![]() Pierce Johnson gave up a run in the 8th inning but Josh Hader, who has returned to the form that made him the best closer in baseball for the last half-decade, worked a scoreless 9th for the save. In the 7th Machado unloaded on his 32nd home run of the year, a solo blast to left for a 5-1 lead. They got another run in the inning on an RBI single by Austin Nola to go up 4-1. Jake Cronenworth followed with a 2-run homer to right field that lit up the ballpark and put the Friars on top 3-1. Urias has won all three starts this year against the Padres (2.00 ERA) and is 6-1 with a 2.43 ERA, 54 strikeouts and a 0.95 WHIP in 55 2/3 career innings against San Diego, which has led to some. That was the at-bat that got him and the whole San Diego lineup going. Manny Machado, who had struck out in 10 of his previous 20 plate appearances, hit a ground ball up the middle for a single. The 1-1 tie lasted until the bottom of the 6th when a man who should get a whole lot of MVP votes started heating up again. The San Diego Padres missed a chance to not only take the last series of the season against the Dodgers on Thursday night but, even more importantly, they missed an opportunity to gain a game on the Phillies and the Brewers in the Wild Card standings after losing to Los Angeles 5-2. Juan Soto tied it up in the 1st inning with a long homer to straightaway centerfield off White Sox starter Dylan Cease, one of the filthier hurlers in the American League. The Padres’ magic number to clinch a playoff berth is nine, as none of the teams vying for the eighth and final NL playoff spot can finish with more than 37 victories.Get San Diego local news, weather forecasts, sports and lifestyle stories to your inbox. Any combination of Padres victories and Giants losses that totals 10 clinches second place for the Padres. The Padres (29-17) lead the Giants (23-22) by 5½ games in the race for second place in the National League West. That one of the two games could be made up this weekend is good news for a team headed to the postseason, as having to play three doubleheaders (of seven-inning games) would have meant playing (at least) 42 innings over that final weekend. The assumption is that game will be rescheduled as part of a doubleheader (also seven-inning games) during the teams’ season-ending series Sept. ![]() Since two games will be played Sunday, that leaves one game to be made up. Their games brought MLB’s total to 43 COVID-related postponements. This was the first time a Padres game was postponed by a positive test. Many Padres players and coaches went to bed Saturday assuming they would play but not knowing for sure. ![]() All areas of Petco Park where players are allowed underwent additional deep cleaning.īoth teams were told to prepare to play Sunday, but there was no official word until test results were known close to midnight. The Giants have self-isolated in their hotel rooms since Friday evening. Padres personnel then returned to their homes. MLB power rankings: Magic number watch A weekly look at who’s hot, who’s not and how all 30 Major League Baseball teams are stacking up in 2022. 1 of 3 San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado, center, celebrates with teammates after. Those tests were flown to the Utah lab that is handling testing for MLB. SAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Padres are going back to the playoffs for the first time in a full season since 2006, a spot that they clinched during the seventh inning of a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. The rest of the Giants’ traveling party, as well as all Padres players and coaches and those who come in contact with on-field personnel, were tested Saturday morning. ![]() Padres coaches and some players found out even closer to game time and some didn’t know until after the anthem. Those results trimmed the Padres’ magic number to six, meaning any combination of Padres victories and Brewers’ losses that add up to six would secure a Padres playoff berth. It wasn’t until about 20 minutes before the scheduled first pitch Friday that Major League Baseball notified the Padres that the games needed to be postponed as a precaution after a Giants player tested positive.
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