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05/17 21:42 CDT Gavin Sheets and Lucas Giolito lead the Padres past the
Mariners 8-3 for season sweep
Gavin Sheets and Lucas Giolito lead the Padres past the Mariners 8-3 for season
sweep
By ANDREW DESTIN
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) --- Gavin Sheets homered twice and drove in four runs, Lucas
Giolito won his San Diego debut and the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 8-3 on
Sunday to sweep their six-game season series.
Giolito, who signed a one-year contract with San Diego in April, was called up
from Double-A San Antonio before the game to make his first start of the year.
The veteran right-hander allowed only one hit, but was lifted after issuing
three consecutive walks to begin Seattle's three-run sixth inning.
Giolito (1-0) was otherwise strong, aside from hitting Mariners shortstop J.P.
Crawford in the right triceps with a fastball in the third. Crawford exited in
the fifth and was replaced by Leo Rivas.
Sheets gave the Padres a 1-0 advantage with a homer to right field off George
Kirby (5-3) in the first. The outfielder then pounced on a hanging changeup
from Kirby in the sixth, smacking it into the right-field bleachers for a
two-run shot. Sheets added an RBI double in the seventh and finished 3 for 3
with two walks.
San Diego scored five runs against Kirby in the sixth to break open the game.
Jackson Merrill had an RBI double and Ty France plated a pair with a two-out
single that made it 7-0.
France had three hits and three RBIs, including a run-scoring single in the
fifth.
Mariners third baseman and top prospect Colt Emerson made his major league
debut and reached base for the first time in the sixth with a leadoff walk
against Giolito. Emerson, a natural shortstop, played a clean third base in
place of utilityman Brendan Donovan, who landed on the 10-day injured list with
a left groin strain.
Up next Padres RHP Michael King (3-2, 2.63 ERA) faces Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-3, 3.60) in San Diego on Monday night. Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo (3-2, 3.91 ERA) starts Monday night against Chicago White Sox lefty Noah Schultz (2-2, 4.91). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB |
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