SAN DIEGO -- Offense has been hard to come by for the Padres lately. 

A night after being held to just one run on two hits against the Brewers, the Padres played out a similar script in a 6-0 loss Tuesday night at Petco Park.

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The Padres collected six hits but were kept scoreless as the lineup struggled to come up with much action. Dominant Brewers starter Corbin Burnes fanned 10 Padres hitters and walked none in his six innings.

San Diego made due without Fernando Tatis Jr. or Manny Machado in the starting lineup, as each got a rest day. Even in moments where the Friars had a chance to get on the board, the momentum was taken from them.

What looked like a possible sign of life in the fourth inning was immediately shut down. After Eric Hosmer extended the inning on a headfirst slide for an infield single to give the Padres runners at first and third, that energy vanished quickly. Wil Myers pulled a ball down the left-field line, only to have a potential momentum-swinging extra-base hit stolen on a diving catch by Billy McKinney.

An inning later, the Padres didn't capitalize on a one out, bases-loaded opportunity. With Burnes still on the mound for the Brew Crew, he struck out Trent Grisham and then got a groundout from Jurickson Profar to keep the Friars scoreless.

“We had the bases loaded on [Burnes] and just couldn't quite cash it in, but you know he's as good as anyone we've seen so far this year,” Padres manager Jayce Tingler said.

Facing Burnes continued the gauntlet of top arms that the Padres have had to face in recent days. On this homestand, San Diego has matched up against perennial NL Cy Young candidates and possible October matchups that it could face in the playoffs.

The lineup of aces: Dodgers starters Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw and Trevor Bauer, then Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff and Burnes.

Tingler said being able to battle with these top arms is something he knows his team needs to show they’re capable of.

“We've seen some really good arms, and we're going to see a good one again [on Wednesday],” said Tingler, whose club closes the homestand against Adrian Houser. “So we know these are the guys that we got to be able to score against [and] beat.”

In the first five games of the homestand, the Padres were shut out twice and put up 12 runs total. Six of those runs came in a 12-inning affair against the Dodgers on Friday.

On Tuesday, the offensive woes for the Friars included 14 strikeouts without drawing a walk.

Padres starter Chris Paddack, who gave up five runs (one earned) and struck out seven hitters in his five innings, said he was impressed by Burnes’ ability to not give any free passes to hitters. Burnes has yet to walk a batter while striking out 40 this season, setting an MLB record for starting pitchers.

“I was obviously excited to go up against a dominant pitcher,” Paddack said. “I think the most surprising thing for me is no walks. That's pretty impressive on [Burnes’] end. Being a starting pitcher you want to go up against another ace, another big-time name. They have a heck of a starting rotation.”