San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates

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San Diego Padres

20-11, 6-7 Away

Final
9 - 4

Pittsburgh Pirates

12-21, 7-10 Home

Luis Arraez has 3 hits, 3 RBIs to help Padres beat Pirates 9-4

Adam Frazier's solo HR brings Pirates closer

Arraez is 6 for 12 since returning from a concussion. Fernando Tatis Jr. left the game in the third after being hit on the left forearm by a pitch from Mitch Keller. The Padres announced that initial X-rays were negative.

Oneil Cruz drew a two-out walk from Padres starter Dylan Cease in the third, stole second and scored on a single by Bryan Reynolds for a 1-0 lead.

Gavin Sheets homered — his fourth of the season — leading off the fourth against Keller (1-3), Xander Bogaerts singled and scored on a Taylor Wade hit to give the Padres the lead. Alexander Canario drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 2-2 in the bottom half.

Oscar Gonzalez singled and scored on an Arraez double to give the Padres the lead for good in a three-run fifth. Brandon Lockridge drove in a run with a two-out single in the eighth and Arraez followed with a two-run single for an 8-4 lead. Jason Heyward had a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Cease threw 91 pitches to get through four innings. He allowed two runs on three hits and three walks. Jeremiah Estrada (1-1) struck out the side in the seventh for the win.

Keller gave up five runs — four earned — on eight hits in five innings.

Pittsburgh has lost three of four to begin a six-game homestand.

Key moment The Pirates scored a run in four straight innings to pull within 5-4 heading to the eighth. The Padres pulled away with four hits and three runs off lefty Caleb Ferguson.

Key stat San Diego began the day with a team ERA of 2.86 — second only to the Mets. The Padres' bullpen is the best at 1.77.

Up next RHP Randy Vásquez (1-3, 4.28) starts for the Padres on Saturday against Pirates LHP Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.93).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bart grounded into fielder's choice to third, McCutchen out at second.
	9th Inning	Valdez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	McCutchen hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Reynolds flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bergert relieved Morejon
	9th Inning	Díaz lined out to first.

Statistics

SD		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	3
18	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
173	Pitches	175
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	11
45	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
8.5	Runs Created	5.4
.368	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.333
.237	Secondary Average	.364
.432	On Base Percentage	.366
.932	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.699
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
8.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
57.0	Batter Rating	31.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.27
.132	Isolated Power	.121
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.63
.067	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.152
17.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
103.0	MLB Rating	79.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0