Fernando Tatis had 2 hits, a walk, 2 runs scored and an RBI, Dylan Cease had another strong start, and the San Diego Padres beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 at Petco Park to take the series 2-1 after dropping the opener 10-2 on Friday night.
Luis Arraez hit a 2-run double in the 3rd inning to get the Pads in the board. Fernando Tatis gave them a 3-0 lead with an RBI single in the 5th.
Jake Cronenworth drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk, and Ryan O’Hearn added a sacrifice fly.
Tatis had 2 hits, a walk, an RBI and 2 runs scored. Arraez went 2-4 with 2 RBI.
Cease cruised through 6 innings, giving up only 4 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 7 before leaving after a walk and a single gave Boston runners on 1st & 2nd with nobody out in the 7th.
Jason Adam came on and hit Matt Yoshida with a pitch, then Romy Gonzalez hit a hard ground right at shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who muffed the perfect double-play ball and allowed 2 runs to score.
Adam then gave up a single to Wilyer Abreu before regrouping to strike out Ceddanne Rafaela and Abraham Toro back-to-back before giving way to Adrian Morejon, who struck out Roman Anthony to end the inning.
The bullpen gave the Pads 3 more scoreless innings, striking out 6 while giving up just 1 walk and 1 hit. Today it was Adam, Morejon and David Morgan.
***** ‘LIVE’ Instant Reaction from Jim “GRIES” Grieshaber
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The Pads hit the road again to start a huge 3-game series against the Giants tomorrow night in San Francisco, with 1st pitch set for 6:45 PT.
Yu Darvish (1-3, 6.51 ERA) will take the mound for the Padres, facing the Giants’ Logan Webb. (10-8, 3.24)
We will be here right after the game with your PADRES POSTCAST, hosted by Jim "Gries" Grieshaber- 'LIVE' and FREE on YouTube right after the game, and uploaded wherever you get your audio content and ROKU right after the 'LIVE' show.
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