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Josh Bell, Trent Grisham, Jurickson Profar and Manny Machado all
went deep for San Diego as Scherzer gave up the most homers he
has surrendered in a postseason game. The four tied his highest
from any regular-season game, a figure the three-time Cy Young
Award reached three times previously.
The fifth-seeded Padres will go for the sweep Saturday night
behind left-hander Blake Snell. The Mets had yet to officially
announce a starter, but it is expected they will send their
co-ace -- two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom -- to the
mound in the must-win contest.
Game 3, if necessary, would be played Sunday night in New York.
The winner of the series advances to face the top-seeded Los
Angeles Dodgers in the NL Division Series.
Scherzer ran into trouble immediately when Profar blooped a
single on the first pitch of the game before Bell hit a two-out
homer well into the left field seats. Grisham hit a solo shot
with two outs in the second, after which Scherzer retired seven
straight before Ha-Seong Kim singled leading off the fifth.
On consecutive one-out pitches in the fifth, Scherzer gave up a
ground-rule double to Austin Nola and a three-run homer to
Profar as the Padres extended the lead to 6-0.
After Juan Soto grounded out, Machado homered to left. The
All-Star third baseman shouted while sprinting around the bases
as New York manager Buck Showalter trudged to the mound to
relieve Scherzer, who received a loud chorus of boos on his way
to the dugout.
The seven runs were the most ever allowed by Scherzer in a
playoff game. His postseason ERA rose from 3.22 to 3.58 after
giving up seven runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. Scherzer
struck out four without issuing a walk.
Darvish allowed six hits -- including Eduardo Escobar's one-out
homer in the fifth -- and walked none while fanning four. He is
3-0 a 0.86 ERA in three starts against the Mets this season.
Escobar had two hits, and teammate Starling Marte, who hadn't
played since Sept. 6 due to a broken right middle finger, had
two hits and two stolen bases.
Profar and Kim each had two hits for the Padres. Robert Suarez
and Luis Garcia each tossed a scoreless inning to close out the
win.
--By Jerry Beach, Field Level Media
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