San Diego @ Milwaukee preview

Last Meeting ( Jul 22, 2013 ) San Diego 5, Milwaukee 3

Ryan Braun’s season is over and the Milwaukee Brewers attempt to move past the distractions his actions have caused when they host the San Diego Padres on Tuesday in the second contest of a four-game set. The 2011 National League Most Valuable Player accepted a season-ending suspension for his alleged involvement with performance-enhancing drugs Monday, 17 months after defiantly expressing his innocence. San Diego snapped Milwaukee’s four-game winning streak later Monday with a 5-3 victory.

Jesus Guzman hit the tiebreaking two-run double for the Padres and also homered in the second inning to snap Milwaukee’s franchise-record, 36-inning scoreless streak. Carlos Quentin delivered a two-run double as San Diego won for only the sixth time in 26 games. Braun avoided a 50-game suspension following his stellar MVP season because of a technicality when an arbitration panel ruled his urine sample wasn’t properly handled and he has again been under scrutiny since reports linked him to the Biogenesis clinic in Florida that was allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs.

TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, FSN San Diego, FSN Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres RH Tyson Ross (0-4, 3.60 ERA) vs. Brewers RH Donovan Hand (0-1, 3.27)

Ross is being recalled from Triple-A Tucson to replace Jason Marquis, who suffered a season-ending elbow injury. He went 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA in three major-league starts earlier this season. Ross made 21 starts for Oakland from 2010-12 and has a career record of 6-22.

Hand is 0-1 with a 3.07 ERA in three previous starts this season. He hasn’t gone more than five innings in any of the outings and last started against Washington on July 4. Hand has walked just eight batters in 33 innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. Brewers C Jonathan Lucroy has at least one hit in 10 of his last 11 games.

2. Quentin is 7-for-20 with seven RBIs over the past five contests.

3. Milwaukee All-Star CF Carlos Gomez (elbow) could miss his third consecutive game.

PREDICTION: Brewers 7, Padres 5