Race day for Brett Sullivan as Padres attack Reds

Reserve catcher Brett Sullivan drove within the first 4 runs of his main league profession together with his first double and residential run, and Juan Soto added a bases-clearing double Wednesday afternoon because the San Diego Padres defeated the cincinnati reds 7-1 within the deciding recreation of a three-game sequence

dad and mom starter Seth Lugo (3-2) held the reds to at least one run and 7 hits in seven innings to get the win. The fitting-hander issued two walks and had 5 strikeouts

Sullivan, a rookie who entered the sport with two singles in 13 at-bats in six dad and mom video games, batted ninth within the lineup. He doubled within the second to drive within the recreation’s first two runs and added a two-run house run within the fourth to make it 4-0.

Soto’s three-run double got here within the sixth to reply a solo house run by redsSpencer Steer on the prime of the doorway

Jake Cronenworth opened the dad and mom second on a single by Cincinnati starter Luis Cessa and moved to second on a stroll by Ha-Seong Kim. After Rougned Odor flew out, Sullivan lined out simply inside the primary base pocket.

After Cronenworth singled within the fourth, the reds he could not convert a double play on Odor’s grounder to second. Sullivan then homered on the primary pitch he noticed from left-handed reliever Alex Younger on a 380-foot drive to right-center.

Soto’s double got here off reliever Casey Legumina after the dad and mom he had loaded the bases on singles by Odor and Trent Grisham and a stroll by Fernando Tatis Jr.

Grisham had three of the dad and mom 10 hits towards seven Cincinnati pitchers. Cronenworth and Sullivan every had two hits, whereas Soto’s double adopted walks in his first three plate appearances.

Cessa was charged with three runs on 4 hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings.

–Area degree media