Juan Soto hit a pair of homers and drove in three runs and the visiting San Diego Padres held off the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Friday.
Jake Cronenworth added a two-run triple for San Diego. Winning pitcher Seth Lugo gave up two runs and six hits while striking out seven with three walks in six innings. Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 24th save.Tigers starter Reese Olson gave up five runs and seven hits while striking out five in five innings. He walked two.
Detroit loaded the bases with no outs in the second and came up empty. Matt Vierling and Javier Baez led off with singles and Nick Maton walked. Lugo then struck out Akil Baddoo and Jake Rogers looking before McKinstry grounded out. San Diego had another threat in the fifth but this time Olson escaped. He walked Soto on four pitches with one out and gave up a two-out double to Bogaerts. Cronenworth lined out to end the inning.
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