The Hangover 2021 – Games 52-54
Padres vs Houston Astros @ Minute Maid Park
May 28-30, 2021
Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after an entire year of watching baseball from anywhere other than the ballpark. The occasional memory refresher can come in handy. Here’s a reminder of what we may have missed while most of us were still staying at home.
This is The Hangover.
Game 52
Padres 10, Astros 3 (11 Innings)
Winning Pitcher: Mark Melancon (1-0, 0.77)
Losing Pitcher: Brooks Raley (2-3, 7.52)
The Padres (33-19) defeated the Houston Astros (27-23) in the first of three games at Minute Maid Park by a score of 10-3 in eleven innings. Dinelson Lamet (1-0, 2.57) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in three-plus innings. Chas McCormick hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Alex Bregman scored on a McCormick sacrifice fly in the tenth inning.
Framber Valdez (0-0, 2.25) gave up one run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in four innings. Tommy Pham hit a solo home run to leadoff the third inning. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo home run in the eighth inning. In the eleventh inning, Ha-Seong Kim‘s single drove in Jurickson Profar, Victor Caratini scored on a single by Pham, a Jake Cronenworth single scored Kim, Manny Machado came home on Tatis Jr.’s sacrifice fly, Cronenworth scored on a Wil Myers double, and Profar’s single drove in Jorge Mateo & Myers.
Media
Padres score 7 in 11th, beat Astros 10-3; SD now 7-0 vs AL – Kristie Rieken, Associated Press
Padres score 7 in 11th, ‘a blast to be a part of’ – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
Framber’s strong return; Chas shows pop – Brian McTaggart, MLB.com
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