Padres 5, Red Sox 4

 

We should have won this game.

The idiot Manny Machado gifted Boston a run in the third inning when be broke a 1-1 tie by attempting the old schoolyard "hidden ball" trick to tag out Jarren Duran at third. But the pitcher was on the mound when Machado pulled his stunt and was called for a balk, so instead of getting Duran out, he was awarded a base, which since he was on third, was home plate. 2-1, Boston lead thanks to Machado. A Yoshida RBI later that inning made it 3-1, Boston.

Former Red Sox Xander Bogaerts was finally heard from this game, homering in the second and scoring an RBI in the third. But with the Padres leading 4-3 in the ninth, Roman Anthony doubled into deep right center, scoring a run and tying up the game. The reliable Aroldis Chapman needed only 10 pitches to shut out the Padres in the bottom of the ninth, so the game went into extra innings.

In a perfect world (well, perfect for me), the Sox would have rode the momentum of Anthony's come-back RBI and Machado's third-inning goof, but that was not to be. The Sox went hitless in the 10th and then the Padres won the game with a walk-off RBI single scoring (guess who?) Xander Bogaerts from second. 

The series is now tied, 1-1, with the rubber game at 4:00 this afternoon. Brayan Bello (8-5, 3.03) will take the mound against some guy named Dylan Cease with a 4-10 record and a 4.60 ERA.  The Red Sox will leave Southern California with a 2-1 series win.