on Saturday when he sent a 105.3 mph drive on a 49-degree arc toward the left-field corner.
France stayed near the batter’s box after his follow-through and watched the ball strike a cable near the roof of American Family Field, change its trajectory and drop into Chourio’s glove.
The ground rules here say any ball that strikes the roof in fair territory is in play, and a replay review upheld the out call on the field.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy, noting he’d never seen a ball hit the roof in his 11 years in Milwaukee, was certain the ball was headed foul. His catcher, William Contreras, thought the ball would have shattered the glass to the X-Golf facility on the third deck in left field. Several Padres thought it was a conundrum that the analytics that run the game these days should at least be able to solve, but only 11 batted balls with a 49-degree launch angle in the pitch-tracking era (2008) have resulted in home runs.
Read more 5 Biggest 49ers Risers After Impressive Broncos Win
The bottom line: Who knows?
And it didn’t matter to France one lick that the roof was open on Sunday for first pitch on a sunny, 67-degree day.
“Didn’t really matter,” he said. “I mean, the chances of that happening twice are very slim.”
May day
Brewers manager Pat Murphy didn’t hesitate to name a Game 3 starter Sunday morning – before Game 2 and before the off-day:
Dustin May.
The former Dodger has a 3.14 ERA in 86 career innings against the Padres and a 1.23 ERA in three starts against them this year. He struck out seven in six quality innings (3 R, 2 ER) as a Cardinal in a loss at Petco Park, fanned nine in a one-hit shutout in St. Louis and, after the trade to Milwaukee, struck out seven over 4⅔ shutout innings in a no-decision.
“He’s pitched fantastic against the Padres,” Murphy said. “He’s got experience and we brought him in to do that.”
Padres manager Craig Stammen also named his Game 3 starter before Sunday’s game: Nick Pivetta, who has an 8.76 ERA in five career starts against the Brewers, the last in 2025 (5 ⅔ IP, 3 ER, 5 BBs, 5 Ks).
Up and Adam
Quadriceps surgery ended Jason Adam’s 2025 season a month before the postseason. A shoulder injury threatened to again bar the 35-year-old right-hander from pitching in October, but Adam ramped up in time for two tuneup appearances in the last week of the season.
He’s since thrown two scoreless innings across two appearances, throwing a scoreless inning at the Cubs and surviving a walk on Saturday against the Brewers.
“Yeah, bounce-back is good; injury feels great,” Adam said. “Every outing, you feel more in sync. So that’s great. Want to be peaking at the right time. But I feel fully healthy, ready to go. Arm feels good. Leg feels good. Body feels good. So I’m hoping that I can pitch every game the rest of the way.”
Read more Back Home, Jacob Rodriguez Delivers a Record Day for Dolphins
Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved.
This story was originally published October 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM.