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Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, puts Padres over Athletics

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a slider 406 feet to left field in the top of the seventh inning off Luis Severino to put the San Diego Padres ahead of the Athletics in Sacramento by a score of 5-3 en route to a win, Monday night.

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The Tatis Jr. home run proved to be the game winner because Athletics first baseman Tyler Soderstrom hit his second home run of the night in the bottom of the seventh to make the score, 5-4.

The Athletics and the Padres each put a runner on in the bottom of the eighth inning and the top of the ninth inning respectively.