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Following a successful bullpen session this afternoon, Kyle Lohse will slide back into the Milwaukee Brewers' rotation on Monday when they open a three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

Lohse had his last turn in the rotation skipped after he had to be pulled following the third inning of his last start on Aug. 13 in Chicago because of a sore right ankle. He originally injured the ankle on Aug. 2 in St. Louis.

"Went good," Lohse said. "I was able to throw everything that I needed to. Back to pretty much normal. Was able to get the push and balance that I needed that I wasn’t able to get. I was just adjusting pitch to pitch, compensating with my upper body.

"It’s all good."

Everyone else in the rotation will be pushed back a day to accommodate Lohse (11-7), manager Ron Roenicke said, meaning Jimmy Nelson will start Tuesday and Yovani Gallardo the series finale in San Diego.

The Brewers then have an off day, which would leave Wily Peralta to open Friday against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, followed by Mike Fiers on Saturday and Lohse on Sunday.

There was also good news on the injury front with regard to Matt Garza, who's been on the 15-day disabled list since Aug. 5 with a strained left oblique.

Garza is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Assuming that goes well, he'd be expected to throw another after that and then make a minor-league start before returning to the Brewers' rotation sometime in the first week of September as Roenicke had postulated earlier this week.

"We're getting back there," said Roenicke.

Teams are free to expand their major-league rosters beginning Sept. 1, so the Brewers could ease Garza back into the rotation initially with shorter outings because there will be sufficient coverage in the bullpen.