WASHINGTON — Juan Soto hit his ninth residence run and had three hits to start a three-game go to to his former staff because the San Diego Padres earned a 7-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night time.
Jake Cronenworth adopted Soto’s seventh-inning solo shot with a two-run homer two batters later because the Padres scored 4 occasions off Nationals reliever Erasmo Ramirez (2-2).
Xander Bogaerts and Brandon Dixon additionally went deep earlier in opposition to Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore, the headliner of six gamers the rebuilding Nationals acquired from the Padres in trade for Soto and Josh Bell finally yr’s commerce deadline.
San Diego’s Yu Darvish (3-3) allowed back-to-back homers to CJ Abrams and Lane Thomas within the fifth inning, however no different harm in a six-inning effort.
Josh Hader labored a scoreless ninth for his twelfth save in 14 probabilities.
Gore pitched 4 2/3 innings, permitting three runs on seven hits and 4 walks in his first begin in opposition to his former staff.
Soto’s efficiency was simply his finest in eight video games in opposition to the Nationals since leaving Washington. And his earlier three-game collection right here as a customer got here lower than two weeks after the commerce, so Tuesday felt extra like the primary homecoming.
It included a standing ovation from the introduced crowd of 21,438 on his first journey to the plate, which Soto acknowledged by dealing with the stands, elevating his helmet skyward after which motioning towards his coronary heart. He related with Gore’s subsequent pitch up the center for a single to start an evening that lifted his season batting common to .260 and his May mark to .343.
Fernando Tatis Jr. put San Diego in entrance for good on a sixth-inning sacrifice fly to shallow proper. Rougned Odor raced residence forward of a throw lower off by Ramirez when a detailed play on the plate appeared probably.
The subsequent inning, Soto hit Ramirez’s 1-1 providing, sending it 441 toes over the middle subject wall. Cronenworth’s two-run shot that adopted was initially dominated a double, however was upgraded to a house run after replay confirmed it struck a metallic railing simply past the wall in right-center.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: 3B Manny Machado (hand fracture) took dry swings, hit off a tee and threw lengthy toss earlier than Tuesday’s sport. “No idea yet on Friday,” supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned concerning Machado’s possibilities of coming back from the 10-day injured listing on the primary day he’s eligible. “But I know today was a better day for him.”
Nationals: Minor league LHP and former Nats nearer Sean Doolittle (elbow surgical procedure) will pitch on consecutive days Wednesday for the primary time throughout his rehab at prolonged spring coaching. … RHP Cade Cavalli (Tommy John surgical procedure) returned to the staff’s spring coaching facility in Florida after spending the weekend in Washington. … C Israel Pineda (damaged proper finger) has been assigned to a rehab task at High-A Wilmington.
UP NEXT
Padres: LHP Ryan Weathers (1-2, 3.42) makes his first profession begin in Washington on Wednesday.
Nationals: RHP Trevor Williams (1-2, 4.26) seeks his first residence win in 5 makes an attempt.
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