Jorge Soler sets off rare big inning against Blake Snell, as Marlins even series and keep Padres stagnant in playoff chase
Jorge Soler hit a home run almost as far as any had ever traveled through the night air to straightaway center field at Petco Park.The ball was still on its six-second journey to the lower third of the faux-ivy-covered batter’s eye when Soler looked away and, just before beginning his jog around the bases, suddenly and dramatically dropped his bat, as if it were too hot to hold.At that, Blake Snell appeared to take exception. As he walked in to get a new baseball, he yelled toward Soler.
That the deficit was three runs made the final 6½ innings seem a preposterous exercise in futility, in that the Padres have come back from a deficit of more than two runs just three times this season. Snell had allowed three runs just once in his previous 16 starts, a stretch in which he led the major leagues with a 1.29 ERA.
But since May 25, no MLB starting pitcher had tamed offenses so consistently. His ERA was 0.97 lower than the next closest qualifying starting pitcher. The .165 batting average he allowed in that span was also lowest in the majors. His 128 strikeouts were two fewer than MLB leader Spencer Strider of the Braves.
Snell had struck out two batters in each of the first two innings and struck out the first batter in the third before Soler’s homer. The inning ended when Jazz Chisholm Jr. lined a single to right field that Tatis fielded and fired home to Sánchez without a bounce to get Burger.
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