San Diego Padres reliever Jason Adam threw a pitch and landed awkwardly on his left leg in the top of the seventh inning. He finished the play laying on the dirt in front of the mound and he was eventually carted off the field. Adam was sitting up on the cart, but had his left leg fully extended and he was acknowledging fans as he was driven away. Padres Manager Mike Shildt described the injury after the game as a quad tendon rupture, adding “it’s not good.”
Robert Suarez came in to replace Adam and allowed a two-out single to Dylan Beavers, which scored Jeremiah Jackson and put the Baltimore Orioles in front, 4-3. Suarez was able to end the inning one batter later after he induced a ground ball from Dylan Carlson, but the Padres could not scratch out any additional runs and lost the series opener 4-3 at Petco Park, Monday.
Dylan Cease started for the Padres and was only able to complete four innings, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. The Orioles scored two runs off Cease in the top of the second inning when Samuel Basallo doubled to right field to give Baltimore a 2-0 lead.
San Diego responded with two runs in the bottom half of the second inning. Bryce Johnson, who was in the lineup after Fernando Tatis Jr. after he was scratched prior to the game, singled to score Gavin Sheets. Arraez added a two-out single later in the inning to score Jake Cronenworth to make the score 2-2 after two.
Adrian Morejon allowed a solo home run to Jackson in the top of the fifth inning that pushed the Orioles back in front, 3-2.
Ramón Laureano, facing his former team, delivered a ground ball through the left side of the infield in the bottom of the fifth inning that allowed Freddy Fermin to score to tie the game, 3-3. Laureano got the opportunity after Ryan O’Hearn, who also started the season with the Orioles, reached on a two-out walk to put two runners on for San Diego.
Fermin started the inning with a bunt and reached first on an error by Baltimore reliever Dietrich Enns, who threw high to first base. Coby Mayo was unable to make the catch allowing Fermin to reach. He was followed by Luis Arraez, who bunted to move Fermin to second base and Manny Machado, who flied out for the second out of the inning.
The Padres had a runner at first base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Arraez, who collected his 1,000th career hit earlier in the game, struck out on a fastball up in the zone, ending the contest.
San Diego returns to action against Baltimore, Tuesday at 6:40 p.m.
