Brewers clip Padres in 10

Padres closer Trevor Hoffman took a 3-2 lead into the ninth. With two outs and a runner on first, shortstop Khalil Greene misplayed a grounder by Rickie Weeks and Brady Clark followed with a tying single.

Hall connected against Scott Cassidy (4-3) for his second game-ending home run of the season and third of his career. He beat the New York Mets with a 10th-inning shot on May 14.

Derrick Turnbow (3-3) got the victory as the Brewers took three of four from San Diego. Milwaukee had lost eight straight going into the series.

The Padres had taken a 3-2 lead on Josh Barfield?s home run in the fourth inning, but their hitters shut down after that. After leaving six runners on base in the first four innings, the Padres managed only one baserunner from the sixth through ninth innings.

Rookie starter Mike Thompson went five strong innings for the Padres, and left the game with a one-run lead.

Thompson, who made his major league debut May 17, gave up five hits and two runs. He also was 2-for-2 at the plate.

A?s 4, Indians 1

CLEVELAND (AP) ? Esteban Loaiza adjusted the top button of his dress shirt, put the final touches on his silk tie, stepped to the middle of the clubhouse floor and lifted his arms in triumph.

?I did it!? he said, smiling. ?It?s been a long time.?

For him and the Oakland Athletics.

Loaiza came off the disabled list and got his first win for Oakland, pitching seven superb innings Thursday to give the seemingly snake-bitten Athletics a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Activated before the game, Loaiza (1-3) took a two-hit shutout into the seventh in his first major league start since April 23. The right-hander, signed as a free agent in the offseason, had been sidelined with a strained shoulder muscle.

Loaiza, however, looked sharp in his return and had no trouble handling the hot-one-day-cold-the-next Indians, who didn?t get a runner past second base until the seventh when Ben Broussard homered leading off.

Loaiza allowed three hits, walked one, struck out five and gave the A?s some return on their three-year, $21 million investment in him.