It was the fourth walk-off homer by a Padre this season.Padres relievers Jose Dominguez, Ryan Buchter, Brandon Maurer and Brad Hand (3-2) each worked a flawless inning as San Diego pitchers retired the final 13 Cincinnati hitters in the game.Meanwhile, Reds right-handed reliever Raisel Inglesias allowed a hit in three scoreless innings before giving way to Diaz to start the 10th.Left-hander Christian Friedrich of the Padres and right-hander Anthony DeSclafani of the Reds were locked in a 1-1 pitcher’s duel before they departed after six innings.The Reds scored first.
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Christian Yelich and Jeff Mathis each had three hits and drove in two runs to help lead the Miami Marlins to an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. Cosart, who was part of the deal which sent Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea to the Marlins, is making his fifth start of the season.
His initial X-rays negative, a sore Dickerson said Saturday afternoon that he didn’t expect his right hip contusion to keep him out of the lineup long.
More importantly, he didn’t believe the time off would interrupt his rhythm at the plate.
“I don’t think it’s anything to the point where I have to miss time”, he said. “I knew it was my last hitter”.
“I’m pretty sure that’s not going to go away right away”.
The San Diego Padres began the month with some strong play at home and look to conclude it the same way, although they’ll be without Matt Kemp when they host the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday for the rubber match of their three-game set.
“He had more life on his fastball … and I thought his breaking ball was better”, Green said, noting Friedrich was throwing in the low ’90s after sitting in the high ’80s his last three starts.
“That feels good and it doesn’t matter where you are in the standings”, Price said. He allowed two runs on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.Bailey left the game after issuing three straight walks in the sixth with the Reds’ bullpen working out of two jams – including a bases-loaded one-out situation in the eighth when reliever Michael Lorenzen struck out rookie outfielder Jabari Blash and retired Christian Bethancourt on a liner to left.The win was Bailey’s first since he defeated Cleveland on August 7, 2014.
Bailey’s wildness temporarily worked in the pitcher’s favor. The game was tied at one until the 10th inning when Adam Rosales homered of Jumbo Diaz to lead off the bottom of the tenth to give San Diego the walk-off win.
The irony wasn’t lost on Rosales afterward.
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“That caught me off guard”, Rosales said. “Your heart starts beating fast … and then it’s, ‘Let’s go”.
