Padres Can’t Maintain on to Lead in Extras, Falling 4-3 in Minnesota


The Padres received what they wanted from Seth Lugo Wednesday, however once more, not from Josh Hader, because the Twins got here again to finest them 4-3 in 11 innings.
Hader blew his second-straight save after the Friars had taken a 3-2 lead within the tenth on a squeeze bunt by Austin Nola to attain Rougned Odor. However Minnesota tied it up 3-3 on a right-field single by Donovan Solano that despatched Willi Castro house.
Alex Kirilloff did the honors within the eleventh, on a walk-off single in opposition to Domingo Tapia to attain Max Kepler.
Lugo went six innings, giving up 5 hits and two runs whereas hanging out 5. The Padres, behind 2-0 after the third and held hitless by Pablo López by means of 4, got here to his rescue, tying the sport by scoring one run every within the seventh and eighth.
First, Juan Soto hit a solo homer, his sixth of the season, and Manny Machado got here up with a sacrifice fly the following inning to herald Trent Grisham.
However once they had an opportunity to go forward once more within the eleventh, Matt Carpenter struck out trying with the bases loaded.
“We did get some massive hits as we speak and we got here again, you already know, in opposition to a extremely good bullpen, they usually had a lead,” stated supervisor Bob Melvin. “They simply couldn’t end it off.”
The Padres are 0-4 this yr in further innings.
They opened the collection with a 6-1 win, together with an ideal night time on the plate by Soto, who went 4-for-4 with a stroll.
The Friars have an early begin, 10:10 a.m. on Thursday’s getaway day, with Yu Darvish on the mound to tackle Minnesota’s Bailey Ober.