Xander Bogaerts has taken his fair proportion of criticism in current weeks, however on Tuesday night time at Petco Park, he helped the San Diego Padres safe a 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants and finish a four-game shedding streak.
Bogaerts got here as much as the plate within the backside of the seventh inning with Gavin Sheets standing at first base. Sheets was hit by a pitch and Bogaerts adopted with a line drive residence run over the quick wall in left subject to provide the Padres a three-run lead over the Giants.
The house run by Bogaerts was his first of the 12 months. It additionally was a solution to a three-run high of the sixth inning that noticed San Fransisco get inside a run of tying the sport.
San Diego starter Nick Pivetta had one other dominant outing and labored into the sixth inning. Willy Adames began the inning for the Giants with a double. He got here in to attain on a Jung Hoo Lee single to make the rating, 5-2. Pivetta recorded his closing strikeout of the night time getting Matt Chapman swinging.
Jeremiah Estrada got here on in reduction of Pivetta. Estrada struck out Wilmer Flores, however then allowed a single to Heliot Ramos to place runners at first and third with two outs. LaMonte Wade Jr. then hit a slicing double down the left subject line and superior to 3rd on the throw to the plate in an effort to get Ramos. Lee and Ramos scored to make the rating 5-4 and gave San Fransisco momentum.
Adrian Morejon labored the highest of the seventh inning and retired the Giants batters with a purpose to maintain the rating at 5-4 till Bogaerts put the Padres comfortably forward along with his two-run residence run.
San Diego opened the scoring with three runs within the backside of the primary inning off San Francisco starter Logan Webb. Manny Machado began the rally with a two-out single and Sheets walked to place runners at first and second. Bogaerts drove in Machado with a single up the center to provide the Padres a 1-0 lead.
Xander Bogaerts RBI single within the backside of the first was simply his fifth hit w/ RISP this season.
Bogaerts got here into that AB simply 4 for twenty-four on the 12 months w/ RISP with a 47 wRC+ pic.twitter.com/tq9YDvPxvS
— Clark Fahrenthold (@CFahrenthold11) April 30, 2025
Jose Iglesias adopted with a line drive single to proper subject, which allowed Sheets and Bogaerts to attain, giving San Diego a 3-0 lead. San Francisco answered with a run within the fourth on a solo residence run by Adames to make the rating, 3-1.
Luis Arraez, who returned to the lineup after a concussion, made an affect within the backside of the fourth inning. Arraez hit a sacrifice fly ball to left subject, which allowed Jason Heyward, who additionally returned from damage, to attain, making the rating 4-1. Machado pushed the rating to 5-1 with a line drive single to middle that allowed Elias Diaz to attain.
Logan Webb has made 14 Profession appearances in opposition to the Padres.
That is the primary time in his profession the place San Diego has generated greater than 4 earned runs in opposition to him pic.twitter.com/vDkKRaV4SX
— Clark Fahrenthold (@CFahrenthold11) April 30, 2025
Pivetta accomplished 5 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on 5 hits with a stroll and 9 strikeouts.
Bogaerts led a San Diego offense that banged out 11 hits. He completed his night time 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Machado, Heyward and Diaz every contributed two hits within the sport.
The Padres play the Giants, Wednesday at 1:10 p.m.
