Gavin Sheets completes stellar road trip with two homers, a double and four RBIs; Lucas Giolito gets win, charged with three runs in five innings
Gavin Sheets celebrates in the Padres dugout after hitting a two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the sixth inning of Sunday’s game at T-Mobile Park.
But the Padres’ offense was even more efficient than their new starting pitcher had been, and the sizable lead they built held up in an 8-3 victory over the Mariners on Sunday. Among those hits were two home runs and a double by Gavin Sheets and doubles by Miguel Andujar, Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill. The Padres led 7-0 when Giolito took the mound to start the sixth inning having thrown just 59 pitches.
The big right-hander, signed by the Padres last month to reinforce a starting rotation thinned by injuries, would not record another out. He walked off the field having loaded the bases on three straight walks. All three of those runners would score, cutting the Padres’ advantage to 7-3, as Yuki Matsui came in and walked the first batter he faced before surrendering two sacrifice flies.
Sheets, who started the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning and gave the Padres a 4-0 lead with a two-run homer in the sixth, hit an RBI double in the seventh that put the Padres up by five. Sheets also walked twice Sunday and finished the Padres’ six-game road trip 10-for-17 with four homers and eight walks. Ty France went 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
The second of France’s three singles drove in the final two runs in the Padres’ five-run sixth inning in which the Padres sent nine runners to the plate. That caused what had been a quick game to stall and had Giolitio on the bench for an extended period. He did enough to get the win, which was secured after Matsui got through a scoreless seventh and Bradgley Rodriguez worked the final two innings.
The victory completed a three-game sweep and a 4-2 road trip that began with the Padres losing two of three to the Brewers. Back at 10 games over .500 for the first since they were 19-9, the Padres headed home to begin a three-game series against the Dodgers, who they trail by a half-game in the NL West.
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