Rookie rockets out of slump, as per usual, almost hits for cycle; Xander Bogaerts is still feeling a little hesitant
The Padres’ Jackson Merrill runs home on a single by Luis Arraez in the second inning of Wednesday’s game against the Nationals. So after Merrill went 4-for-5, scored three times and drove in a run in the Padres’ 12-3 victory over the Nationals last night, we might as well wax poetic about the rookie again.“Every time he kind of goes into a slight , he comes back out really quick,” Xander Bogaerts said last night. “That’s not something for any big leaguer to do. Sometimes our slumps are long.
But he told hitting coach Victor Rodriguez before going to the plate the final time that he was going to hit a single. It will not be Michael King, who is being given a fifth day of rest, and it will not be Jhony Brito, who had an injury scare with forearm discomfort last week and has just resumed playing catch with no date set for a return to starting in Triple-A.
And there is this as well: Three of the four starters they have are not assured of finishing the season — at least not while working as much as they have been. Kyle Higashioka hit his 11th home run in 90 at-bats since June 1. That tied him with Gary Sánchez for the most homers ever hit by a Padres catcher in a span of 90 at-bats.
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