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06/08 23:42 CDT Padres rally for 6-2 win after the Reds botch 3 straight bunts
in the 7th inning
Padres rally for 6-2 win after the Reds botch 3 straight bunts in the 7th inning
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) --- Gavin Sheets hit a tying double and then scored the go-ahead
run while the Cincinnati Reds misplayed three consecutive bunts by the Padres
in the seventh inning, sending San Diego to a 6-2 victory Monday night.
Freddy Fermin homered in his third consecutive game and drove in two runs for
the Padres, who were struggling offensively for yet another night until they
found a highly unorthodox way out of their slump and into just their third win
in 14 games.
After Sheets doubled in Xander Bogaerts to chase starter Andrew Abbott (4-4),
the next three San Diego batters bunted against Tejay Antone --- and the Reds
couldn't field any of them.
Jase Bowen and Samad Taylor got credit for singles when Antone and his
infielders failed to play their bunts cleanly, with Sheets scoring the
tiebreaking run on what appeared to be a safety squeeze attempt by Taylor.
Antone was then charged with a fielding error on Fermin's bunt, although the
reliever shook it off and escaped the bases-loaded, nobody-out jam.
Bowen and Taylor, the Padres' two recent outfield callups, contributed more
than just big bunts.
Taylor added a two-run single in the Padres' three-run eighth, while Bowen had
two hits and stole the first two bases of his major league career. Taylor also
threw out Matt McLain at home to end the second.
Abbott pitched four-hit ball into the seventh with six strikeouts for the Reds,
who have lost five straight and nine of 11.
Walker Buehler held the Reds to one run despite giving up eight hits over 4 2/3
rocky innings.
Fermin homered in the third to extend an improbable power streak for a catcher
who had only 20 homers in his five-year major league career.
The Reds went ahead in the sixth when Noelvi Marte singled and scored on Edwin
Arroyo's sacrifice fly against winner Adrian Morejon (5-1).
Up next Lucas Giolito (2-1, 4.86 ERA) makes his second home start for the Padres on Tuesday night against the Reds' Chase Burns (7-1, 2.05 ERA), who hasn't allowed more than two runs in any of his nine starts while going 6-0 since April 10. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB |
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