ATLANTA — After the Padres have been swept by the Rockies to fall below .500 final week, San Diego was in want of a bounceback. However the journey seemingly didn’t get any simpler with a four-game collection in Atlanta looming.
The Padres actually did bounce again, profitable three of 4 video games in opposition to the Braves as San Diego continued its dominance at Truist Park.
The collection might have ended on a bitter notice — a 3-0 loss within the finale — however there have been loads of positives for San Diego.
After splitting Monday’s day-night doubleheader with the Braves, the Padres have received 10 of their previous 14 video games at Truist Park courting again to 2021.
“It’s not an [easy environment to play in],” Padres supervisor Mike Shildt stated of his crew’s dominance in Atlanta. “I can’t clarify [winning in Atlanta]. I want I may. We’d bottle it [up]. Guys are able to play right here and we’ve got good outcomes.
“We’re all the time trying to win collection and the blokes performed rather well. They performed good baseball the entire time and fought their tails off. We’ll take three out of 4 and transfer on.”
The Padres (25-25) received the primary two video games by scores of 3-1 and 9-1. In these video games, San Diego beginning pitchers held the Braves (27-17) to at least one run on seven hits. Matt Waldron and Yu Darvish mixed to strike out 19 Atlanta batters, issuing three walks.
As a cherry on high, Darvish grew to become simply the third Japanese-born participant to achieve 200 mixed wins between MLB (107) and Nippon Skilled Baseball (93).
Video games 3 and 4 have been performed as a Monday doubleheader after inclement climate postponed Saturday’s matchup. The Padres used a five-run comeback to win Recreation 3, 6-5, earlier than Atlanta salvaged the nightcap.
In Recreation 3, Atlanta took an early 5-0 lead, however Manny Machado and Co. stormed again with six unanswered runs, that includes a four-run eighth throughout which the Padres took their first lead of the sport.
“I like this crew,” Shildt stated after the comeback. “I like its grit. It’s the definition of winners discovering options. [I] give credit score to a number of the blokes there.”
Dylan Stop began Recreation 3 and struggled in his return to his residence state of Georgia. He allowed 5 runs on 9 hits in 4 innings. He struck out 5 and walked two.
The San Diego bullpen picked Stop up, although, as 4 hurlers mixed for 5 scoreless innings of reduction.
“What a comeback,” Stop stated. “They undoubtedly picked me up as we speak. I didn’t execute effectively. I didn’t get in a rhythm. And [the Braves] simply had a number of good at-bats. I obtained beat as we speak. [It was a] nice pick-up by the bullpen. This simply reveals the struggle that this crew has.”
Within the collection, the Padres’ bullpen pitched 12 1/3 innings whereas permitting only one run.
“[Enyel De Los Santos] and Wandy Peralta have been good as we speak within the seventh and eighth [of the finale],” Shildt stated. “We obtained some actually good bullpen work within the first two video games with [Jeremiah] Estrada and [Robert] Suarez. Guys have been actually getting massive outs. They’ve achieved a pleasant job.”
The robust bullpen work set the desk for the Recreation 1 comeback and San Diego’s offensive eruption in opposition to Braves reliever Joe Jiménez. Previous to Monday, Jiménez had solely given up runs in two of his 17 outings this season.
Machado and Jake Cronenworth have been the heroes, as they every had two-run knocks within the eighth.
“[I’ve been] dealing with [Jiménez] for fairly a bit now and it’s powerful,” Machado stated. “He’s obtained great things — a great fastball and good slider. I’m simply attempting to get one thing within the zone. He walked [Jurickson] Profar there. That was an enormous stroll. Clearly [Ha-Seong Kim] began off the inning, as effectively. We obtained going and we tried to get them within the zone and attempt to do some injury.”
The Padres ran right into a buzzsaw named Chris Sale within the collection finale. Sale went seven scoreless innings, permitting simply 5 hits and placing out 9.
“I believed Sale was actually good,” Shildt stated. “He modified speeds. The secondary stuff was actually good. The fastball had some life to it. He pitched rather well.”
Bogaerts didn’t play within the collection finale, with Luis Arraez taking up for him at second base.