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Story by Liz Alper
Photo: Yangervis Solarte walked it off in the ninth with a home run that gave the Padres a game two win. Via @Padres on Twitter
September 2, 2017 (San Diego) - Last night, the pitching by Clayton Kershaw and Dinelson Lamet was strong. The Padres still suffered a 1-0 loss, but they have a lot to be proud of in young talent. Today in game one of a Saturday doubleheader, another young talent took the mound, but this time, he was on the Dodgers. His name was Brock Stewart and he faced a veteran, Clayton Richard.
The Dodgers didn't waste time today. Logan Forsythe scored in the first on a Cody Bellinger force out and the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead.
From then on, we embarked on a wild ride. Jose Pirela hit a sac fly in the third that scored Manuel Margot to tie the game, but Bellinger homered in the fourth to give the Dodgers the lead again, 2-1.
Austin Barnes singled to right to score Chris Taylor and the Dodgers led 3-1.
But the Padres came back in the sixth. Jabari Blash singled to center to score Wil Myers and Hector Sanchez hit a sac groundout to score Cory Spangenberg and the game was tied once again.
The Padres got right back to work in the seventh as Myers tripled to left to score Pirela and the Padres had their first lead of the game. Spangenberg singled to right to score Myers and the Padres led 5-3.
But it would go away in the ninth with Justin Turner’s two-run game-tying homer.
But Yangervis Solarte saved the Padres and gave them the 6-5 win in game one with a walk-off home run in the ninth that evened the series at one game apiece.
Game two of the doubleheader is tonight at 7:10 p.m. Yu Darvish starts for the Dodgers against another young talent from the Padres, Jordan Lyles.
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