San Diego tied it at 4 in the fifth when Soto drew a one-out walk and scored when Betts booted Machado’s single to right field for a two-base error.
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Thompson played in six games with the Padres early this season before being designated for assignment and opting to become a free agent. Thompson’s homer to left with one out in the fourth, his ninth, gave Los Angeles a 4-3 lead. It was drizzling at first pitch and that continued for about three innings before the weather cleared up.įreeman homered off Mike Clevinger into a beer deck in center field with two outs in the first, his 18th. The start was delayed 45 minutes due to rain from Tropical Storm Kay. Trayce Thompson and Freeman homered for the Dodgers, who can clinch a playoff spot Saturday for the 10th straight season. At this point it’s not a surprise when we win a close game at home in extra innings.” “If we’re in them late we have a good chance to win them. “One-run games this year, walk-offs at home, extra innings, all those things create an identity,” Melvin said. Runners in scoring position late, all those type of at-bats he has excelled in more than any others in the course of the season.” Padres manager Bob Melvin said Cronenworth “all year long has been coming up big in big situations for us. “But when you get a good pitch you just want to put a good swing on it and try to drive it to the middle of the field.” “You want to try to win the game, but at the same time you want to try to have a good at-bat and pass it to the next guy,” Cronenworth said. One out later, Cronenworth singled to right field off Heath Hembree (3-1) to bring in Soto and raised his arms at first base. Juan Soto started out as the automatic runner on second base in the 10th and the Dodgers intentionally walked Manny Machado. “When you’re in those games and it’s back and forth and it’s close, hopefully that’s a good sign for when we’re hopefully in the place we want to be we’ve been there and we can look back on these games and see how we won,” he added.
It was a great feeling, especially when you have your home crowd behind you. ”The crowd was going crazy - it was awesome. “It was crazy, especially playing here in the first couple innings with the rain,“ Cronenworth said. San Diego jumped a half-game in front of Philadelphia for the NL’s second wild card. The Padres won for just the third time in 13 games against Los Angeles this year and only the fourth time in their last 23 meetings. SAN DIEGO (AP) - A long, wet night ended with Jake Cronenworth and the San Diego Padres earning a rare win against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Ĭronenworth singled home the winning run with one out in the 10th inning, and the Padres beat Los Angeles 5-4 on Friday to keep the Dodgers’ magic number at six for clinching the NL West.
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