Higashioka homer as Padres collect season-high 20 hits, rout Nats 12-three
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Jurickson Profar homered for the second consecutive sport, Kyle Higashioka additionally went deep, and the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 12-3 on Wednesday night.
Jackson Merrill got here within a home run of hitting for the cycle and matched a career high with 4 hits for San Diego, which has won 4 in a row. Xander Bogaerts had a season-high 4 hits because the Padres finished with a season-excessive 20.
It become the Padres’ maximum scoring total due to the fact a thirteen-1 win towards Arizona on June eight.
“It become just a laugh to watch,” San Diego starting pitcher Matt Waldron stated. “I changed into just in the dugout admiring how electric powered our offense become. I’m searching up at how difficult their man is throwing and his stuff is remarkable, so I’m simply impressed with how they did it. It turned into relentless.”
Juan Yepez homered to increase his hitting streak to fifteen games for Washington, that’s 0-five towards the Padres this season. It become the most runs allowed by the Nationals since a 12-three loss to Philadelphia last Aug. 19.
The Padres crushed Washington rookie Mitchell Parker (five-6), who made his 2d consecutive abbreviated start.
Luis Arraez hit a -out, -run unmarried inside the 2d inning, then came around while Profar blasted his 16th domestic run of the season.
San Diego introduced two more in 1/3 while Higashioka poked an RBI double to left and Merrill scored a batter in a while Bryce Johnson’s squeeze bunt.
Parker allowed six runs and seven hits with three walks in 3 innings. He struck out 5. It become his first day out because yielding 5 runs in -thirds of an inning July thirteen at Milwaukee. His ERA has jumped from 3.44 to four.34 over his final starts.
“If he got in advance, he got men out,” Washington supervisor Dave Martinez stated. “When he didn’t get in advance, everybody got on base. We just have to get him to preserve operating beforehand. He looked like he turned into a tick off along with his mechanics.”
The Padres brought five runs within the fourth in opposition to Jordan Weems, a rally punctuated with the aid of Higashioka’s -run homer, his 12th of the season.
“We don’t constantly get the results every night time, however commonly talking, extra than not we take relentless at bats,” San Diego supervisor Mike Shildt said.
Washington went up 3-0 within the first against Waldron while Lane Thomas scored from first on Jesse Winker’s single and Yepez accompanied with a shot into the traveller’s bullpen in left-middle.
Waldron (6-nine) earned his first victory on account that June 19, operating six innings and permitting 3 runs and 4 hits. The proper-hander struck out four. In his final five innings, he yielded no hits and walks.
“I need to talk about Waldron shutting the door right in their face, and that changed into the key,” Merrill said. “It took the existence out of them the complete rest of the game. After the primary inning and letting up three runs, he got here again and ruled.”
Nationals utilityman man Ildemaro Vargas pitched the 9th, the primary time this season Washington has used a position player at the mound. Vargas allowed two hits in a scoreless inning and capped his time out via snaring Jake Cronenworth’s sharp liner.
