Jackson Merrill had two homers, Xander Bogaerts singled in the go-ahead run in a three-run 10th inning and the Padres held on for a 9-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
PITTSBURGH — Jackson Merrill had two homers, Xander Bogaerts singled in the go-ahead run in a three-run 10th inning and the San Diego Padres held on for a 9-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.Bogaerts led off the 10th with a line drive to left field off Colin Holderman , scoring automatic runner Luis Arraez. The Padres tacked on two runs on a sacrifice fly by Manny Machado and an error on catcher Yasmani Grandal.
I appreciate a game like this both from our standpoint and standpoint.”With the Pirates clinging to a one-run lead in the eighth inning and runners on second and third, Aroldis Chapman ended the threat with a 104.7 mph third strike to Machado.Chapman and Machado then stared each other down.“Just something he told me. And then when he said it, I started laughing,” Chapman said with a smile, declining to elaborate on the conversation.
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