Washington Nationals took advantage of San Diego's bullpen meltdown to beat the staggering Padres 8-3 Sunday to take two of three.
SAN DIEGO — Left-hander MacKenzie Gore pitched five strong innings against his former team, Jeimer Candelario homered and drove in three runs and the
The Padres, whose $250 million payroll is third-highest in baseball, continue to be wildly inconsistent. They won 10-0 at San Francisco on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep and then routed the Nationals 13-3 on Friday night. But they had only four hits in losing 2-0 Saturday night and looked flat again on Sunday. They came into the season with World Series aspirations, but have been under .500 since May 12.
The Padres, who had gone 13 straight innings without advancing a runner past second base, broke through in the fifth when Tatis hit a two-out RBI single to tie it at 1. Gore then struck out Soto with runners on the corners to end the threat.
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