Padres win for 29th time this season after trailing or tied in the seventh inning or later
San Diego Padres’ Jackson Merrill celebrates his two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Ryan Pepiot with Xander Bogaerts during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The final month of the baseball season began with the Padres playing as they have from the start.That is by no means beside the point, considering the time of year and the playoff race in which they are engaged.
It was the latest confirmation of how they were built and what they believe. It was the kind of baseball they played even when the losses were as plentiful as the wins but that they always maintained would eventually lead to what they have become. Last season, they had 18 victories secured in the seventh or later, eight earned in their final at-bat and 18 in games in which they lost a lead.Early on, the Padres kept making Rays starter Ryan Pepiot throw pitches — 23 in the first, 24 in the second, 20 in the third — and finally broke through for three runs in the fourth.
The Rays came back from 3-0 to tie the game, as Dylan Cease’s command evaporated and Jason Adam’s command never showed up in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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