SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a 431-foot house run into the second deck in left area on his bobblehead evening and Pedro Avila mixed with two relievers on a three-hitter to earn his first massive league victory because the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-0 on Tuesday evening.
Tatis’ twenty third homer opened the three-run fourth and the Padres added 4 extra within the sixth in opposition to Michael Lorenzen (8-9). That was greater than sufficient for Avila (1-2), who has 14 appearances in components of 4 massive league seasons, together with 10 this 12 months. Making his fourth begin of the season, he held the Phillies, who maintain the NL’s high wild card spot, to 2 hits in 6 2/3 innings whereas strolling six and placing out one. He relied on his two-seamer to get groundball outs.
“It feels great. It feels excellent. It cost a little bit of time but it feels good to be here now,” Avila mentioned via an interpreter.
Manager Bob Melvin clapped a number of occasions as he approached the mound to take away Avila after he walked Brandon Marsh with two outs within the seventh, and the 26-year-old rookie raised his arms to the sky and blew a kiss towards the stands as he headed to the dugout to a standing ovation from the gang of 42,970. Avila underwent Tommy John surgical procedure on Sept. 14, 2019, and didn’t pitch in 2020.
“Honestly, I don’t know if I ever expected that type of reception,” Avila mentioned. “That’s something you kind of hope for and dream for and to be honest, I almost cried.”
Padres starters Joe Musgrove and Yu Darvish are presently on the injured listing.
PHOTOS: Tatis homers and rookie Avila will get his 1st win because the Padres beat the Phillies 8-0
Xander Bogaerts had 4 hits and scored 3 times, and Luis Campusano drove in three runs.
Tatis has three homers in his final 5 video games after hitting simply three in his earlier 20 video games. His leadoff shot began the scoring for the Padres, who added two runs on Campusano’s fielder’s selection adopted by a error on second baseman Bryson Stott’s wild throw house attempting to get Manny Machado.
Tatis has been annoyed a number of occasions this 12 months with balls that went to the warning monitor or the wall however has been driving homers with authority lately.
“I should do that more often, then, right?” Tatis mentioned. “Just better swings, better at-bats. Every time I go out there it’s a little bit more of what I’ve missed over the last almost three years. I’m just trying to be the best as possible.”
The Padres noticed their first six batters attain within the four-run sixth, beginning with Tatis’ leadoff stroll. Bogaerts hit an RBI single, Campusano drove in two runs on a base hit and Matthew Batten had an RBI grounder.
Lorenzen allowed seven runs, six earned, on eight hits in six innings.
NICE CATCH
With Trea Turner on the paternity listing, Edmundo Sosa began at shortstop and made a spectacular leaping catch of Ha-Seong Kim’s liner to finish the third with a runner on second base.
TATIS BOBBLEHEADS
The bobbleheads handed out Tuesday evening apparently have been those initially slated to be given away final Sept. 7, however that promotion was modified to a Juan Soto shirt giveaway not fairly a month after Tatis was handed an 80-game PED suspension. The bobbleheads depict Tatis in adidas cleats and with blond-tipped dreadlocks. Adidas ended its relationship with Tatis two weeks after the suspension was introduced on Aug. 12, 2022, and Tatis’ dreads haven’t been blond-tipped most of this season.
RODEO
Rodeo cowboys Rocker Steiner and Stetson Wright threw the ceremonial first pitches. The Padres introduced Tuesday that the inaugural San Diego Rodeo will likely be held Jan. 12-14 at Petco Park. Petco Park, which opened in 2004, has hosted different sports occasions together with a Davis Cup first-round match between the United States and Britain, a basketball sport between San Diego State and San Diego, soccer matches, rugby, Supercross and is the house of the Holiday Bowl.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: Placed Turner on the paternity listing and recalled Weston Wilson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
UP NEXT
Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler (10-6, 3.62 ERA) and Padres RHP Michael Wacha (11-2, 2.85) are scheduled to begin the collection finale Wednesday.
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