The San Diego Padres will look to construct momentum and win a street sequence after they face the Cincinnati Reds within the rubber recreation of their three-game sequence on Sunday
The Padres’ huge stars broke out in an enormous means Saturday in a 12-5 win that snapped a season-high six-game dropping streak. Regardless of their stoop, the Padres have crushed Cincinnati in 15 of 18 video games courting to June 17, 2021
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Manny Machado homered twice and drove in three runs, Juan Soto had a three-run tiebreaking homer and drove in 4 runs, and Fernando Tatis Jr. had two hits and three RBIs to guide San Diego.
The Padres nonetheless stand seven video games underneath .500 and mired in fourth place within the Nationwide League West. However the gamers and their supervisor consider there’s nonetheless loads of time within the second half of the season to make up misplaced floor
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“The primary half is over,” Padres supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned. “We have to have a unique second half. I feel greater than something, you have to put that stuff away. What comes first, confidence or success? Now we have loads of guys who’ve had success
“That is a part of the main focus. The one recreation that issues is at the moment’s recreation. Do not get slowed down in yesterday’s recreation or the day earlier than. Simply exit and take a look at to focus on that specific recreation or that at-bat.”
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The Reds suffered a uncommon blowout loss Saturday, simply their fourth defeat of their previous 19 video games. Jonathan India broke out of a stoop with a seventh-inning grand slam that traveled an estimated 430 ft to straightaway heart
Earlier than the slam, India was mired in a 4-for-35 stoop, dropping his common to .253 from .271.
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“It does not really feel nice to lose, nevertheless it’s a part of the sport,” he mentioned. “You are not going to win each recreation. It is baseball. They gained. We’ll win (Sunday). So all we are able to fear about is the current. We will not focus about it and the way we misplaced this recreation or the way it might have executed in a different way. We misplaced, plain and easy. Transfer onto (Sunday). Win (Sunday) and win the sequence.”
The Reds lead the majors with 30 comeback wins, together with Friday evening’s dramatic 7-5 victory in 11 innings. Matt McLain tied it with two outs within the tenth inning with a two-run homer. One other rookie, Spencer Steer, gained it with a two-run walk-off homer an inning later
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“It says loads about our character and the way we go about our enterprise,” McLain mentioned. “We’re simply making an attempt to assist the crew win.”
McLain prolonged his on-base streak to 22 video games with a first-inning double Saturday towards San Diego starter Michael Wacha.
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The Reds will ship one other rookie sensation to the mound within the sequence finale, which is Cincinnati’s last dwelling recreation earlier than the All-Star break this month
Lefty Andrew Abbott (4-0, 1.21 ERA) will make his sixth big-league begin when he takes the mound Sunday. The Reds have gained all 5 of his begins, and he’s one in all simply 4 Cincinnati pitchers since 1893 with at the very least 4 wins in his first 5 MLB begins
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The Padres hope right-hander Yu Darvish (5-6, 4.84) will be capable of return from flu-like signs and make his first begin since a June 21 loss at San Francisco. Proper-hander Pedro Avila has been recalled from Triple-A El Paso within the occasion Darvish shouldn’t be sturdy sufficient to make the task
In opposition to the Reds, Darvish has a document of 4-3 and a 3.34 ERA
Avila is 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 4 video games (two begins) since 2019. He is spent this season at Triple-A El Paso and is 1-5 with an 8.49 ERA in 16 appearances (13 begins).
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–Area Stage Media