Fernando Tatis Jr. lofted a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday night as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 4-3 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds.
With Jake Cronenworth placed at second base as the automatic runner to start the inning, Freddy Fermin bunted him to third and reached safely when reliever Nick Martinez (10-12) threw inaccurately to first for an error. Tatis followed with a fly ball to left that easily scored Cronenworth.
Wandy Peralta (6-1) got the last out in the top of the 10th for the win as San Diego (79-65) remained a game behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West. Cincinnati (72-72) stayed four games behind the New York Mets for the last NL wild-card spot.
Cincinnati started the game with a loud bang. TJ Friedl jumped on a hanging curve from Yu Darvish — the eighth pitch of the game’s opening at-bat — and lined it into the seats beyond the right field wall for his 12th homer of the year.
Friedl helped the Reds make it 2-0 in the third when he singled with one out, stole second, reached third on a groundout and scored on Elly De La Cruz’s single up the middle. Austin Hays’ 15th homer of the season in the sixth upped the advantage to 3-0.
But San Diego erased the margin when Nick Lodolo, who hadn’t pitched since Aug. 27 and missed his scheduled start last Tuesday night due to illness, was hooked after five scoreless innings for Scott Barlow. Tatis singled to open the sixth, swiped second and scored on Gavin Sheets’ two-out double to the right field wall.
After Ramon Laureano drew a walk, Cincinnati manager Terry Francona lifted Barlow for Brent Suter. He hung a 1-2 curve to Jackson Merrill, who smashed it to right-center off the glove of a diving Friedl for a game-tying two-run triple that no-decisioned both starters.
Lodolo gave up just two hits and a walk, striking out two. Darvish permitted six hits and three runs in 5 2/3 innings, walking none and whiffing seven.
–Field Level Media
