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Story by Liz Alper
Photo: Cory Spangenberg hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh. Via @Padres on Twitter
July 20, 2017 (San Francisco) - Yesterday was another game we all want to forget. In fact, that entire series in Colorado was one we’d all like to forget. But tonight, the Padres started a fresh, new, four-game series against the Giants in the bay. Jhoulys Chacin started against MadBum for the Giants.
ECM likes to say the Padres have two teams. Padres A was the team that played the series in Colorado. Padres B was the team that played tonight. Hunter Renfroe started things in the second with a two-run homer--his first off the DL--to give the Padres a 2-0 lead.
It looked like Padres B would stick around for the entire game, but Padres A took over in the sixth when Denard Span put the Giants on the board with a single that scored Gorkys Hernandez. Eduardo Nunez tied the game with another single that scored Span to tie the game.
But Cory Spangenberg saved the day for the Padres with a two-run homer in the seventh to give the Padres a 4-2 lead and kick MadBum out of the game.
Wil Myers added a cushion in the eighth with an RBI double that Jose Pirela scored from first on to make it 5-2 Padres and seal a game one win.
Game two is tomorrow night at 7:15 p.m. Trevor Cahill starts against Jeff Samardzija.
Transaction news:
- Hunter Renfroe reinstated from 10-day DL
- Manuel Margot on paternity list
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