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In the eighth, Davis hit another three-run homer, this time to center field against reliever Kevin Quackenbush.
“Right-handed power, power in general, we need it”, Counsell said Wednesday while talking about Davis. “It’s just swings he takes in a game”.
“When you’ve got that big cushion, he knows what to do with it”, Murphy said.
Milwaukee Brewers’ Khris Davis hits a three-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Thursday, August 6, 2015, in Milwaukee.
Murphy said Garza also had the benefit of a 4-0 lead in the third, thanks to Davis’ eighth home run of the season.
It was his longest outing since going seven innings on June 6 in a 4-2 victory at Minnesota, a span of nine starts.
In four starts since returning to action, Garza (6-12) has posted a 2.55 earned run average. Everything has been progression.
“When I’m healthy, it’s a different story”, he said. I am hitting my spots once I have to. I don’t have to rely on luck. “I’ve been swinging and missing a lot and not getting through the ball”. “Once you try to relax, feel comfortable here, that’s when somebody will jump up and get you”. “I lastly really feel wholesome”. The only run against him was a Melvin Upton solo homer. Garza put down the side in order in four of his seven innings, retiring 10 of the last 11 hitters he faced. “His curveball was really effective”.
Elian Herrera’s RBI single in the Brewers fourth made up for his costly two-base throwing error in the Padres’ half of that inning. “Hopefully, he’s moving forward with three quality pitches now”. Since then, though, he has not allowed more than three runs in a start. In his past three games, he’s 6-for-13 at the plate with two doubles, two triples and five RBIs. “It’s the power, I think, that’s coming”.
Garza noticed the change in Davis, too.
Inconsistency and an injury ultimately led to Davis being replaced by Gerardo Parra in the starting lineup.
Now, with Parra having been traded to Baltimore, left field belongs to Davis, leaving two months to re-establish himself as a player to be included in the team’s plans. Campos appeared in one game for the Padres, allowing a run on one hit in an inning of work.
Right fielder Ryan Braun has also been an influence, Davis said. “He does a great job of it”. “They’re evaluating”, Davis said. The Brewers broke the game open an inning later, scoring three runs, including two on first baseman Adam Lind’s double that made it 7-0.
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Told of Counsell’s prediction that he was ready to break loose, Davis said, “He’s got my back and everybody’s back in here. Proving yourself every day”.
