MILWAUKEE -- Jean Segura hit a three-run homer, and the Milwaukee Brewers broke out of an offensive slumber at home to support Kyle Lohse in a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.Segura homered for a 4-1 lead in the second. Khris Davis added a solo shot for the Brewers, who have won five of six and are a big league-best 16-6.Lohse (4-1) allowed five hits and no walks in seven innings. Brewers batters backed him with nine hits at Miller Park, where the team had been averaging just two runs and six hits entering the night. 
Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save, his 313th over 12 full big league seasons.Tyson Ross (2-3) allowed a season-high five earned runs in six innings.Ross regressed after striking out nine and shutting out the Giants over eight innings in his previous start last week. He had little to celebrate Wednesday, a day after he turned 27.Milwaukee was aggressive from the outset and made solid contact early in counts. Ryan Braun doubled home a run in the first on a 1-1 pitch, the same count on which eighth-place hitter Segura hit a 385-homer off the green facade over the left-field wall.Waiting in the on-deck circle, Lohse pumped his right fist in the air as Segura's drive cleared the fence. On the mound, the right-hander held the Padres to one earned run until the bullpen shut down San Diego over the final two innings.San Diego took a 1-0 lead in the first off of Seth Smith's sacrifice fly, but was otherwise limited until pinch-hitter Nick Hundley's RBI single with two outs in the seventh.After four straight one-run games, the Brewers got a relative breather. Manager Ron Roenicke said it was only a matter of time before his squad broke out of its hitting slump at home -- and his players backed him up with four runs and five hits in the first two innings.Getting the 24-year-old Segura going will help. Segura, who was dropped from second to eighth in the order after starting the season hitting .232, hit his first homer since July 30, spanning 269 plate appearances.Associated Press
Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save, his 313th over 12 full big league seasons.Tyson Ross (2-3) allowed a season-high five earned runs in six innings.Ross regressed after striking out nine and shutting out the Giants over eight innings in his previous start last week. He had little to celebrate Wednesday, a day after he turned 27.Milwaukee was aggressive from the outset and made solid contact early in counts. Ryan Braun doubled home a run in the first on a 1-1 pitch, the same count on which eighth-place hitter Segura hit a 385-homer off the green facade over the left-field wall.Waiting in the on-deck circle, Lohse pumped his right fist in the air as Segura's drive cleared the fence. On the mound, the right-hander held the Padres to one earned run until the bullpen shut down San Diego over the final two innings.San Diego took a 1-0 lead in the first off of Seth Smith's sacrifice fly, but was otherwise limited until pinch-hitter Nick Hundley's RBI single with two outs in the seventh.After four straight one-run games, the Brewers got a relative breather. Manager Ron Roenicke said it was only a matter of time before his squad broke out of its hitting slump at home -- and his players backed him up with four runs and five hits in the first two innings.Getting the 24-year-old Segura going will help. Segura, who was dropped from second to eighth in the order after starting the season hitting .232, hit his first homer since July 30, spanning 269 plate appearances.Associated Press
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