Padres beat Reds 4-3 in 10 innings on Tatis’ sacrifice fly

Fernando Tatis Jr Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego Fernando Tatis Jr hit a sacrifice fly in the th inning to bring in Jake Cronenworth and the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds - on Monday night Former Padres right-hander Nick Martinez - started the th for the Reds and committed a throwing error on Freddy Ferm n s bunt that moved Cronenworth the automatic runner to third Tatis then lifted a fly ball to left field to drive in the run and was mobbed by his teammates near first base Jackson Merrill hit a tying two-run triple with two outs in the sixth inning for the Padres Wandy Peralta - got the last out in the top of the th San Diego came into the night one contest behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West The Padres continue to hold the second of three NL wild-card spots three games ahead of the New York Mets Red Rover Red Rover send Croney right over pic twitter com IZ A xIqus San Diego Padres Padres September The Reds took a - lead on TJ Friedl s leadoff homer Elly De La Cruz s RBI single in the third and Austin Hays one-out shot in the sixth all off Yu Darvish Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched two-hit ball for five scoreless innings before Scott Barlow took over and allowed Tatis leadoff single and Gavin Sheets two-out RBI double Barlow walked Ram n Laureano before making way for Brent Suter who allowed Merrill s triple to right-center Friedl the center fielder had the ball hit off his glove as he tried to make a running catch just inside the warning track The -year-old Darvish allowed three runs and six hits in innings Key stat Darvish has allowed at least one homer in each of his last seven starts Key moment Tatis provided the Padres with their seventh walk-off win of the season and third in extra innings Up next Reds RHP Zack Littell - ERA and Padres RHP Michael King - are scheduled to start Tuesday night King will be activated from his second stint on the injured list left knee inflammation