Overview
- The Padres, who trailed in the ninth Sunday, tied it on Nick Castellanos’ two-run pinch-hit homer and won 3-2 in the 10th on Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly.
- Castellanos broke his bat, borrowed Fernando Tatis Jr.’s, and later brushed off a question about it with a blunt “That’s rude.”
- The game-tying shot came on a 3-2 pitch from closer Riley O’Brien and was only Castellanos’ second homer of the season as he entered hitting .192.
- Walker Buehler allowed two runs in six innings on a Jordan Walker homer, and Adrian Morejon got the win after retiring a pinch-hitter on one pitch in the 10th.
- Tatis has gone 29 games and 162 plate appearances without a home run, while San Diego has leaned on Castellanos as a bench bat for late, high-leverage at-bats.