In a battle of 2018 Cy Young winners, Blake Snell pitched well through four innings and wilted in the fifth, while Jacob deGrom faced the minimum number of Padres batters through six, striking out ten of them and not allowing a runner past first base. deGrom also drove in two runs with a one-out single in the fifth inning, delivering the final blow to Snell that knocked him out of the game with a 3-0 deficit.
Billy McKinney broke the 0-0 tie in the fifth inning with an RBI double that scored Kevin Pillar from second base. A walk to José Peraza and a Snell balk advanced both runners to second base, setting deGrom up for the most impactful hit of the night.