JP Sears was called up to the majors to take the start for the San Diego Padres against the Atlanta Braves in their series finale at Petco Park in place of Lucas Giolito who landed on the injured list with right elbow inflammation earlier in the week. Sears might have been one of the few pitchers Padres fans did not want to see on the mound in place of Giolito, but he was the minor league arm who was available and he got the call. Sears answered the call and delivered just what the Padres needed
in a 5-2 win which resulted in a three-game sweep of the Braves.
Sears lasted 5.2 innings and allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. The two runs allowed by the left-hander came on a two-run home run by Joey Bart, which pulled Atlanta within a run of San Diego, making the score 3-2. The Padres provided an answer in the bottom half of the inning when Samad Taylor lobbed a ball over the outfield which dumped into shallow right field, allowing two runs to score to put San Diego ahead, 5-2.
The Padres bullpen was short due to Griffin Canning lasting just 0.2 innings on Tuesday night. San Diego needed just three pitchers, while working their typical game-winning formula, but with different personnel. David Morgan completed 1.1 scoreless innings without allowing a hit, Wandy Peralta completed one scoreless inning allowing a hit and Jason Adam pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save.
Ty France provided the offensive spark for the Padres. He opened the scoring in the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the third inning. He also hit a sacrifice fly and tacked on a double to finish 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs and two RBI. Taylor and Bogaerts also had multi-hit games.
San Diego is off today, but will return to action against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at 6:45 p.m.
Padres News:
- Which pitcher will be the first to be knocked out of the rotation? Based on their recent play, Griffin Canning and Lucas Giolito are each making a case for why it should be them.
- There was a lot of movement throughout the San Diego minor league system and Cheri Bell of Gaslamp Ball tries to sort through it to track everyone down.
Baseball News:
- The Philadelphia Phillies got their second comeback win in as many days over the Washington Nationals.
- It has been reported the Chicago Cubs are acquiring David Peterson from the New York Mets.
- Paul Goldschmidt hit two home runs and led the New York Yankees to a win over Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 4-3 win.
- The San Francisco Giants hit two ninth inning home runs to stun the Athletics.
- The Los Angeles Angels used two rallies to get a walk-off win over the Baltimore Orioles.
- The Arizona Diamondbacks topped the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-4.
- The Cleveland Guardians needed extra innings to beat the Chicago White Sox.
- The Colorado Rockies earned another comeback win over the Boston Red Sox.
