Padres get another big inning with help from Fernando Tatis Jr.'s baserunning, hold on late in large part due to Tatis' seventh outfield assist
Timely hits remain elusive at times, but wins are more frequent because they are playing a kind of baseball that wins.
Randy Arozarena’s single up the middle off second baseman Rougned Odor’s glove began the inning against Nick Martinez, who followed with a strikeout of Isaac Paredes. Josh Lowe moved Arozarena to third with a single grounded into center field and stole second base. Manuel Margot’s single scored Arozarena and moved Lowe to third, and a blooped single to right field by pinch-hitter Harold Ramirez scored Lowe and moved Margot to second.
They scored three times in Sunday’s third inning in an even more thrillingly underwhelming manner–a double, a single, a dribbler in front of the plate that led to two errors on one play by the same player and a sacrifice fly. The ball hit off Tatis foot and caromed into shallow left field, sending Grisham home and Tatis to third, where he noticed Franco was still somewhat leisurely jogging to get the ball and took off for home. Franco’s throw sailed wide of the plate, and Tatis scored without a slide to put the Padres up 2-1 as Soto raced to third.The Rays, who scored on three consecutive one-out singles in the second inning, added a run in the fourth on two infield singles, a walk and a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
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