Tatis, Padres full sweep of Giants in MLB's first-ever Mexico sequence

After a recreation that felt like a house run derby, Matt Carpenter anticipated Sunday might be extra of the identical. It was not.

Carpenter capped an eighth-inning rally with a tiebreaking, two-run double off the glove of diving centerfielder Mike Yastrzemski, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 for a two-game sweep of Main League Baseball‘s first regular-season sequence in Mexico Metropolis.

A day after successful an 11-home run thriller 16-11, the Padres overcame a 4-0 deficit with three runs within the fifth and three within the eighth.

“After final nights recreation you go to mattress considering that this one was going to be related and it had a distinct feeling and we sort of need to play it a extra conventional ballgame,” Carpenter mentioned.

Within the skinny air of Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel, 7,349 ft above sea stage, the primary inning became one other energy show when Lamonte Wade Jr. led off with a house run off Yu Darvish.

Then the sport settled down and the gang, a majority supporting the Padres, went house completely happy.

“We had been actually trying ahead to the sequence, we knew it will be actually thrilling and Mexico Metropolis did not allow us to down. The ambiance was nice,” Carpenter mentioned.

Padres win regardless of Darvish struggles

Darvish allowed three homers after not giving up any in his first 4 begins. He allowed 4 runs and 9 hits in six innings with 9 strikeouts.

“The house run on the first at-bat actually shocked me, however I acquired some recommendation from pitching coach Ruben Niebla and I might quiet down for a great outing,” Darvish mentioned by means of a translator. “Beneath these circumstances you notice that there are some pitches that dont transfer such as you need, and my job was to search out those that do work.”

San Diego headed house with a 15-14 file after going 6-3 on an 11-day journey.

“Im not sitting right here desirous about the file, however as soon as we get house, being over .500 is important,” Padres supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned.

J.D. Davis went deep within the second and Mitch Haniger homered in a two-run third that included an RBI single by Yastrzemski, who’s headed to the injured listing.

Crowd handled to Padre rally

Earlier than a crowd of 19,633, Austin Nola‘s two-run homer and Juan Soto‘s RBI single towards Alex Cobb minimize the deficit to 4-3 within the within the fifth.

Tyler Rogers (0-2), who allowed Manny Machado‘s go-ahead, two-run homer a day earlier, could not maintain the lead and misplaced for the second straight day.

Juan Soto labored out an eight-pitch stroll with one out within the eighth and Xander Bogaerts singled. Camilo Doval relieved, and Jake Cronenworth linked a tying single to proper.

Nelson Cruz struck out and Carpenter fouled off three straight pitches earlier than lofting Doval’s fourth straight 100 mph-plus providing into quick middle. Yastrzemski sprinted in and dived however the ball popped out of his glove as Bogaerts and Cronenworth scored.

Yastrzemski limped off the sector, accompanied by supervisor Gabe Kapler and athletic coach Dave Groeschner. Yastrzemski strained his left hamstring and sure will go on the injured listing, Kapler mentioned.

Luis Garca (1-2) pitched two hitless innings, and Josh Hader acquired three straight groundouts to stay good in 10 save possibilities, finishing a recreation that took 2 hours, 52 minutes, down from Saturday’s 3:44.

Bother with the humidor

The humidor for storing baseballs was at sea stage settings and never for an altitude like Mexico Metropolis’s. “For a number of weeks that they had a malfunction associated to the water ranges” Kapler mentioned. “To my understanding its not one thing which you could simply flip a change on and repair. It is an unexpected problem, one that you simply started working collectively to get by means of the day.”

Uniform watch

The groups reverted to common uniforms Sunday, the Padres in house white pinstripes, the Giants in grey, a day after carrying particular outfits for the sequence opener.

Cruz management

Cruz hit a drive off the wall in right-center within the second, at 42 years, 303 days changing into the oldest participant to triple since Ichiro Suzuki at 42 years, 327 days on Sept. 13, 2016.

Coach’s room

Giants: SS Brandon Crawford (proper calf) did not play after exiting Saturday within the fourth inning. Kapler mentioned Crawford was feeling higher.

Up subsequent

Padres: LHP Blake Snell (0-4, 5.48 ERA) is ready to begin Monday towards Cincinnati, which sends RHP Luke Weaver (0-1, 7.71) to the mound.

Giants: RHP Ross Stripling (0-1, 6.89) begins Monday’s sequence opener at defending champion Houston, which begins RHP Luis Garcia (2-2, 4.00).