Xander Bogaerts knocked within the go-ahead run within the 7th inning and 5 San Diego pitchers teamed up for a win because the Padres edged the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Monday.
Jeremiah Estrada (4-2), the 3rd Padres pitcher, labored out of a two-on, two-out jam within the best of the 7th for the win. Tanner Scott struck out 3 in a row after Oneil Cruz’s leadoff double within the 8th, and Robert Suarez allowed a run the 9th however nonetheless logged his twenty sixth save in 29 probabilities.
Pirates starter Jake Woodford (0-4) lasted six-plus innings, the longest trip of his 86 primary league video games, however absorbed a tough-luck loss. The correct-hander allowed simply 3 hits and a run without a walks and two strikeouts.
Woodford entered the 7th having retired 11 consecutive hitters ahead of Jurickson Profar covered a leadoff double to appropriate. Reliever Kyle Nicolas fanned Jake Cronenworth however tossed a wild pitch all the way through Bogaerts’ at-bat that complex Profar to 3rd. Two pitches later, Bogaerts laced a 3-1 breaking ball to appropriate box to wreck the scoring seal.
Kyle Higashioka added insurance coverage within the backside of the 8th when he lofted a sacrifice fly to the caution observe in left. The fly plated Bryce Johnson, who had reached on an pinch-hit infield unmarried with one out and made it to 3rd on Ha-Seong Kim’s unmarried.
That was necessary when Andrew McCutchen slashed a two-out RBI unmarried to appropriate that scored Bryan De Los angeles Cruz within the 9th to attract Pittsburgh inside of a run. Bryan Reynolds then ripped a liner to right-center, however reigning Nationwide League Participant of the Week Jackson Merrill made a diving catch to seal the Pirates’ 8th instantly loss.
It used to be the seventeenth win in 20 video games for San Diego, which stayed inside of 3 1/2 video games of the Los Angeles Dodgers within the Nationwide League West. The Padres additionally remained in a tie with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the primary NL wild-card spot.
San Diego’s Joe Musgrove made his first get started since Would possibly 26 and lasted 4 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and strolling none whilst putting out two. Musgrove, who has spent two stints at the injured listing this 12 months with appropriate elbow irritation, threw 43 of his 63 pitches for moves.
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