Wil Myers hit a two-run triple and scored on Joey Votto's errant throw as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 Sunday for a four-game sweep.
It was San Diego’s first-ever four-game sweep of the Reds and their first of any team since Aug. 18-21, 2011, against the Marlins.
The Padres regained their stride in this series after losing 13 of their previous 17 games, including being swept by lowly Colorado at the end of a 1-5 trip.
Cincinnati Reds' Shogo Akiyama hits an infield single in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego. Padres, Sunday, June 20, 2021, in San Diego. (AP PhotoDerrick Tuskan)
Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. sat out a day after reinjuring his left shoulder in a 7-5 win. It was not known whether Tatis will be back by Monday night's opener of a three-game home series against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tatis watched from the dugout as his replacement, rookie Kim Ha-seong, deftly started a double play with the bases loaded to end the seventh. Kim made several other nice plays at shortstop. On Saturday, three innings after replacing Tatis, Kim hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth.
Kim ended the game with an over-the-shoulder catch of Jesse Winker's fly ball to shallow center.
San Diego Padres' Tommy Pham slides safely into second base ahead of the tag from Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India in the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 20, 2021, in San Diego. (AP PhotoDerrick Tuskan)
Right-hander Dinelson Lamet (2-2) held the Reds to four hits in five scoreless innings, struck out a season-high seven and walked one.
Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his 21st save, tops in the big leagues.
Myers is heating up after struggling for weeks. His triple off Luis Castillo (2-10) in the third was his fifth extra-base hit in three games. He had two home runs in an 8-2 win Friday night.
San Diego Padres' Eric Hosmer wears blue cleats while standing on first base adorned with a Father's Day sticker during a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, June 20, 2021, in San Diego. (AP PhotoDerrick Tuskan)
Myers provided Lamet all the run support he needed in the third against Luis Castillo. Manny Machado singled with one out, Jake Cronenworth laid down a sacrifice bunt and Eric Hosmer walked before Myers tripled into the right field corner. Myers scored on Joey Votto's errant throw to third.
San Diego failed to add on in the fourth despite having runners at second and third with no outs. Kim drew a leadoff walk and hustled from first to third on Victor Caratini's single to center. But Castillo struck out Lamet and got Trent Grisham to hit into a double play.
The Reds scored twice in the eighth against Emilio Pagan, with the runs coming on groundouts after the reliever allowed Winker's leadoff single and a double by Tyler Stephenson.
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Reds: RHP Tyler Mahle (7-2, 3.39) is scheduled to start Monday night in the opener of a two-game series at Minnesota, which will counter with LHIP J.A. Happ (3-3, 6.12).
Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (6-2, 2.57) is scheduled to start Monday night in the opener of a three-game home series against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers, who will counter with LHP Julio Urias (9-2, 3.54).
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Jurickson Profar threw out Joey Votto at home and then hit a two-run homer for the San Diego Padres, who won 6-0 Wednesday to hand the Cincinnati Reds their ninth straight loss and their longest skid in five years.
Profar's homer in the fourth inning gave rookie MacKenzie Gore (1-0) all the backing he needed for his first big league win, in his second start. The left-hander held the Reds to four hits in five innings, struck out seven and walked two to complete the three-game sweep.
Profar, the Padres' left fielder, threw out Votto on the fly on Colin Moran's single to end the fourth and keep the game scoreless. Profar homered to right off Vladimir Gutiérrez with two outs in the bottom of the inning to bring in Manny Machado. It was Profar's fourth.
San Diego Padres' Jurickson Profar, right, reacts with teammate Manny Machado after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP PhotoGregory Bull)
Machado was hit by a pitch on the left shoulder by Gutiérrez (0-3) leading off the fourth. On Tuesday night, Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson was knocked out of the game on a hard slide by Luke Voit. Some Reds players felt it was a dirty play by Voit and Tommy Pham, who played for the Padres the last two seasons, said he wanted to fight the Padres' DH. The Reds asked for a review of the play but umpires ruled it was clean. Voit did not play Wednesday and Machado was the DH.
Gutierrez hit Padres catcher Jorge Alfaro with a pitch leading off the fifth. Alfaro stole second and scored on Trent Grisham's double.
Cincinnati, shut out for the first time this year, had not lost nine straight since June 9-18, 2017. The Reds went winless on a seven-game West Coast trip that started at Dodger Stadium.
San Diego Padres' Jurickson Profar reacts after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP PhotoGregory Bull)
Kim Ha-seong homered for the Padres in the seventh, his first. Alfaro had a sacrifice fly and rookie CJ Abrams an RBI double in the eighth.
Gutiérrez allowed three runs and two hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out two.
San Diego extended its major league record with 14 consecutive errorless games to open a season.
San Diego Padres' Manny Machado is hit by a pitch while batting during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP PhotoGregory Bull)
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: Placed Stephenson on the seven-day concussion list. Recalled Mark Kolozsvary from the taxi squad.
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Reds: RHP Hunter Greene (1-1, 4.35) is scheduled to start the opener of a three-game home series against St. Louis, which will counter with LHP Steven Matz (1-1, 7.27).
Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto, right, is tagged out at home by San Diego Padres catcher Jorge Alfaro while trying to score from second off a single by Colin Moran during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP PhotoGregory Bull)
Padres: RHP Nick Martinez (0-1, 4.50) is scheduled to start the opener of a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. The Dodgers will start Julio Urias (0-1, 3.86).
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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP PhotoGregory Bull)
Cincinnati Reds' Tommy Pham watches his hit for a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP PhotoGregory Bull)
