MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Yangervis Solarte hit two home runs and Tyson Ross pitched six effective innings to help the San Diego Padres rout the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 on Monday night.
Solarte hit a solo home run in the first and connected for a three-run shot in the seventh. It was Solarte's first career multi-homer game.
Jedd Gyorko also homered and had three hits while Alexi Amarista drove in three runs for the Padres.
 
Solarte's two homers lift Padres to 13-5 rout of Brewers
 
Ross (8-8) gave up seven hits and two earned runs in six innings. He struck out five and walked two. He also had an RBI single in the third inning.
The Padres blew the game open in the seventh with six runs sparked by Solarte's three-run homer off Preston Gulmet.
Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta (2-6) was ineffective in his second start after spending more than two months on the disabled list with a strained left oblique. He gave up six runs and eight hits in 3 1-3 innings. Peralta walked three and struck out two.
 

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