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- O'Hearn's grand slam, Vásquez's 7 shutdown innings help the Padres beat the Brewers 7-0</p>
<p>BERNIE WILSONSeptember 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM</p>
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<p>1 / 3Brewers Padres BaseballSan Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez is greeted by teammates after the third out during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)</p>
<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan O'Hearn's grand slam was one of San Diego's three homers and Randy Vásquez and two relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Padres beat the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers 7-0 Tuesday night in what could be a playoff preview.</p>
<p>The loss by the Brewers (95-63) assures no 100-game winners in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2012-14. The Brewers' magic number for clinching the best record in the majors and homefield advantage throughout the postseason is down to two over Philadelphia.</p>
<p>The Padres have won four straight, including the first two games in this three-game series. They clinched a postseason berth with a 5-4, 11-inning win on Monday night.</p>
<p>San Diego pulled within 1 1/2 games of the Chicago Cubs in the race for the National League's top wild card and the right to host a best-of-three series next week. If the current standings hold, the Padres and Cubs would meet in a wild-card series, with the winner to face the Brewers.</p>
<p>San Diego entered the night 2 1/2 games behind NL West leader Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Vásquez (6-7) was brilliant for seven innings, allowing just one single and two walks. Wandy Peralta allowed two singles in the eighth and Yuki Matsui allowed a single in the ninth.</p>
<p>Lefty Bruce Zimmermann (0-1) lost in his Brewers and season debut.</p>
<p>Zimmermann loaded the bases in the first on two singles and a walk before O'Hearn's one-out grand slam to right field. It was his second career slam and his 17th homer this season.</p>
<p>Luis Arraez hit a two-run homer off the right field foul pole with one out in the second, his eighth. Jose Iglesias had a solo shot in the eighth off Tobias Myers.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Arraez used some body English to will his homer to stay fair.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>O'Hearn's slam was the Padres' fifth this season and second in a week.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Brewers RHP Quinn Priester (13-2, 3.25 ERA) and Padres RHP Dylan Cease (8-12, 4.64) are scheduled to start Wednesday's series finale.</p>
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