San Diego Padres starter Michael King deserved better than he got during a 4-2 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field on Wednesday. The loss was the second of the series for the Padres who finished their two-city road trip with a 3-3 record against the Cleveland Guardians and the Mets.
King was still not the dominant ace the Friar Faithful have been waiting for him to be, but he was affective. The right-hander worked into the seventh inning, completing 6.2 innings. He allowed two runs on four hits
with two walks and four strikeouts. King gave up the two runs on one swing of the bat by Carson Benge in the bottom of the fourth inning. King had two outs and worked to a 3-2 count against Benge before the rookie hit a two-run home run to left field that gave New York a 2-0 lead over San Diego.
The Padres got on the board in the top of the fifth inning when Tatis ripped a line drive double into left-center field that allowed Xander Bogaerts to score from second base to make the score, 2-1. San Diego had opportunities throughout the game to add to its total but never seemed to come up with the big hit in run-scoring situations.
The Padres fought until their last out or outs in this case. San Diego was trailing New York 4-1 in the top of the ninth inning and put two runners on with one out and Gavin Sheets delivered a pinch-hit single to drive in a run and make the score, 4-2. The Padres had runners at the corners with one out and pinch hitter Austin Hays was called on to face Mets reliever Kodai Senga.
Hays hit a ground ball back through the middle of the infield that was fielded by Mets second baseman Marcus Semian. He was able to step on the second base bag to force out Sheets and threw to first in time to get Hays to end the inning and the game.
San Diego has an off day at home on Thursday and will open a three-game set with the Minnesota Twins at Petco Park on Friday at 6:40 p.m.
Padres News:
- Ethan Salas is making his presence known with Triple-A El Paso, but he is not the only minor leaguer in the San Diego system who is making headline. Cheri Bell of Gaslamp Ball recaps the week in the minors for the Padres’ minor league affiliates.
- Xander Bogaerts left the final game against the Mets due to cramps and is not expected to miss any additional time.
Baseball News:
- Aaron Nola completes seven innings to push the Philadelphia Philllies’ win streak to six games.
- NolanArenado helps the Arizona Diamondbacks get an extra-inning win over the Boston Red Sox.
- The New York Yankees got some good fortune and beat the Baltimore Orioles.
- The Tampa Bay Rays hang on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The San Francisco Giants got a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians.
- Chase Burns does enough on the mound to guide the Cincinnati Reds past the St. Louis Cardinals.
