The Hangover 2020 – NL Wild Card Series

The Hangover 2020 – NL Wild Card Series

Game 2

Padres 11, Cardinals 9

Winning Pitcher: Emilio Pagán (1-0, 0.00)

Losing Pitcher: Daniel Ponce de Leon (0-1, 27.00)

Save: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

MLB Box Score

The Padres (1-1) scored more runs, 11-9, than the St Louis Cardinals (1-1) in the second game of their best-of-three National League Wild Card series. Zach Davies (0-0, 18.00) gave up four runs on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts in two innings. Tommy Edman scored in the first inning on a Yadier Molina single. Matt Carpenter scored on Harrison Bader‘s single and Kolten Wong hit a two-run home run in the second inning. Dexter Fowler‘s double drove in Paul DeJong and Carpenter scored on a groundout by Wong in the sixth inning. Bader drove in Carpenter with a sacrifice fly and Fowler scored on Wong’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run in the ninth inning.

Adam Wainwright (0-0, 5.40) allowed two runs on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts in three and a third innings. Eric Hosmer scored on a ground out by Wil Myers and Jake Cronenworth drew a bases-loaded walk to bring Mitch Moreland home in the fourth inning. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a two-run home run with Cronenworth on base and Manny Machado followed with a solo home run in the sixth inning. Myers hit a solo home run and Tatis Jr. hit another two-run home run with Austin Nola on base in the seventh inning. Myers hit a two-run home run with Jurickson Profar on base in the eighth inning.

Media

Tatis, Myers homer twice, Padres stay alive with 11-9 win – Bernie Wilson, Associated Press

Tatis’ epic bat flip caps amazing comeback – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com

Cards miss chance to close out Friars – Anne Rogers, MLB.com

San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr., right, is congratulated by Manny Machado, left, after hitting a three-run home run during the sixth inning of Game 2 of the team’s National League wild-card baseball series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. tosses his bat after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the team’s National League wild-card baseball series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
San Diego Padres’ Wil Myers watches his two-run home run during the eighth inning of Game 2 of the team’s National League wild-card baseball series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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I respect Fernando Tatis Jr.’s degree from the David Ortiz School of So You Just Hit A Big Home Run

The time Ortiz didn’t even start to jog until he got to first base… inspirational. So glad to see the tradition continue.

Originally tweeted by Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin) on October 2, 2020.

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Scott Dunsmore has been a Padres fan since the 3rd grade. The Ghost of Ray Kroc possessed his body in 2011 and was finally exorcised by Elon Musk in 2022.

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