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News: Padres Soft in Match Due to Skipper Bob Melvin: The Reason Behind Their Loss
In the 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday afternoon, Thairo Estrada delivered the San Francisco Giants a walk-off victory in their home opener.He scored Matt Chapman from first base with a hit to left center field with one out.
After growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and spending three of his ten big-league seasons with the Giants, former Padres captain Bob Melvin, who became the manager of the Giants, had a pleasant return home with the victory. Padres reliever Enyel De Los Santos (0-1) struck Chapman on a 1-2 pitch, striking his left elbow, setting the stage for Estrada’s heroics.
After a change-up, Estrada swung through a fastball to the wall in left-center, just far enough for Chapman to slide head-first into the plate and avoid Fernando Tatis Jr.’s strong throw.
After a Jake Cronenworth single and a Manny Machado walk placed two on with one out in the top of the ninth, third Giants pitcher Camilo Doval (1-0) worked his way out of a jam to earn the victory. He struck out Ha-Seong Kim and Jurickson Profar.
Despite throwing well enough to win, neither of the starting pitchers received a decision.
Dylan Cease of the Padres struck out seven and walked two while limiting the Giants to just two runs and four hits over the course of six innings.
The two runs he let up eliminated one-run leads. Even though the Padres had scored in the top of the inning, Michael Conforto’s RBI double in the bottom of the first drew the Giants.San Diego had taken a 2-0 lead in the third, but Chapman’s infield out allowed LaMonte Wade Jr. to tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth.
Giants starter Jordan Hicks allowed just one earned run (two total) and five hits in seven innings, but he did allow singles to Cronenworth and Tatis, who scored the Padres runs. He did not give up a walk and struck out five.
With just one earned run (two overall) and five hits allowed in seven innings, Giants starter Jordan Hicks allowed singles to Cronenworth and Tatis to drive in the Padres runs.
Without giving a walk, he struck out five. Including two doubles, Conforto had three of the Giants’ five hits.
Among San Diego’s six hits in the game without a home run, Cronenworth collected two singles.
