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 "At first, it was like, 'here I am,'" the 22-year-old right-hander
said Tuesday night after he won his major league debut with the
Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3 over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
"It's been great," Lopez continued. "It was amazing. I'll take the
win."
Brewers shortstop Jean Segura's two-run homer in the sixth inning
was the difference for Lopez, the Brewers' second-round pick in the
2011 draft. He allowed three runs on eight hits and two walks in
five innings. He had seven strikeouts and threw 94 pitches with 59
going for strikes.
"Their rookie was outstanding," Padres manager Pat Murphy said after
Lopez bested Tyson Ross (10-12) in the Padres right-hander's last
start of the season.
Lopez was the Double-A Southern League Pitcher of the Year with a
12-5 record and 2.26 ERA for Biloxi.
"He did a nice job," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.
The difference came on only the ninth homer allowed by Ross this
season.
Segura, who doubled home a run in the first inning, hit a 363-foot
drive off the second balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co.
building in left to erase a 3-2 Padres lead. Brewers' left fielder
Kris Davis had opened the inning with a single off Ross.
Right-hander Francisco Rodriguez picked up his 38th save for the
Brewers.
The Padres spotted Milwaukee a two-run lead in the first before
taking a 3-2 lead.
Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett opened the game with a single
to right off Ross, advanced to second on an infield out and scored
on first baseman Adam Lind's single to center. After a walk to
Davis, Segura drove Lind home with a bad-hop double over the head of
Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte.
"I didn't have a good rhythm early," said Ross. "It's hard to find
your tempo with runners on base."
The Padres halved the deficit in the third when Solarte hit a
two-out single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on
right fielder Matt Kemp's single to center. The RBI was Kemp's 100th
of the season.
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The Brewers' got a break when Justin Upton's ensuing line drive into
the left-field corner bounced over the wall for a ground-run double,
forcing Kemp to stop at third.
"If that ball stays on the field, Kemp scores and it might have been
a different game," said Murphy.
Second baseman Cory Spangenberg opened the Padres fourth with a
triple into the right-field corner. Catcher Austin Hedges followed
with a walk ahead of Ross' bloop single to left for his sixth RBI of
the season.
First baseman Will Myers' put the Padres ahead with a line-drive
single to center, although Lopez avoided further damage by getting
Solarte to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Ross allowed four runs on six hits and three walks with seven
strikeouts in six innings.
NOTES: Padres RF Matt Kemp departed Tuesday's game with soreness in
his right wrist shortly after driving in his 100th run of the
season. "It started irritating me the other day when I was
swinging," said Kemp. "Every time I swing, I feel a little pain."
... RHP Jorge Lopez became the 12th player to make his major league
debut for the Brewers this season. ... 3B Yangervis Solarte returned
to the Padres starting lineup Tuesday after missing four starts with
a tight right hamstring.
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