A day after scoring 11 runs on 16 hits the Padres mustered just four hits, only to watch their suspect bullpen slip up again in a 6-5 loss to the Braves on Saturday afternoon.
Closer Kenley Jansen came on trying to keep it a tie game. He got Manny Machado to hit a grounder to 3rd base. It could have been an inning-ending double play. It wasn't. Riley threw it wide to 2nd base and into right field, letting Alfaro and Cronenworth score and make it a 4-2 game. Eric Hosmer grounded into a fielder's choice to bring in the Friars' 5th run of the game, and the extra cushion was necessary with a San Diego bullpen that's been up-and-down this season.
Wilson kept unraveling. He hit Travis d'Arnaud with a pitch then Riley smoked a double to left-centerfield to bring in d'Arnaud and put the Braves up 6-5. Jansen, who is well-acquainted with the Padres from all his years in Los Angeles, didn't let the momentum swing the other way again. He worked a perfect 9th inning to get the save.
The Padres can still win the series on Sunday with Joe Musgrove on the mound. To see the game you're going to need an early alarm and the help of an ornately feathered bird. The Padres and Braves are streaming on NBC's Peacock service. For information on how to watch,
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