With the San Diego Padres up 3-2 in the series opener in Nationals Park, a hanging slider to debuting infielder Carter Kieboom went out over the center field wall for a game-tying solo home run.
Kieboom’s first MLB hit tied it up at 3-3, but Sean Doolittle gave up a go-ahead homer in the top of the 9th that won it for the visitors, 4-3 Padres final in the first of three in Washington, D.C.
Scherzer vs San Diego: Max Scherzer was solid in his first two starts, but struggled in the next three before tonight’s turn in the nation’s capital, putting up a 5.