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09/19 23:41 CDT Rookie Salas has walk-off single in 10th as Padres beat Marlins
7-6, reduce magic number to 3
Rookie Salas has walk-off single in 10th as Padres beat Marlins 7-6, reduce
magic number to 3
By BERNIE WILSON
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) --- Rookie Ethan Salas singled in Jake Cronenworth from third
base with one out in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami
Marlins 7-6 on Saturday night to lower their magic number to three for
clinching their third straight postseason berth.
Salas, the Padres' top prospect who was called up Sept. 1, punched a single up
the middle on an 0-2 pitch from Josh Ekness (2-4) and his teammates mobbed him
in a wild celebration that ended up in the outfield.
Cronenworth, the automatic runner, advanced on a wild pitch. David Morgan (4-1)
got the victory.
The winning hit came an inning after pinch-hitter Griffin Conine drove a
towering, tying homer off Mason Miller with one out in the ninth.
The Padres won for the 12th time in 13 games and remained tied with the Chicago
Cubs at 86-69 for the National League's top wild-card spot, although the Cubs
hold the tiebreaker. The Philadelphia Phillies lost 10-3 to the New York Mets
to drop a game back.
The earliest the Padres can clinch a wild-card spot is Tuesday night at the NL
West champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Miller was trying for a five-out save when Connine hit a 102-mph four-seamer an
estimated 427 feet to right, his 17th.
Fernando Tatis Jr. tied it at 5 with a solo homer leading off the fourth off
Eury Prez for the Padres, who on Sunday will go for their second sweep of the
Marlins this season.
Ty France then punched an opposite-field double over the outstretched glove of
right fielder Esteury Ruiz with two outs in the sixth to bring in Dustin
Harris, who was aboard on a one-out opposite field double to left. Harris
extended his hitting streak to nine games.
The Marlins roughed up Casey Mize through three innings to take a 5-1 lead,
including Otto Lopez's two-run home run, his 11th, in the second.
San Diego's Samad Taylor homered off Prez in the second, his second, and the
Padres scored three in the third, including on Jake Cronenworth's bases-loaded
walk.
Up next Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara (13-10, 3.85 ERA) and Padres RHP Walker Buehler (8-6, 4.58) were scheduled to start Sunday in the series finale. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here |
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