MEXICO CITY — Manny Machado put San Diego forward within the seventh inning together with his second homer and the eleventh of the night time, and the San Diego Padres outslugged the San Francisco Giants 16-11 Saturday night time in Main League Baseball’s first sport in Mexico Metropolis.
Nelson Cruz, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis and Xander Bogaerts additionally went deep for the Padres, who outhomered the Giants 6-5 and outhit them 17-13 within the skinny air of Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, which opened in 2019. At 7,349 toes above sea degree, this two-game collection is the very best elevation for giant league video games. MLB’s earlier regular-season journeys to Mexico have been for video games in Monterrey.
San Francisco’s Brandon Crawford, LaMonte Wade Jr. and Mitch Haniger homered off Joe Musgrove. Blake Sabol hit a two-run homer within the seventh in opposition to Steven Wilson that tied the rating 10-10, and David Villar homered 5 pitches later.
That lead did not final lengthy in opposition to the Padres, who have been the house staff and scored in seven of eight innings during which they batted.
Earlier than a crowd of 19,611, Tatis doubled off Tyler Rogers (0-1) and Machado hit his fourth house run of the season. The Padres tacked on 4 extra runs within the eighth, when Trent Grisham hit a two-run double and Cruz had a two-run single.
Cruz went 5 for six with 4 RBIs and have become the oldest participant to homer for the Padres when he went deep main off the third inning in opposition to Sean Manaea. Cruz was 42 years, 302 days, surpassing Rickey Henderson at 42 years, 283 days on Oct. 4, 2001.
Soto and Bogaerts homered on consecutive pitches from Jakob Junis within the fourth, and Tatis and Machado went deep in a three-pitch span in opposition to Junis within the fifth. After each house run, the Padres celebrated by topping the hitter with a inexperienced, pink, white and black sombrero that Tatis picked up throughout promotional occasions Friday.
Bogaerts grew to become the primary participant to homer in regular-season video games in 4 nations, including to his earlier drives within the U.S., Canada and England.
Tom Cogrove (1-0), a 26-year-old left-hander who performed at Manhattan School, received in his main league debut within the seventh for the Padres. He relieved within the seventh with a runner at third and retired Joc Pederson on a groundout.
Thairo Estrada had 4 hits, and Estrada and Haniger every drove in three runs.
San Francisco wore black jerseys with “Los Gigantes” throughout the chest whereas San Diego was in its Nike Metropolis Join uniforms of pink, gold and inexperienced on white.
The Giants trailed 3-0 and 5-2, went forward 8-5 with a six-run fourth and fell behind 9-8 within the fifth. After holding the Padres scoreless for the one time within the sixth inning, the Giants took an 11-10 lead within the seventh.
Manaea allowed 5 runs and 5 hits in simply two innings, and Musgrove gave up seven runs and 6 hits in 3 1/3 innings.
The Related Press contributed to this story.