Baseball: Darvish throws gem but Padres fall to Brewers

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Yu Darvish threw seven innings of one-run ball with 12 strikeouts but his San Diego Padres lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Sunday.

Darvish (0-2) allowed a sacrifice fly to Brian Anderson in the second inning after Garrett Mitchell had a one-out bunt single, moved to second base on a Darvish disengagement violation and stole third.

The veteran right-hander lost count of his disengagements and was cited for a balk which advanced Mitchell to second at Petco Park in San Diego.

Darvish allowed four hits and walked two in a 100-pitch outing, striking out 12 for the first time since Aug. 7, 2021...

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