San Diego has won 13 of its last 17 games. Henderson had won his last six decisions over seven starts before taking the loss versus San Diego. San Diego reliever Yuki Matsui (3-1) got the victory, pitching a scoreless seventh inning. Milwaukee's Christian Yelich smashed a homer to left field in the second inning off San Diego starter Casey Mize to give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead. San Diego struggled to mount scoring opportunities versus Henderson until Merrill's homer.