Bogaerts and Merrill help Padres edge Rays 4-3

Xander Bogaerts hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Sunday after squandering a three-run lead.

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Fla. — “We don’t like to give up leads,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. 'It’s not very common for us. we do get in a position where we need to fight back, we do.”Jackson Merrill had a two-run homer for the Padres, who are in a close race with Arizona for the first NL wild card. He has 79 RBIs, tying Benito Santiago’s team record for rookies set in 1987.Merrill also made a diving catch in center field on Ben Rortvedt’s leadoff liner in the third.“It makes you say, ‘Wow,’” Shildt said.

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