The San Diego Padres had runners at second and third with no outs to start the top of the eighth inning. Manny Machado struck out, Gavin Sheets hit a tapper on the infield that resulted in the runner at third, Fernando Tatis Jr., being tagged out and Xander Bogaerts lined out to right field.
The inability to capitalize with runners in scoring position, a season-long ailment for the Padres, was magnified in the eighth and San Diego dropped the second game of the series to the Washington Nationals,
4-2.
Yu Darvish started on the mound for the Padres and completed five innings in his third start of the season. He allowed three runs on five hits with a walk and a strikeout. Darvish ran into trouble with two outs in the bottom of the second after a single, double and single to consecutive batters that allowed the Nationals to take a 2-0 lead.
San Diego responded in the top of the third inning with two runs on an RBI-double by Martin Maldonado and an RBI-single by Luis Arraez. The Padres tied the game 2-2 and that is where the score remained until the bottom of the fifth inning.
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Daylen Lile earned a leadoff walk against Darvish to start the fifth. He then moved to second base on a ground out. Lile advanced to third on a single by Jacob Young and scored one batter later when CJ Abrams grounded out to Jake Cronenworth. The inning ended when Darvish got James Wood to ground out, but Washington had a 3-2 lead.
San Diego saw the Nationals make it a two-run game in the bottom of the sixth inning when Yuki Matsui allowed a two-out solo home run to Nathaniel Lowe that stretched the Washington lead to 4-2.
Nathaniel Lowe - Washington Nationals (15)
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The Padres finished their series with the Nationals, Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
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