SAN DIEGO (AP) – Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs, including a 447-foot grand slam, and drove in six runs for the Padres in Sunday’s 9-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, leaving San Diego unbeatable. a stay of nine games in a row at home.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres flips the bat after his grand slam in the game against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo / Derrick Tuskan)
The 22-year-old superstar created the craze on a sunny afternoon at Petco Park when he sent a pitch on a 1-0 count that Robert Duggers aimed at the base of the batter’s eye into center field with one out in the seventh inning.
Knowing that the fence had been blown off, Tatis took a few steps and holding the bat threw it aside before starting to jog.
It was his 13th home run this season and the second grand slam of his career. The first occurred on August 17 in Texas and sparked the “Slam Diego,” a streak of four grand slams by the Padres in four straight games, which had never happened in baseball.
Tatis also hit a 441-foot home run to the second floor of the Petco Park bleachers early in the second inning and a single to take the lead during a three-run sixth inning.
Tatis has 11 hits, including four home runs and 12 RBIs in four games since leaving the COVID-19 list on Wednesday.
The Padres took a three-game series against St. Louis, Colorado and Seattle. They have won 12 of their last 13 games.
For the Padres, the Dominicans Tatis Jr. 3-3 with three runs scored and six RBIs, and Jorge Mateo 1-0. Puerto Rican Víctor Caratini 3-0 with scored and RBI.
For the Mariners, Venezuelan José Godoy 4-1 with an RBI.
