Fernando Tatis Jr.'s eighth-inning solo homer in a 4-1 loss at least helped Padres avoid a third-straight shutout loss at Petco Park
Mookie Betts. Shohei Ohtani. Freddie Freeman. As the tops of lineups go, the Padres see the best of the best on the regular. These Yankees are something different. “It's a real lineup,” Padres manager Mike Shildt acknowledged at the start of the series. “There's some similarities there, for sure. I think there might be some more length to this one.” Certainly more than the Padres have been able to match at home, where they endured 27 straight scoreless innings before Fernando Tatis Jr.
No other Padres advanced past second base until after Marcus Stroman’s exit and Tatis only touched the bases on the way home on his home run off Luke Weaver. Yankees closer Clay Holmes sat down the Padres in order in the ninth. Following the tone set by Carlos Rodon on Friday, Stroman struck out five and scattered three hits, a walk and a hit batter over six strong innings before handing a 4-0 lead to the Yankees bullpen. Cease didn’t get much time to settle into a pitchers’ duel of any sort.
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