Padres rally in eighth to brush Mexico City Series

MEXICO CITY — Did the Padres ever want a weekend away like this one.

On Sunday afternoon, their offense wasn’t fairly the fixed it was the day before today throughout a 16-run outburst. But the Padres obtained hits after they wanted them within the Mexico City Series finale, rallying for a 6-4 victory over the Giants at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú.

Jake Cronenworth‘s RBI single off Giants nearer Camilo Doval tied the sport within the backside of the eighth inning. A batter later, Matt Carpenter put San Diego in entrance, lofting a double into shallow middle subject that eluded a diving Mike Yastrzemski. Two runs scored, and the Padres have been on their technique to a sweep of the Giants in MLB’s first regular-season video games in Mexico City.

Giants right-hander Alex Cobb held the Padres scoreless for 4 innings, earlier than Austin Nola put the Padres on the board. He launched a two-run homer to middle subject within the fifth, and the Padres plated one other within the body, chopping the Giants’ result in one, 4-3.

Yu Darvish, in the meantime, turned in a strong effort for San Diego, all issues thought-about. The veteran right-hander allowed 4 runs, together with his first three homers of the season. But he labored six innings at altitude, serving to protect a taxed Padres bullpen. He additionally struck out 9, one shy of Joey Hamilton, who set the document for strikeouts in a regular-season recreation in Mexico with the Padres in Monterrey in 1996.