The Washington Nationals scored two runs off Padres starter Yu Darvish and closer Josh Hader to break a 1-1 ninth inning tie and went on to defeat San Diego 3-1 in the series opener.
SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto of the San Diego Padres came to bat against his former team, the Washington Nationals, with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning of a tie game. The sellout crowd of 41,820 anticipated something big from its new superstar.
Nelson Cruz drew a bases-loaded walk off Josh Hader to bring in the go-ahead run with one out in the ninth inning on a night when there wasn't much offense.“It was motivational to face a hitter of that kind of caliber and able to get the job done," Arano said through an interpreter. “I was very excited and happy to do so.”
The teams staggered through the game without much offense in their fourth meeting since their blockbuster trade on Aug. 2 that sent Soto and Josh Bell to San Diego for a package of players that included Voit. The Padres had just three hits and the Nationals had just six, three of them in the ninth. Manny Machado tied the game at 1 with a line shot to left off Anibal Sánchez with two outs in the fourth, his 22nd. He also extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
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