Jason Adam entered the game in the bottom of the sixth inning with the bases loaded and one out in the inning. The San Diego Padres were clinging to a 4-1 lead over the San Francisco Giants, and Padres Manager Mike Shildt called on his All-Star reliever to get his team out of the inning.
Adam was up to the task and not only got out of the inning, but he did so without allowing any of the inherited runners to cross the plate. Adam was able to get Patrick Bailey to pop out to shallow center field and he got Heliot
Ramos to pop out to first baseman Luis Arraez in foul territory to preserve the lead and end the inning.
The Padres went on to add a run in the top of the eighth inning on an opposite field solo home run by Jackson Merrill and beat the Giants, 5-1 at Oracle Park, Tuesday.
Adam faced four batters in the bottom of the seventh inning to get three outs and turned the ball over to Adrian Morejon in the eighth. Morejon worked a scoreless inning and once again, the Padres’ bullpen gave up nothing.
San Diego opened the game with a run in the bottom of the first inning after a ball was called on San Francisco starter Robbie Ray. Manny Machado scored from
Third base to give the Padres a 1-0 lead and Xander Bogaerts advanced from second to third.
The Giants were able to respond quickly against Padres starter Nestor Cortes, who allowed a run in the bottom of the first inning.
San Diego took the lead for good in the top of the second inning after scoring two runs to take a 3-1 lead. The two runs came thanks to a two-run home run by Jose Iglesias, which was his first in a Padres uniform.
San Diego pushed the lead to 4-1 in the top of the fourth when Ramon Laureano scored his second run of the game on a Jake Cronenworth single through the middle of a drawn in infield that gave the Padres a three-run lead.
Cortes completed 4 2/3 innings in his second start with San Diego. He allowed one run on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
Robert Suarez came into the game in the bottom of the ninth inning in a non-save situation to secure the win for the Padres. He faced four batters, allowed a two out single, and ended the game with a strikeout of Rafael Devers.
San Diego plays the final game of the series against San Francisco, Wednesday at 12:45 p.m.
