The San Diego Padres wasted no time in providing run support to starter Nick Pivetta. The San Diego offense staked Pivetta to a five-run lead before he threw a single pitch and the Padres cruised to an 8-1 win over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Sunday.
Xander Bogaerts delivered the critical blow to Nationals starter Mackenzie Gore with a first-pitch grand slam to give the Padres a 4-0 lead. San Diego added another run in the frame after back-to-back doubles by Jose Iglesias and Jake
Cronenworth to give San Diego a 5-0 lead after the top of the first.
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The San Diego offense added on in the second and third innings and took a commanding 8-0 lead after three innings against Gore. The two-run top of the third was capped by a two-run home run by Elias Diaz.
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Pivetta pitched without pressure and with purpose through six innings thanks to the offensive outburst by the Padres in the first. He allowed a run on three hits with a walk and five strikeouts. The lone run allowed by Pivetta came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Riley Adams hit a solo home run to right field to make the score, 8-1.
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Bogaerts finished the day 2-for-4 with the grand slam, a single, a walk, a run scored and four RBI. Iglesias, Cronenworth, Bryce Johnson and Diaz each finished with two hits in the game.
The Padres head to Miami to take on the Marlins, Monday at 3:40 p.m.
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