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By Liz Alper
Photo courtesy @Padres on Twitter
July 27, 2016 (Toronto) - The Padres woke everyone up early for some day baseball and to hopefully avoid a sweep by the Blue Jays. Luis Perdomo started on the hill against the veteran knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.
The Padres seemed determined to avoid the sweep. Adam Rosales started things with a two-run bomb in the third to give the Padres a 2-0 lead.
Christian Bethancourt singled in the fourth, scoring two and the Padres extended their lead to 4-0.
Brett Wallace added on with a solo homer in the fifth to make the score 5-0 Padres.
The Jays got on the board with Darwin Barney’s sac fly in their half of the fifth that scored Devon Travis and the score was 5-1.
But Bethancourt got the Pads’ lead back to five with a double in the sixth that scored Matt Kemp and the score was 6-1 Padres. Brett Wallace singled, scoring Bethancourt and the Pads went up 7-1.
Kevin Pillar got two back for the Jays in the home half of the sixth with a double, making the score 7-3. Ezequiel Carrera singled, scoring Pillar and the score was 7-4 Padres.
But the Poway kid secured an 8-4 win. Alex Dickerson homered in the eighth and the Padres avoided the sweep by four runs.
The Padres get a needed day off tomorrow before returning to San Diego on Friday.
Transaction News:
- Padres place Yangervis Solarte on family leave
- Alexi Amarista, Buddy Baumann recalled from AAA El Paso
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