Hunter Renfroe Hits First Career Grand Slam in Victory Over Dodgers

The Padres rookie also notched a 3 run homer in the 1st inning

This may be the final home series of the year for the Padres, but rookie outfielder Hunter Renfroe was out to prove he’s just getting started. The recent AAA call up was two for four in San Diego’s victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers with seven RBI. Let me break this down for you.

In the bottom of the first inning, Kenta Maeda was on the mound for the Dodgers but the Friars already had two men on base. Renfroe was up next and hit a homerun to left field. Jon Jay and Yangervis Solarte scored and the Padres took an early 3-0 lead.

Righty Paul Clemens was on the hill for the Padres. In five innings of work he only allowed three hits and one earned run off of a Chase Utley home run in the third inning. Jose Torres stepped in to relieve Clemens in the sixth inning. Torres got himself out of a bases loaded situation later in that inning. Kevin Quackenbush, Brad Hand and Jose Dominguez came in to finish the game.

Clemens was done after six but Renfroe had to finish his offensive performance. In the eighth inning, the rookie hit his first career grand slam to put the Padres over the top 7-1. In case you lost count that means Renfroe was responsible for every run in Tuesday night’s game. I have a feeling we’ll get to see a lot more of him in the 2017 season. The Padres host the Dodgers in the second of three games on Wednesday.

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