JJ Bleday homered and knocked in three runs while Gio Urshela added three hits and three RBIs as the Athletics won their first game in their temporary home in West Sacramento, Calif., stopping the San Diego Padres 10-4 on Tuesday night.
The Athletics battered San Diego with 13 hits, with the bottom five spots in the order going 11-for-19. Jacob Wilson added three hits and scored two runs, while Miguel Andujar collected two hits, two runs and an RBI.
Jeffrey Springs (2-1) benefited from the support, going six innings to pick up the win. He allowed seven hits and four runs (three earned) with two walks and four strikeouts.
Dylan Cease (1-1) took a pounding in four innings for the Padres, yielding nine hits and nine runs with three walks and four strikeouts. It was one of a few unfortunate developments for a team that came in with the National League’s best record at 9-2.
After putting Jackson Merrill (hamstring) on the injured list before the game, San Diego had to hook second baseman Jake Cronenworth after the top of the third and right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. before the bottom of the fifth with apparent injuries.
The Padres took a 3-0 first-inning lead for the second straight game. Manny Machado belted his first homer of the season and Yuli Gurriel added an RBI double. The third run scored on a throwing error by Urshela at third.
But that advantage didn’t last long as the Athletics unleashed a six-run first on Cease, all with two outs. Bleday laced a two-run double and scored on Andujar’s RBI single. Urshela rapped a two-run double and scored on Max Muncy’s RBI single.
Xander Bogaerts made it 6-4 in the second with a sacrifice fly but the Athletics responded with three runs in the third. Left fielder Oscar Gonzalez overran Wilson’s single, permitting two runs to score, and Urshela laced an RBI double inside third base to cash in Wilson for a 9-4 lead.
Bleday capped the scoring with his first homer of the season leading off the bottom of the seventh.
–Field Level Media
