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Padres come from behind to beat Braves

On the seventh pitch of his first at bat for the San Diego Padres, Gavin Sheets hit a game-tying, pinch-hit home run to center field, making the score, 4-4 in the season opener against the Atlanta Braves.

Holy Sheets pic.twitter.com/qoC5S3CbZp

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The home run ignited the San Diego offense which scored three more runs in the inning to take a 7-4 lead over Atlanta.

Gavin Sheets discussed his pinch hit game-tying home run: pic.twitter.com/qPVi5j416O

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Following the Sheets home run, Jason Heyward, who came in as a pinch runner for Elias Diaz, scored on a sacrifice fly to right field by Luis Arraez.