For your Padres is matt Waldron and he's coming off a great start in Coors Field when he's able to get ahead early. It allows him to utilize the knuckle ball at a tough time against the Phillies. That's for sure. That's strike three much better start already. De La Cruz will stand in at least hitting 2 81 7 homers and 18 driven in, smashed to center field. A so car no shot into the Padre pen, the team leading eighth for Ellie De La Cruz and the Reds grab an early 10 lead. It looked like Waldron tried to get a sinking fastball down and into lie and just left that out over the plate 443 ft later. He'll come around tag home and put the Reds on the board one and nobody on Spencer steer a right handed batter. They all pitch and a fly ball down the right field line. Long run for fernando. He'll get there covered a bunch of ground. Here's the left hand hitting jake Freeley swinging the bass gets away from a, he's got to throw him out and he was, and that's strikeout number two. For Waldron as the top of the first comes to a close for the Reds. Nick Lodolo, a little more conventional than his counterpart, matt Waldron fastball slider change up. Really the only three pitches that Lodolo throws Jen profar batting leadoff for the first time. Yesterday. It's a high fly ball to left field back, goes, steer at the wall is gone. Quick answer by the Padres in the bottom of the first profar. It's a home run. His fourth of the year ties the game 1 to 1 good sign for the Padres here early. This is something they weren't able to do in that last series, which was answered back after the field score. Well, De La Cruz goes deep in the first. The Padres respond in a big way on a solo shot from Jerson profar. So the home run ties the game 1 to 1 and here is Fernando strikes him out with the home run yesterday. Cronenworth pounds it into the ground of the shortstop. De La Cruz moves to his right field and has plenty of time to make the throw right on target to get cronenworth. Manny Machado will stand in, driven to center Benson way back at the wall, makes the catch Machado gave it a ride but just missed it. So one very quickly gone. Nick Martini will be the batter pitch. This ball stung on a line right by Xander Bogart and into right field. That was the center cut knuckleball and Martini was all over it and now Jer candelario will come to the plate and boy does this guy need to get going? He is scuffling big time lifted to left center. Martini got a good break that's down in the gap. Martini spinning for third. A Zoar from center throws in stop sign at third and Jammer candelario gets off the schneid. The dugout rejoices. A standing double Padres will bring the infield in as Santiago Espinal comes to the plate 2nd and 3rd with one out. That'll do it. Sent to center oar in deep center makes the grab. Both men tag throw to third Martini scores zack fly RB I and the Reds take the lead back. It's 2 to 1. Luke Maley did that a couple of times yesterday. Balk and that's a run. He just balked in Cavalero 31 Reds. I think that there may be saying that he did not come to a complete stop. A discernible stop. Here's the way the rule book reads it. And Todd said, look, you didn't come set. There's nothing I can do about it. So that's a balk. Reds have scored twice here in the second inning. Now, bases are empty, two outs high, fly ball to left field that will stay in the yard pro far in a stepper two and takes care of out number three. So back to back walks here andres now with runners on 1st and 2nd. Nobody out with the designated hitter, Eggy Rosario tried to check, could not hold up and a high heat. The finisher jose is oar is up there now, devastating breaking ball swung through consecutive strikeouts for Lodolo and now two on and two out, it will be left up to kyle Higashi. Struck him out. What a rally for Lodolo three straight punch outs after back to back walk start of the inning. Nice bounce back for Lodolo will. Benson will lead off for the Reds here in the third inning. Benson Scolds one over first. That's down base Benson blazes up to second Tatis from right standing double for Benson one away. Benson still at second base. Spencer steer is fouled out to right and he rips one over third base hit. Wave is on for Benson. He rounds and scores easily. Steer chugs into second. That's his first extra base hit a couple of weeks. Looks like he's getting right and the Reds ahead four one, couple of pitches in this inning for Waldron just kind of stayed right there that ball right down the zone and drops the bat. Jerson Pro far to lead off in the bottom of the third inning. It a leadoff home run back in the first. Lodolo makes it four straight strikeouts bridging the second and third two down. Here's Jake Cronenworth and he struck him out fastball away three up, three down third inning for left hander. Nick Lodolo. Nick Lodolo has been on a nice roll. He has retired. The last six. Padres struck him out. Nasty breaking ball looks so good to a right handed hitter comes out of his hand. He's already seen a couple of fastballs in this at bat and you can just see the reaction immediately on the face and the weak swing there by Machado Xander boards walked first time. Top hand flies off. Lodolo mowed him down. He is now retired eight straight seven by strikeout in that span. He's making it look awfully easy to on just about every different pitch in his arsenal. He's getting strikeouts. Nick Lodolo has set down nine straight seven by strikeout in that time swing and a Miss Maley gathers that's nine strikeouts in the game for now. Too quickly gone here in the fifth. Now he deals with the number nine hitter, kyle Higashioka YOLO Dolo this nick at night special with double digit strikeouts. Unbelievable, 10 strikeouts for nick Lodolo and he is retired 12 in a row and two away 17 in a row. Retired by Lodolo. A season high 11 strikeouts. Nick Lodolo is retired 18 two on two out reds leading it 4 to 1 in the ninth. Santiago Espinal opposite way down base hit wave is on. They're going to challenge Tatis the throw spikes some a safe slide. Martini back side, it's Espinal up to second. The Reds have slam range. It's now 51 2nd and third. Outstanding bit of hitting by Santiago Espinol right there. You could see it in the previous pitch that he wanted to hit the ball to right field and fouled it all this time. He gets a breaking ball up no better pitch to go with the Padres down to their final out. Here's Jake Cronenworth to right center field long run for Ben and, and he is not going to get there, one hops up off the wall and in to second base goes, Cron that breaks up a string of 23 in a row retired. That'll get manny to the plate on the ground into right field. A base hit being sent around here comes the throw, it is cut off and the Padres are on the board 5 to 2 now and he taking advantage of the big hole on the right side, 105 off the bat. He brings his game within three. Xander Bogaards, the batter. Here's a ground ball to shortstop. De La Cruz will fire to first and he throws it second base for boards. Third base for Machado that throw from shortstop Candelaria just didn't have time to react to it. It was thrown so hard from a short distance away. De La Cruz took his time in order to be able to show off the arm all of a sudden the time runner at the plate and has swing and a miss, he struck him out and the Reds take the opener a rare triumph in San Diego 5 to 2 in the final.
