After losing to the New York Mets, a lot now rides on how the Padres will play in their final game of the Wildcard Series on Sunday.
In the 7th inning things got completely out of hand. Adrian Morejon came on and gave up a leadoff single to Lindor. Then he walked Alonso and Mark Canha, both on the 10th pitch of their at-bats. Clearly laboring, Melvin left the lefty in to face left-handed hitting Jeff McNeil. It was one hitter too many. McNeil laced a 2-run double to right-centerfield and New York was up 5-2. Pierce Johnson came in to try and clean up Morejon's mess.
He gave up an RBI single to Eduardo Escobar and a sac fly to Daniel Vogelbach to make it 7-2 and we should give a shoutout to Steven Wilson for throwing a perfect 8th inning with two punchouts in his post-season debut. His ability to keep it there actually, inexplicably, allowed the tying run to come to the plate.
Adam Ottavino had control issues of his own. He walked three, including Manny Machado with the bases loaded to make it 7-3 and bring up Josh Bell. But, Seth Lugo got him to ground out to end it. So, it all comes down to Sunday. San Diego's own Joe Musgrove takes the mound against Chris Bassitt. Winner goes to the National League Division Series in Los Angeles. Loser goes home until pitchers and catchers report in 2023.
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