By Liz Alper
Photo: the Padres sign autographs for military kids. Courtesy @Padres on Twitter
August 21, 2016 (San Diego) - The Padres had the opportunity to take the series from the Diamondbacks today with Luis Perdomo on the mound against Braden Shipley for Arizona. And they did in a commanding way.
Things stayed quiet till the third when Travis Jankowski drilled his second home run of the season, good for two runs and the Padres took a 2-0 lead.
In the fifth, Adam Rosales hit his second triple of the season to score Patrick Kivlehan and the Padres went up 3-0. Perdomo worked some pitcher magic with a double to drive home Rosales and the score was 4-0.
That wasn’t all. In the sixth, Alex Dickerson, dubbed the Prince of Poway by Dick Enberg, launched a solo shot to the same place that Jankowski hit his homer and the Padres went up 5-0. Brett Wallace hit a double that got away from right fielder Mitch Haniger that drove Christian Bethancourt from first all the way to home and it was 6-0. After Dominic Leone replaced Shipley, Kivlehan singled and drove in Wallace and the Padres led 7-0.
In the seventh, Perdomo waved goodbye to his shutout by giving up a single to Brandon Drury that scored Phil Gosselin. The Padres still led 7-1.
In the eighth, the Padres added two more on a broken-bat single by Alexei Ramirez and the Padres took the series from Arizona three games to one with a 9-1 win. The last time the Padres scored 9+ runs in a Sunday game was on Bastille Day 2013.
The Chicago Cubs are coming to town tomorrow. Game one is at 7:10 p.m. Jon Lester will start for the Cubs against Edwin Jackson.
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