sea-ape sehr erfahrener Benutzer Dabei seit: Heute Beiträge: 62 Share Tweet #1 The atmosphere in San Diego on Friday was infinitely more October than April. x

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The atmosphere in San Diego on Friday was infinitely more October than April. The Dodgers were in town for the first of 19 "World Series games" this season vs. the division-rivalPadres. The 15,250 fans at Petco Park, split into blue and brown camps, brought postseason energy.Let's hope that these teams are still battling for first place in the NL West in Game 19 Aaron Hicks Jersey on Sept. 30, because the opener of the season series which the Dodgers won 11-6 in 12 innings was electric.MORE:A six-pack of takeaways from the best game thus far in2021, a 4-hour, 57-minute thrill ride that ended at 3:08 a.m. ET:Fernando Tatis Jr. announced his return in a big wayThe San Diego shortstop mi sed just 10 days after appearing to suffer a serious shoulder injury. He came off the injured list Friday and immediately made up for lost time with a home run to center field against LA starter Walker Buehler.Arrival announced. San Diego Padres (@Padres) The drive turned the intensity inside Petcoup to 11.Unfortunately for Tatis and the Padres, he struck out with the bases loaded to end the bottom of the 10th.Manny Machado played on guts at the endMachado appeared to hurt himselfbatting against LA closer Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the ninth. Machado stayed in and eventually drew a two-out walk to keep the game going.He then stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch before scoring on Eric Hosmer's two-strike, ground-ball single to center.He was uncomfortable the entire trip around the bases but still managed to finish Aaron Judge Jersey the game.Both closers entered in a tie gameJansen came on with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and the go-ahead run in scoring position after the Padres had rallied to tie.Melancon started the top of the ninth in a 5-5 game. Both relievers eventually gave up runs, which sent the game to extras.But the closer usage showed how important the game was to the teams. Jansen was asked to get four outs, Melancon six.The game's intensity also seemed to boost Jansen's fastball. He was touching the mid-90s with it.Yes, the benches clearedDon't bet on that being the only dustup this season. The teams got together in the bottom of the 10th after Dodgers reliever Dennis Santana hit Jorge Mateo in the thigh with a fastball. The twoexchanged glances and words. They wound up standing in front of each other but declined to do anything else. Their teammates didn't need to work hard to hold them back.A look at the benches- Brett Gardner Jersey clearing situation in San Diego.(via ) FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) There might have been more activity if the game wasn't on the line at the time.The Dodgers showed off their unparalleled depthLA received big offensive contributions from rookiesLuke Raley (fifth-inning home run) andZach McKinstry (RBI double in the eighth). They were in for outfielder A.J. Pollock (groin) and second baseman Gavin Lux (wrist), respectively. Joe DiMaggio Jersey The lefty-swinging McKinstry's hit came off Padres left-hander Drew Pomeranz, who was dominant with San Diego last season.McKinstry has hit well enough to receive semi-regular at-bats. He has a .999 OPS in 46 plate appearances.MORE: And while San Diego's bullpenstruggled late (more on that in the final item), LA gave the 11th and 12th innings to David Price, the $32 million left-hander who is the team's No. 3 closer atthe moment behind Jansen and Corey Knebel. Price earned the win with two scorele s frames, striking out four, one night after he notched a save against the Rockies.Things got weird at the endPadres manager Jayce Tingler put second baseman Jake Cronenworth on the mound to finish the 12th after the Dodgers scored three times against Tim Hill, who falteredin his second inning of relief.Hill was the Padres' eighth reliever onthe night. San Diego'snine-man bullpen was short an arm because Craig Stammen Don Mattingly Jersey worked three innings for a save Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh.Cronenworth was a two-way player in the Rays organization, so pitching him in this situation made sense. The odd part of the move was that San Diego starter Joe Musgrove had to come in and play left field because the Padres were also out of position players. Jurickson Profar moved from left to second in place of Cronenworth. And, because the ball finds you, as the baseball saying goes,Musgrove caught a line-drive sacrifice fly hit by ... Price.To add to the crazy, Cronenworth struck out Mookie Betts to end the inning.David Price flies out to Joe Musgrove and Jake Cronenworth strikes out Mookie BettsYou read all of that right Talkin Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) And then Musgrove battedin the bottom of the 12th. Price struck him out.