Good News San Diego Padres : He Is Back…
Padres turn back Giants in 10th, complete key sweep
SAN FRANCISCO — An opportunity awaited the Padres in San Francisco this weekend. There are six other teams currently in the National League playoff picture, and those six teams were all playing series against each other elsewhere.
Which gave the Padres this assurance: If they won, they knew they’d gain ground on … somebody.
As it turned out, they gained ground on everybody.
San Diego completed a tremendously important sweep of the Giants with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park. The win moved them 20 games above .500 for the first time since 2010.
“It was huge,” Fernando Tatis Jr. said of the sweep. “Especially with how close the standings are right now. This team is on a mission, and we definitely want to get there. This is what it takes.”
Tatis’ eighth-inning homer — the first of his career as a pinch-hitter — put the Padres on top. In the ninth, closer Robert Suarez endured his second blown save in three attempts. But San Diego pulled ahead for good with a two-run rally in the 10th, improving to 9-1 in extra-innings this season (after a dreadful 2-12 mark a year ago).
“When you get into close games, it’s about execution,” said manager Mike Shildt.
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