Game 128
Boston Red Sox 5, Padres 4
Winning Pitcher: Matt Barnes (4-4, 4.41)
Losing Pitcher: Kirby Yates (0-4, 1.38)
Save: Brandon Workman (8)
The Padres (59-69) scored fewer runs than the Boston Red Sox (70-61) in the second game of three at Petco Park, 5-4. Dinelson Lamet (2-2, 4.30) allowed four runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five in five innings. Brock Holt scored on a Mookie Betts single in the third inning. In the fourth inning, J.D. Martinez & Andrew Benintendi scored on a double by Christian Vazquez and Mitch Moreland singled to drive in Vazquez. Holt hit a solo home run in the ninth inning.
Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 6.64) gave up two runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in three innings. Eric Hosmer hit a two-run home run and Luis Urías‘ ground out drove in Hunter Renfroe in the fourth inning. Ty France singled to drive in Urías in the seventh inning.
Media
Holt homers in 9th to lift Red Sox to 5-4 win vs Padres – Bernie Wilson, Associated Press
Yates’ non-save struggles continue, Sox escape – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
‘BH’ delivers the big hit as Red Sox edge Padres – Ian Browne, MLB.com
