FISH GET OFF THE HOOK IN GAME ONE, BEAT PADRES 13-4

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By Liz Alper

Photo:  if you were watching tonight’s game, you know who this is.  This Ichiro impersonator delighted Pads and Marlins fans alike at tonight’s game.  Courtesy @Marlins on Twitter

June 13, 2016 (San Diego) - The Miami Marlins, who have kind of fallen off the face of the Earth after fighting for their 15 minutes of fame a few years ago with a new state-of-the-art amusement par...er, I mean, stadium and drafting slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who lit up the league, came to Petco Park for a three-game series.  Wei-Yin Chen took the mound for the fish against Colin Rea for San Diego.

The Marlins started things.  In the first, Justin Bour singled, scoring Ichiro Suzuki and the fish took a 1-0 lead.

But Wil Myers saved the day again in the Padres’ half of the first with a solo homer to tie the game at one.

The fish gained the lead back in the third on Martin Prado’s second home run of the season, a two-runner and Miami went up 3-1.  The Padres got a routine double play ball, but Adam Rosales bobbled the force play at second and Christian Yelich scored, putting Miami up 4-1.  Adeiny Hechavarria tripled, scoring three runs and Miami went up 7-1.  Suzuki reached base on another error by Alexei Ramirez, scoring Hechavarria and the fish took an 8-1 lead.

Matt Kemp got a run back for the Padres on a solo homer in San Diego’s half of the third to bring the score to 8-2.

The Padres got an inning of reprieve from the pescatarian slaughter, but in the fifth, Hechavarria doubled and scored Derek Dietrich and the Marlins went up 9-2.  He later scored on a Prado single, putting the fish up to double digits at 10-2.  Yelich blasted a hit off the right field wall, scoring Ichiro and the Marlins went up 11-2.  Bour struck again, looping a ball to left center and scoring Miguel Rojas.  12-2 Marlins.

In the Padres’ half of the fifth, Rosales hit a solo homer to bring the Padres to within nine.  Doable, right?  12-3 Marlins.

The Padres continued the solo homer method of inching back, including one by Melvin Upton Jr. in the sixth to make it 12-4 Marlins.

But the fish kept getting away from the hooks.  J.T. Realmuto singled in the seventh, scoring Marcell Ozuna and the Marlins went up 13-4.  They’d stop the pain and misery for the Padres and win with that score.

In transaction news, the Padres signed first round draft pick Cal Quantrill.  Travis Jankowski exited the game in the bottom of the fifth with a right ankle sprain. Game two is tomorrow at 7:10 p.m.

 


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