Six-homer game powers SD to 7-4 win over Washington – Ha-Sung Kim strikes out 3, walks 1

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The San Diego Padres beat the host Nationals 7-4 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on April 24, extending their winning streak to 15 games since the last seven days. It’s the first time they’ve scored seven runs in back-to-back games. They are 22-26 on the season.

The teams were split in home runs. The Padres hit four, the Nationals two. The Padres took a 3-0 lead in the first inning when Zander Bogaerts hit his seventh homer of the season and Brandon Dixon followed with a grand slam in the fourth. But the Nationals answered with a two-run blast in the fifth by CJ Abrams. Game 5. Lane Thomas followed with his seventh solo shot of the season off starter Darvish Yu to tie the game at 3-3.

Abrams was a prospect acquired from the Padres in the Juan Soto trade with the Nationals on Aug. 3 of last year. Starter Mackenzie Gore also changed uniforms with the Nationals in the deal. Gore is a left-hander who was the Padres’ third overall pick in the first round in 2017.

Abrams hit a game-tying home run against the hometown Padres, and this time Soto answered. With a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning, Soto blasted a solo shot that sent the Nationals’ fans into a frenzy. It was Soto’s team-leading ninth home run of the season. Gore didn’t make it out of the fifth inning, allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks in 4.2 innings against the Padres’ bats.

Padres starter Darvish Yu works the ball hard against a Washington Nationals batter. The six-inning, three-run quality start improved to 3-0 on the season. Washington, DC|USA TODAY SportsYonhap News

Third baseman Kim Ha-seong was batting second because of the left-handed starter. But after going hitless in his previous four at-bats, including one strikeout, he led off the eighth inning with a single to right. His batting average dropped to .235. Darvish improved to 3-3 on the season with a quality start, allowing three runs on six hits (two homers) with one walk and four strikeouts in six innings.

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