PADRES WIN ⚾️ Machado and Musgrove power the Padres to series-clinching 5-4 win over MLB-leading Rays
SAN DIEGO — Manny Machado drove in two runs, Joe Musgrove worked six solid innings and Fernando Tatis Jr. and catcher Austin Nola teamed up to punch out a potential tying run at home plate as the San Diego Padres beat the MLB-leading Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Sunday to take the three-game series.
“I was trying to be one step ahead, anticipating that the ball was coming to me since the beginning. You know, just being calm under the chaos,” Tatis said of his throw that got Margot. “When stuff like that is happening, everything just goes a little bit in slow motion and I am just a little bit ahead of it.”“It was a missile. I just opened my glove and the ball went in there,” Nola said. “He has been putting it right on the money.
The Padres slumped badly in May, going 10-16. San Diego has turned it around in June, piecing together a 10-6 mark and winning seven of its last 10 games. The Padres have won their last three series, beating the Rays, Cleveland Guardians and Colorado Rockies. “There were a couple of innings where I had some runners on early and had to work out of some jams,” Musgrove said. “Even those long innings, I felt like I was decently efficient with pitches.”With the Padres up 5-2 after Musgrove was lifted, reliever Steven Wilson pitched a scoreless seventh before Nick Martinez gave up two runs in the eighth on singles by Margot and pinch-hitter Harold Ramirez.
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