San Diego Padres at Boston Red Sox

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San Diego Padres

4-5, 2-1 Away

Final
8 - 6

Boston Red Sox

2-7, 1-2 Home

Machado and Merrill homer for Padres in 8-6 win over flailing Red Sox

Padres take the series from the Red Sox with 8-6 win

Manny Machado connected for a three-run homer and ex-Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts also got three hits for the Padres.

The Red Sox scored four in the third inning but San Diego got three in the top of the fourth after Machado kicked away a pickoff attempt — perhaps not unintentionally — to put runners on second and third. Machado's first homer of the season in the fifth gave the Padres a 6-4 lead.

Boston tied it in the seventh on Masataka Yoshida's two-run double. It was his third straight hit after starting the season 0 for 10. Wilyer Abreu also had three hits for Boston.

Padres starter Walker Buehler, the longtime Dodger who spent part of last season in Boston, was pulled with two outs in the four-run third. Ranger Suarez was pulled from his first start for the Red Sox at Fenway Park after giving up a leadoff single in the fifth.

Jeremiah Estrada (1-1) was awarded the win after pitching a perfect eighth. Mason Miller worked the ninth for his fourth save.

Tyler Uberstine (0-1) took the loss in his major league debut. He allowed Merrill's homer as one of three hits and a walk, striking out two in 2 2/3 innings.

Up next The Padres visit Pittsburgh for the start of a three-game series. RHP Germán Márquez (0-1) will face Pirates right-hander Bubba Chandler (0-0) in the opener.

Boston stays home for three games against Milwaukee, with Brayan Bello (0-1) going Monday night for the Red Sox against fellow righty Brandon Woodruff (1-0).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Contreras struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Story struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Estrada
	9th Inning	Fermin catching.
	9th Inning	Merrill lined out to left.

Statistics

SD		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	4
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	15
39	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
7.1	Runs Created	5.3
.343	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.600	Slugging Percentage	.417
.343	Secondary Average	.306
.385	On Base Percentage	.325
.985	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.742
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
7.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
56.0	Batter Rating	44.5
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.73
.257	Isolated Power	.167
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.056
16.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
101.5	MLB Rating	87.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0