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(Sports Illustrated) Justin Martinez Notches First Save in Thrilling D-backs Win
Martinez then got ahead of Manny Machado and caught him looking with a great splitter for the second out. The young righty said he really believed he was in the big leagues when he was facing Machado, as the Padres third baseman was one of his idols growing up. It wasn’t over yet however as home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson squeezed Martinez leading to another walk to Xander Bogaerts. Martinez stayed calm and struck out Jake Cronenworth looking with another splitter for the final out.