Houston Astros at San Diego Padres

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Houston Astros

60-59, 30-30 Away

Final
2 - 7

San Diego Padres

62-57, 34-26 Home

Fernando Tatis Jr. and newcomer Austin Hays power Padres to 7-2 victory over Astros

Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Jackson Merrill and Gavin Sheets also went deep for the Padres, who took two of three in the series and remained one game out of a National League playoff spot.

Randy Vásquez and three relievers combined on a two-hitter to help the Padres to their 12th victory in 16 games.

Vásquez (8-6) pitched five solid innings, retiring his final 10 batters after allowing Daulton Varsho's two-run homer with two outs in the second. It was Varsho's eighth home run this season and first since being acquired from Toronto before the trade deadline last Monday.

The Padres began their comeback in the bottom of the inning when Merrill homered to straightaway center field off Cristian Javier (1-3). It was Merrill's 18th.

Tatis hit a 421-foot drive to the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner with two outs in the fourth to give San Diego a 4-2 lead. It was his 11th.

Sheets greeted reliever AJ Blubaugh with a leadoff shot to right in the sixth. It was his 15th.

Hays, signed earlier in the day, batted for Sheets in the eighth and homered to left off Bryan King. It was his second.

Vásquez held the Astros to two hits with one strikeout and no walks.

Up next Astros: RHP Hayden Wesneski (2-0, 2.84 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday night's series opener at San Francisco, which will counter with RHP Blade Tidwell (0-0, 3.18).

Padres: RHP Casey Mize (4-7, 3.40 ERA) makes his first home start since being acquired from Detroit last Monday when he opposes Milwaukee RHP Logan Henderson (6-1, 2.70).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Alvarez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Peña struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wade Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Estrada relieved Rodriguez
	9th Inning	Hays as designated hitter.
	9th Inning	Bowen in left field.

Statistics

HOU		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	5
5	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
1	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	25
0	Caught Stealing	0
98	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	25
29	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
-0.9	Runs Created	8.3
.069	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.172	Slugging Percentage	.694
.103	Secondary Average	.389
.069	On Base Percentage	.351
.241	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.046
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
-0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.3
13.0	Batter Rating	54.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	9.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.65
.103	Isolated Power	.361
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.056
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.0	Balls In Play Average	0.3
62.0	MLB Rating	102.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0