Nothing was settled until the 10th. Manny Machado singled to center, Merrill scored, and San Diego walked off with a 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night at Petco Park. The game had traded leads four times before Machado ended it.
Fernando Tatis was the engine for San Diego, going 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and 2 RBI. His 410-foot solo shot to center in the seventh tied the game at 6-6 and kept the Padres alive. Samad Taylor contributed 3 hits in 4 at-bats with an RBI, while Machado finished 1-for-5 with the game-ending knock.
The second inning was the game's defining chaos. Atlanta scored 4 runs — Rowdy Tellez singled home Dubón and Dominic Smith, Michael Harris doubled home Drake Baldwin, and Matt Olson walked to score Tellez — before San Diego answered with 5 of its own in the bottom half. Bogaerts scored on a Durán single, Wagner scored on a Song single, Durán scored on a Tatis double, and then Samad Taylor reached on an infield single as Song and Tatis scored on a throwing error by shortstop Dubón, giving San Diego a 5-4 lead. Atlanta reclaimed the tie in the fourth when Ozzie Albies doubled home Michael Harris, and Mauricio Dubón's solo home run to left — 382 feet — put the Braves back in front, 6-5, in the fifth. Tatis answered in the seventh, and Machado closed it in the 10th.
Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias took the loss, allowing 1 run on 2 hits over 1 inning, falling to 0-2 with a 1.42 ERA. Starter JR Ritchie was charged with 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits over 5 innings, striking out 7 while issuing 4 walks. Mason Miller earned the win for San Diego, throwing 2 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts and no hits allowed, improving to 2-1 with a 0.79 ERA.
San Diego improved to 40-37 with the victory. Atlanta dropped to 48-29, losing for the second straight game. Ozzie Albies, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI, is one stolen base away from 100 for his career.