⁍ Fernando Tatis Jr. capped a five-run fourth inning with a bases-loaded triple.
⁍ The Padres won three of the four games in the season-opening series.
⁍ Tatis’ line drive was clocked at 107 mph off the bat.
– Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a bases-loaded triple in a five-run fourth inning, and the San Diego Padres went on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Monday. The first six San Diego hitters in the fourth reached base against Arizona starter Luke Weaver, and the big hit was Tatis’ line drive that rolled all the way to the wall in left-center, scoring Greg Garcia, Francisco Mejia, and Edward Olivares. Arizona had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the third against Padres starter Joey Lucchesi. Jurickson Profar opened the fourth by drawing a walk, his fifth walk in four games. Wil Myers followed with a double, sending Profar to third. Profar scored when Greg Garcia singled on a perfectly placed safety squeeze bunt up the first base line. After Weaver hit Francisco Mejia with a pitch to load the bases, rookie Edward Olivares singled, scoring Myers, and putting the Padres ahead 3-2. Tatis then hit a low rocket past Arizona shortstop Nick Ahmed that rolled all the way to the wall in left-center, scoring Garcia, Mejia, and Olivares. Tatis’ line drive was clocked at 107mph off the bat. The Padres won three of the four games in the season-opening series.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/baseball-mlb-sd-ari/tatis-three-run-triple-leads-padres-past-d-backs-idUSMTZXEG7S5IWGMS