Fernando Tatis is hot and the Padres are riding the wave. In a rubber match affair on Peacock, San Diego won by a final score of 7-2. The loss means that Houston still hasn’t claimed a series at Petco since 2015.
It took Tatis until May 30th to register his first home run of the season. However, after Sunday Night, he now has 11 for the year and has hit 3 home runs in his last 5 games. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Tatis would deposit a change up from Cristian Javier (L, 1-3) into the left field
stands, putting the Padres ahead by a score of 4-2, and they’d never trail again. For the night, Javier would go five innings, allow 8 hits and 4 earned runs.
One bright spot in the loss was Daulton Varsho. Varsho entered Sunday night on a 2-18 skid since joining the club at last week’s deadline. He would launch his first home run as an Astro with a two out, two-run blast in the top of the 2nd inning.
The homer brought home Taylor Trammell. That was really the only costly mistake that pitcher Randy Vasquez (W, 8-6) would make. Vasquez was pulled after just 62 pitches over the course of 5 innings.
A pair of former White Sox would do damage in later innings. In the 6th, Gavin Sheets would launch a solo shot off of AJ Blubaugh. In the 8th, Austin Hays would connect on a 2-run dinger off Bryan King, which brought in Jase Bowen, making it 7-2. The Padres would hit 4 home runs on the night. All runs were scored via the long ball for the ballgame. San Diego would retire 22 straight Astros hitters.
In terms of the rotation, Manager Joe Espada indicated that the club for the next couple of weeks would “just kind of go day to day” Hayden Wesneski will open the Giants series at Oracle Park tomorrow night. First pitch is set for 8:45 CDT. Wesneski has won his first two outings since returning from Tommy John surgery.
Odds & Ends:
All three contests in San Diego were complete sellouts. Sunday’s crowd was announced at 40,160.
Christian Walker’s 11-game hitting streak has come to an end.
Even with the loss, the Astros still maintain their division lead as the Mariners and Rangers each lost on Sunday.
