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Closer Josh Hader's rough start to the Padres continued Friday night as the visiting Washington Nationals scored three runs in the ninth to beat San Diego 6-3.
The big hit was Alex Cole's two-run homer, his ball going long for the first time in his career. However, Hader's fifth appearance as Padre had already fallen apart by then.
Entering the game in a tie, Hader was the first batter he faced, Victor, who walked Robles. Lane Thomas then topped the ball between the mound and the third base line. Hader fielded it, throwing wildly first and Robles scoring on what turned out to be a three-base error.
In his 18th major in his league game, he was called into left field for his two RBIs, the first of his career.
Erasmo Ramirez (4-1) pitched his first inning clean to win. Kyle Finnegan pitched 1-2-3 on his second save in his ninth against the Padres, his seventh of the season.
Hader (2-5) lost. Since the Padres earned his four-time All-Star from the Milwaukee Brewers, he has a good save percentage in his 1-1 record, and his ERA is 16.20.
Four innings before that, Manny Machado hit his two-run double to give him a 3–1 lead, but fell short of a home run.
The Padres took a 1–0 lead against Nationals starter Paolo Espino on singles from Brandon Drury, Jake Cronenworth (bunt) and Trent Grisham.
The Nationals scored his 2 in the fourth and his 1 in the fifth against Padres lefty Blake Snell. Blake Snell started the day after he was involved in a car crash on his way home from the ballpark with no injuries. As Snell parked, his car was shook by another.
Snell allowed him seven hits in five innings, allowing three runs and two walks in which he struck out seven. Former Padre C.J. Abrams, who went to the Nationals on a deal that brought Juan Soto and Josh his bell to San Diego, in the fourth inning he put Washington on a 2-run 2-out opposite field on his single. took the lead. Keibert Ruiz and Cesar Hernandez back-to-back one-outs, he singled and double-stealed to set up Abrams.
In the fifth, Joey Meneses, Nelson Cruz and Ruiz hit his single with two outs in his third straight to produce a run.
After Espino hit back-to-back walks to his Jurickson Profar and Soto and he recorded a one-out in the fifth, Machado in relief hit Victor Arano, where he doubled from the right-center wall. He hit a run double to tie the game. However, Wilderness froze Machado for second, beating out Drury and Cronenworth.
– Field Level Media
