Good Morning San Diego: Randy Vasquez allows three home runs, Padres lose to Phillies
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San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez allowed solo home runs in the first, second and third inning. All three came with two outs in the inning. The Padres found themselves trailing 4-0 after three innings and would have been down by another run in the fourth inning if not for a home run robbery by Jackson Merrill in center field that ended the top half of the frame. With the San Diego offense struggling to find consistency, the deficit proved to be too much for the team to overcome as Philadelphia squeaked out a 4-3 win at Petco Park on Tuesday night.
The Padres offense could not find its footing against Phillies starter Aaron Nola who retired the first nine batters he faced. Gavin Sheets got San Diego on the board in the hit column with a two-out infield single in the bottom of the fourth. He was followed by Manny Machado with a two-run homer to left to make the score, 4-2. Nola completed six innings and allowed two runs on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts. The Padres tacked on a third run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Ramon Laureano hit a solo home run off reliever Brad Keller to lead off the inning. San Diego was unable to add to its total in the eighth after the Laureano home run despite having two on with two outs.
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The Padres came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth still trailing by a run, but Phillies closer Jhoan Duran got a groundout from Miguel Andujar and back-to-back strikeouts from Merrill and Ty France to hand San Diego its third consecutive loss, which also secured the series for Philadelphia. The Padres will try to avoid a sweep in the final game of the homestand today at 1:10 p.m.
Padres News:
- Freddy Fermin has struggled in his first season as the fulltime catcher and the hope, at least for the Friar Faithful, is that he can become productive sooner than later. To Fermin’s credit he is not making excuses for his poor play — especially at the plate.
- Joe Musgrove is set to begin his throwing program with hopes that he can return for the second half of the season.
Baseball News:
- Los Angeles Dodgers have a rough night on the injury front as both Shohei Ohtani and Kike Hernandez exit their game early.
- A night after being no-hit by the Houston Astros, the Texas Rangers scored eight runs in the first inning and earned a 10-7 win.
- The New York Yankees pummeled the Kansas City Royals, 15-1.
- Shane Baz led the Baltimore Orioles to a win over the Tampa Bay Rays with a nine-strikeout outing.
- The Atlanta Braves beat the Boston Red Sox by a run thanks to four hits from Michael Harris II.