Merrill and Donovan Solano each hit two homers in the victory
SAN DIEGO — Rookie Jackson Merrill 's second homer of the day was a game-ending drive off Mason Miller with one out in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday as Fernando Tatis Jr.'s career-high 17-game hitting streak ended.
“I don't even remember me swinging it,” said Merrill, who at 21 became the youngest player in Padres history with a game-ending homer. “It's kind of like one of those blackout moments when you do it and it's really surreal.”“As soon as I saw spin, I kind of knew, ‘You’ve got to go here,'” Merrill said. “He's not going to leave another spin pitch right in the middle of the zone.
“He could have easily chased a hitting streak, instead he took a great at-bat and earned the walk on a borderline pitch,” manager Mike Shildt said about Tatis. “That's winning baseball.” The A's rallied for three runs in the sixth to take the lead and pushed it to 4-2 in the eighth on Zack Gelof's double to left-center.San Diego has hit 15 homers since Friday night, and it has homered in 10 straight games at Petco Park.
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