Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun hits three home runs in spacious Petco ... - San Jose Mercury News

Ryan Braun hit three home runs in a game for the first time in Milwaukee's 8-3 win over San Diego on Monday night.

He hit a solo homer into the sand area beyond the fence in right-center -- one of the deepest parts of spacious Petco Park -- in the fourth and a two-run shot onto the balcony on the fourth level of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left field corner in the fifth. Both were off rookie Joe Wieland.

He homered to left off Ernesto Frieri in the seventh.

He also one-hopped the fence in right-center for a two-run triple in the ninth off Joe Thatcher. He flied out to center in the first.

Braun is the first player with a three-homer game at Petco, which opened in 2004.

Rays: Hideki Matsui, 37, signed a minor league contract with Tampa Bay and will report Wednesday to extended spring training in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Rays want to add depth in the outfield and at designated hitter. He hit .251 with 12 homers and 72 RBIs for the A's last season. ...

Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria left Monday's game against Seattle in the third inning with knee soreness.

Indians: Outfielder Johnny Damon, 38, will join the team Tuesday in Chicago. He's spent the past two weeks at Cleveland's facility in Goodyear, Ariz. Damon hit .261 with 16 homers and 73 RBIs last season for Tampa Bay.

Tigers: Delmon Young was suspended for seven days without pay after his arrest on a hate crime

harassment charge last week in New York. The suspension by MLB will cost Young $257,240. The suspension was retroactive to last Friday.

Mets: Center fielder Andres Torres (strained calf) was activated from the 15-day disabled list.

Yankees: Outfielder Nick Swisher is expected to miss a week because of a strained hamstring.

Rangers: Manager Ron Washington kept outfielder Josh Hamilton (sore back) out of the lineup against Toronto as a precaution.

Phillies: Pitcher Cliff Lee (strained oblique) won't be activated from the D.L. when he is eligible to come off Friday.

Clemens trial: A federal court jury in Washington saw snippets of Roger Clemens denying steroid use at a 2008 congressional hearing. The perjury retrial entered its third week bogged down by constant objections.