MLB

Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball
Washington Nationals
28-47, 15-20 Away
Final
3 - 13
San Diego Padres
37-39, 20-20 Home

Bogaerts, Soto and Kim homer to back Musgrove in the Padres' 13-3 win over the Nationals

The superstar-laden Padres, who have struggled at the plate most of the season to tumble into fourth place in the NL West, scored in double digits in consecutive games for the first time this year. They won 10-0 at San Francisco on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep.

Bogaerts hit a three-run shot, Soto connected to drive in two runs and Kim hit his first career leadoff homer. Soto and Kim each had three RBI.

“It just felt great tonight,” manager Bob Melvin said. “It's a Friday night, you know it's going to be packed and we haven't really put on a show like this with this many runs. Coming off our last homestand we played pretty well. Hopefully we're getting our legs here and playing a lot better at home. Ball's jumping a little more it seems like right now at home too, and that's part of our game.

"These fans deserve a good show; glad we did it tonight.”

Bogaerts, the $280 million shortstop who has been bothered by a sore left wrist, capped the six-run fifth inning with a two-out shot into the left-field seats off Patrick Corbin, his eighth. His last homer came exactly a month earlier, at Washington. Kim hit a two-run single and Manny Machado had an RBI groundout that inning.

Kim drove Corbin's third pitch over the fence in straightaway center field, his seventh.

“He's kind of an engine for us,” Melvin said of Kim. “You put him at the top and now our lineup looks deep all the way to the bottom.”

Said Kim: “If you're leading off, you get a lot of at-bats. That could put pressure on myself, but I try not to think about it. Just be solid, try to get good at-bats all the time.”

Musgrove (6-2) won his third straight start and fifth straight decision over six starts. He held the Nationals to one run and six hits, struck out seven and walked none.

“It looked like the ball was jumping out of his hand better,” Melvin said. “All his pitches were working.”

Soto homered in the eighth, his 14th. He also had an RBI double in the four-run seventh, when Nelson Cruz hit a two-run single and Trent Grisham an RBI double.

Corbin (4-9) allowed seven runs and seven hits in five innings.

Michael Chavis homered in the ninth for the Nationals.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: Melvin said RHP Michael Wacha has shoulder fatigue and will skip his scheduled start Saturday night. ... 1B Jake Cronenworth came out after getting hit by a pitch in the seventh.

UP NEXT

Nationals RHP Josiah Gray (4-6, 3.64 ERA) is scheduled to start the middle game of the series against RHP Matt Waldron, a knuckleballer who'll be making his big league debut in Wacha's place.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 68.6%
Nationals: 31.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Vargas struck out swinging.
9th Inning Abrams doubled to center, Hill scored.
9th Inning Hill doubled to right.
9th Inning Smith grounded out to first.
9th Inning Ruiz lined out to left.
9th Inning Chavis homered to left center (378 feet).

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 2
11 Ground Balls 16
8 Strikeouts 5
3 Runs Batted In 13
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
10 Hits 15
0 Stolen Bases 2
0 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 13
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
37 At Bats 37
1 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
10 Runners Left On Base 16
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
7 Doubles 3
18 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
122 Pitches 162
0 Games Started 0
3 Pinch At Bats 1
2 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
20 Total Bases 27
37 Plate Appearances 44
162.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
8 Extra Base Hits 6
5.5 Runs Created 11.8
.270 Batting Average .405
.667 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.541 Slugging Percentage .730
.270 Secondary Average .514
.270 On Base Percentage .500
.811 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.230
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
5.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 13.2
39.0 Batter Rating 84.0
37.0 At Bats Per Home Run 12.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.30 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.68
.270 Isolated Power .324
0.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.000 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .108
6.0 Runs Produced 26.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.8
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
86.3 MLB Rating 122.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Petco Park

Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 42,510 | Capacity:

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
Full Standings