Francisco Lindor hit a two-out grand slam in the fourth inning to carry the Mets to a win against the San Diego Padres.
SAN DIEGO — Francisco Lindor hit a two-out grand slam in the fourth inning, two batters after Manny Machado committed an error, and added a leadoff shot in the seventh to carry the New York Mets to a 7-1 win against the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.Harrison Bader also connected for the Mets, who have won two of the first three games in this four-game series between NL playoff contenders.
Lindor lined reliever Yuki Matsui's second pitch into the left-field seats in the seventh.Bader homered off Logan Gillaspie in the eighth, his ninth. The Padres loaded the bases against Peterson with one out in the fifth, but got just one run, on Luis Arraez's groundout. Peterson allowed one run and five hits while striking out two and walking two.King gave up five runs, one earned, and three hits in five innings, struck out seven and walked three.
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