The San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday night 2-1 as Fernando Tatis scored the winning run n a wild pitch in the 9th inning.
One day Fernando Tatis Jr. thought he might done for the season, he provided one of the Padres most memorable wins of the season.
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WATCH HEREWith the score tied at 1, Tatis led off the 9th inning with a double to left field. After Luis Arraez failed to advacne Tatis on a groundout, Tatis then stole 3rd base. After a Manny Machado strike oout, it looked like Tatis lead-off double might go to wast, but then a David Bednar wild pitch bounced just a few feet away from home plate and Tatis raced home, just beating the throw and tag with the eventual winning run.
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The super 9th inning from Tatis comes just one day after getting hit by a pitch in his left forearm. Initially, Tatis feared his season would be over after getting beaned in the forearm. However, X-rays were negative and outside of a large welt, the injury turned out to be contusion. Tatis was back in the starting lineup Saturday.
The Padres other run in this victory came courtesy of a 7th inning home run from Machado, just his 3rd of the season.
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