SAN DIEGO -- After starting pitcher Ian Kennedy gave up a home run and a triple, relief pitcher Brandon Maurer was called to the mound in the seventh with the tying run on third with no outs in Saturday's game against the Marlins.
It wasn't the most ideal situation for a relief pitcher, but Maurer was able to get three straight outs to end the inning, as the Padres defeated Miami, 3-1.
"Whenever you can not give up anybody else's run it's a good day," Maurer said. "[I] kept the momentum going, got us back in the dugout, we ended up scoring another, handed the ball over to the rest of the bullpen and got it done.