Michael shot six shutout innings against his former team and Rougned Odor and Matt Carpenter combined to drive every race on Sunday afternoon as the San Diego Padres defeated the visit Boston Red Sox 7-0 to salvage a victory in the final of a three-game series
Wacha extended his scoreless streak to 15 as the victory ended a four-game losing streak for the padreswho won only for the third time in 14 games
Wacha, who took an eighth-inning hit in his previous start, held Boston to five hits and a walk with four strikeouts to go 5-1. Wacha has allowed just one run in his last 25 innings and is 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA in May.
Tom Cosgrove, Nick Martinez and Josh Hader each worked a scoreless inning after Wacha left to finish the padres‘ third shutout of the season
THE padreswho struggled offensively, scored four unearned runs in a disastrous first inning for Red Sox starter Corey Kluber – the rally capped off by Odor’s three-run double and two outs in the right corner of the field. Odor added an RBI double in the sixth for his fourth RBI of the game, surpassing his season total in his first 23 games
Carpenter, who hit a loaded walk first, hit a two-run homer off Boston reliever Richard Bleier in third.
Fernando Tatis Jr. opened the game for the padres by drawing a walk of Kluber. Jake Cronenworth then hit a comebacker that had the potential for a double play. But Kluber fumbled the ball for an error. Xavier Bogaerts took a step to charge the goals. After Juan Soto exited, Carpenter walked to run. Kluber then hit Ha-Seong Kim, extending the padres score with runners in scoring position in the series at 0 for 10
Odor then fired a full break ball down the line, scoring Cronenworth, Bogaerts and Carpenter.
The one-out single from Soto in the third ended Kluber’s day. Carpenter then drove Bleier’s first pitch 363 feet into the right seats to make it 6-0. Kim singled to open the sixth and scored on Odor’s second double.
Kluber (2-5) allowed five runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks with one strikeout in 2 1/3 innings.
–Field-Level Media