MONTERREY, Mexico -- The Padres wasted no time putting Friday's Dodgers no-hitter in their rearview mirror. Two swings into Saturday's game, they already held a two-run lead.
But the night's biggest hack came in the sixth, courtesy of newly promoted Padres catcher Raffy Lopez. With San Diego trailing by one, Lopez sent a booming two-run home run into the right-field bullpen. The Padres bullpen did the rest, icing a 7-4 victory with 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball.
Lopez's dinger was the exclamation point on a bounceback performance for the offense.