Green said afterward he will not shy from giving the ball to rookie Andres Munoz, who made his major league debut Friday, on back-to-back days. Reyes relieved Stammen, who threw 22 pitches in the seventh, and issued the walk to Donaldson. “If runs hadn’t been so scarce, I probably would have sent (Lucchesi) back out there,” Green said. The need to use a pinch-hitter that early began a string of events that led to the way Green used the bullpen and was left having to allow Perdomo to hit in the end. Lucchesi allowed just three hits before being lifted for Naylor in the fifth inning. Margot also drew a one-out walk in the ninth inning but was stranded at second base when Tatis struck out. You trust those two guys on the bases to do some special things in that situation. Usually they don’t’ go after you at second base, but we baited the hook right there. “Those two guys can do some things, so we put some wheels in motion. “We had a lot of speed out there,” Green said. Shortstop Dansby Swanson’s throw was high, and Margot slid safely across the plate. Minter went for it, throwing to first base to try to get Tatis, and when first baseman Freddie Freeman threw to second base and Tatis pulled up, Margot broke for home. The Padres had both runners dancing off the bases. to get a lefty-lefty match-up with Hosmer. The Braves intentionally walked Fernando Tatis Jr. Minter, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Garcia and to third on a wild pitch during Wil Myers’ strikeout. Margot led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk against Braves reliever A.J. It was the first earned run Stammen had allowed in eight appearances (8 1/3 innings) and Acuna’s second homer of the series. lined a two-out homer off Stammen in the seventh. Teheran hit Garcia, and pinch-hitter Josh Naylor sent a fly ball to left field that scored Margot to give the Padres a 3-2 lead.Īfter Wingenter followed Lucchesi with a scoreless sixth inning, Ronald Acuna Jr. As the ball rolled into the grass, Margot moved on to third base. The first pitch to Greg Garcia bounced off the glove of Braves catcher Trey Flowers, who then threw the ball past second base trying to nab an advancing Margot. (Yes, umpire Chris Segal was widening the strike zone at all edges). He followed Mejia to the plate and didn’t swing at five balls. That game-tying homer seemed to unhinge Teheran and lock down the Padres - or at least Margot. Until Mejia’s homer, the Padres spent much of the first four-plus innings chasing Atlanta starter Julio Teheran all over the periphery of the strike zone.īut Mejia, who will swing at pretty much anything and can hit it all too, hacked at a slider slightly below his knees and sent the ball 405 feet to right-center field. Yates, asked to get what would have been the longest save of his career after Reyes walked Donaldson to start the eighth inning, allowed Donaldson to score on a single, a fielder’s choice and Austin Riley’s sacrifice fly to right field.
The Braves would not lead again until the 10 th.īut they did damage against every Padres reliever except Trey Wingenter.Īnd they negated the work of Margot, who walked and scored to give the Padres leads of 3-2 and 4-3.Ĭraig Stammen gave up the first lead, and Gerardo Reyes and Kirby Yates squandered the other. With home runs by Machado (in the first) and Mejia (in the fifth), the Padres erased the two-run deficit. The first of his two home runs Friday was a three-run shot that got the Braves on their way to a 5-3 victory. This time, his blast off Joey Lucchesi made it 2-0. “He threw me a fastball, and that was that.”ĭonaldson had done early in Saturday’s game the same thing he did Friday, giving the Braves a first-inning lead with a home run. “I got to 3-2 there, and maybe I was thinking too much, looking slider” said Perdomo, who has 13 hits in 94 career at-bats.
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The Padres were out of position players, leaving Perdomo to hit.Īfter falling behind 0-2 and getting to a full count, Perdomo fouled off a 94 mph fastball from Luke Jackson and then watched a 95 mph fastball down the middle to end the game. Instead, Margot was intentionally walked to load the bases. Four feet deeper or maybe five feet further right, Mejia would have had his second homer of the night. Francisco Mejia then launched a fly ball that Markakis caught on the run just before crashing into the nook in the right field wall between the Sony and Petco sign. Ian Kinsler followed Machado’s third homer in two nights with an infield single, and Hunter Renfroe walked. That became significant when Manny Machado hit his second solo home run of the game in the bottom of the 10th and the Padres continued threatening. After Albies stole second and Austin Riley walked, Tyler Flowers lined a two-run doubled into the right field corner to push the Braves’ lead to 7-4.
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