SAN DIEGO -- Fernando Tatis Jr. -- tired, frustrated, maybe even a little bored from all that time standing in the outfield -- couldn't help but crack a smile as he approached third base on his home run trot. The San Diego Padres hadn't produced a hit in 10 innings and hadn't registered a single extra-base hit in a game that by that point had reached the bottom of the 15th.
But of course, Tatis, 0-for-6 to that point on the night and riding a 1-for-24 slump, hit a game-tying home run after the Los Angeles Dodgers finally scored a run in the top half of the inning.