By Ron Davis:
The Padres picked up a second consecutive win Tuesday night as they took down the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 at Petco Park. Padres left-hander Matt Strahm pitched efficently over his 6 innings of work, throwing only 69 pitches on the night while allowing no walks and striking out 2. The only real blemishes on the night for Strahm were the 2 pitches he left over the middle of the plate that turned in to solo home runs for Eduardo Escobar and John Ryan Murphy, but he was effective overall as he only allowed 4 hits before being replaced by pinch hitter Greg Garcia in the bottom of the 6th.
Much like the night before, the Padres offense picked up their starting pitcher in the bottom of the 6th as Manny Machado lined a single to centerfield to score Ian Kinsler to start the late rally
MANNY!He comes through with an RBI single off of Grienke in the 6th and the @Padres are on the baord!#FriarFaithful pic.twitter.com/Ee0V98jXbm
— FOX Sports San Diego (@FOXSportsSD) May 22, 2019Things got even better for the Padres later in the inning when Eric Hosmer delivered what would be ultimately prove to be the decisive blow of the game;
ICYMI:@TheRealHos305 gave the @Padres the lead with his 2 run shot to left in the 6th inning and @JesseAgler had the call right here on @973 @PadresRadio! pic.twitter.com/QyKt5ixuUb
— 97.3 The Fan (@973TheFanSD) May 22, 2019Far out, man!#FriarFaithful pic.twitter.com/agejotRqMi
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 22, 2019The Padres bullpen did the rest of the heavy lifting from there, as the trio of Phil Maton, Craig Stammen, and Kirby Yates combined to slam the door on Arizona and give the Padres the series victory.
More like K³irby Yates if you ask us.#FriarFaithful pic.twitter.com/jM1CXcv7yq
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 22, 2019Our pre and post-game host Braden Surprenant got a chance to catch up with one of Tuesday night's heroes Eric Hosmer following the win
The @Padres picked up their second consecutive win Tuesday night as they took down the @Dbacks 3-2. Our pre and post-game host @b_surp spoke with @TheRealHos305 on the field following the victory! pic.twitter.com/k5f1oKU7hu
— 97.3 The Fan (@973TheFanSD) May 22, 2019The Padres are back at it tomorrow afternoon at 12:40 PM as they go for the sweep of the Diamondbacks before heading out to Toronto and a 3 game series with the Blue Jays. Pregame coverage begins at 11:40 AM with Derek Togerson, and Jesse Agler and Tony Gwynn Jr. will have the call starting at 12:30, all here on 97.3 The Fan.
