ECM PADRES REPORT: SAN DIEGO NATIVE WALKS OFF PADS AGAIN

Story by Liz Alper

Photo via @padres on Twitter

August 30, 2023 (St. Louis) - The Padres and Cardinals went for the series today.  Rich Hill started against Miles Mikolas for St. Louis.

Manny Machado singled in the first to score Ha-Seong Kim, who singled in the second to score Matt Carpenter.  Juan Soto singled too to score Luis Campusano and the Padres led 3-0 after two.

But the game was tied on one swing of the bat from Jordan Walker, who blasted a three-run bomb in the fourth and we were tied at three after four.

Soto saved the day in the seventh with a single that scored Ben Gamel and the Padres reclaimed the lead, 4-3 after seven.

But the Padres were once again walked off by Tommy Edman, who hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the walk-off 5-4 series victory.

UP NEXT

The Padres come home and host the Giants for the long weekend.  Game one tomorrow is at 6:40 p.m.  A pitcher to be named starts for San Francisco against Pedro Avila.

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• Steven Wilson on 15-day IL retro to August 26 (left hip inflammation)
• Ray Kerr recalled from El Paso