Andujar, Song lead Padres offense to 10-5 victory over Giants

Maybe the San Diego Padres just needed some Cinco de Mayo magic.

After days of inactivity and cold bats, the Padres’ offense picked up a bad start from pitcher Walker Buehler. Giving the Giants a three-run lead in the second, the Padres came roaring back to score seven unanswered runs, beating San Francisco 8-5 to tie the series up.

The scoring started early as the Giants took an immediate 2-0 lead on the first two batters of the bottom of the first. San Diego native Casey Schmidt hit a deep homer to left after a Jung Hoo Lee single. The Padres responded in the top of the second on a Xander Bogaerts solo home run to left-center field.

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Unfortunately, Buehler was the victim of some bad luck, as he gave up another pair of runs in the second on three straight singles and a force out. None of the hits were faster than 76mph off the bat.

However, after a scoreless third inning, the Padres’ offense, dormant for multiple games in a row, finally took off, scoring five runs in the top of the fourth. A single by Gavin Sheets and a double by Fernando Tatis Jr. set the table for Bogaerts to ground out and bring Sheets home. Nick Castellanos singled to bring home Tatis, which was followed by Luis Campusano being hit by a pitch. Finally, Sung-Mun Song had his first MLB hit, a double that scored Castellanos and Campusano, with Song going to third on the throw home.

Jackson Merrill’s single drove him in to complete the inning; from down 4-1 to up 6-4 in an inning.

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The Padres tacked on more in the 5th off of JT Brubaker on a Castellanos sac fly, which scored Andujar, and while they loaded the bases twice, they were only able to score a single run as Song hit into an inning-ending groundout. The Padres added another run in the 6th on a Miguel Andujar single off Ryan Borucki, scoring Merrill, who had singled, stolen a bag, and advanced on a groundout. Andujar would finish the night 3-5 with an RBI and was a home run short of the cycle.

The Padres tacked on two insurance runs in the eighth; one on a Jackson Merrill double, scoring Song again, who singled and stole second and advanced to third base on a throwing error. Merrill would then score on a balk, making it 10 runs. With the exception of Machado and Campusano, every Padre position player had a hit.

Walker Buehler gave up two runs in the first and two in the second, but didn’t allow another run after that. He ended the night with four runs, five hits on 5.1 innings of work, along with five strikeouts and no walks, and the win. He was relieved after giving up two hits in the sixth by the returning Jeremiah Estrada, who set down Matt Chapman and Willy Adames on six pitches. Estrada would give up a solo shot to Jesus Rodriguez in the seventh, but that’s all on 1.2 innings of work with a single hit and two strikeouts. Jason Adam and Ron Marinaccio would close out the game for the Friars with scoreless innings in the 8th and 9th.

Logan Webb went four innings, giving up six runs on seven hits with four strikeouts, receiving the loss. He was replaced by JT Brubaker and Ryan Borucki, who both gave up a run in their inning of work. Gregory Santos gave up two runs on two hits in two innings of work, and Joel Peguero finished off the game for the Giants with a clean ninth.

The Padres will conclude their series in the Bay tomorrow at 12:45 pm PST in a battle of winless pitchers: Matt Waldron for the Friars and Adrian Houser for the Giants.

Loren Casuto

A Native San Diegan, Loren has spent his entire life not only as a fan but an active participant in San Diego’s sports world. In 2006 Loren joined two other die hard Charger fans to create Bolttalk, where Loren was a co-host and regular columnist from 2006 until the Chargers left in 2017. After that he started another podcast, The Grid Podshow, from 2020-2021 with his former co-host and colleague, speaking about the local sports community and popular culture.

When he’s not giving his opinion about San Diego sports, Loren is an adjunct professor at San Diego State and an attorney.