Game one: Friday May 13

Throughout the first game of the series, the San Diego Padres had an exciting game as they dominated the Atlanta Braves. Yu Darvish pitched a great game through the fifth inning allowing nine hits including a solo home run to William Contreras.Max Fried, who pitches for the Braves, struggled pitching and was taken out of the game during the sixth inning after giving up a solo home run to Will Myers. Throughout the rest of the game, the Braves used their bullpen that suffered pitching allowing seven hits including an RBI double to Trent Grisham in the ninth inning.After the fifth inning, the Padres used their bullpen that pitched excellent allowing a two run home run to Dansby Swanson in the sixth inning. During the ninth inning, Taylor Rodgers came in to relieve the Padres bullpen and did a phenomenal job not allowing any hits securing the win for the Padres. 

Game two: Saturday May 14

During the second game, it was very difficult to watch as the Padres fell short due to their bullpen giving up the lead. Sean Manaea pitched an incredible game through the seventh inning allowing three hits including a solo home run to Matt Olson in the first inning. Charlie Morton, who pitches for the Braves, did a fabulous job pitching through the sixth inning allowing two hits including an RBI double to Trent Grisham in the fifth inning. After the seventh inning, the Padres used their bullpen that struggled allowing three hits including a two run home run to Marcell Ozuna. During the seventh inning, the Braves used their bullpen that did a fantastic job allowing two hits including an RBI single to Jorge Alfaro in the eighth inning. In the ninth inning, Kenley Jenson, who is the closing pitcher for the Braves, came in to relieve their bullpen and did an outstanding job not allowing any hits giving the Braves a win to tie the series. 

Game three: Sunday May 15th

In the last game of the series, the Padres had quite the game as they destroyed the braves in extra innings. Joe Musgrove pitched a phenomenal game through six innings allowing four hits including a solo homer to Dansby Swanson in the fourth inning. Kyle Wright, who is a pitcher for the Braves, pitched an amazing game through the sixth inning allowing three hits including a single to Will Myers in the fifth inning. After the sixth inning, the Padres used their bullpen that did a fantastic job allowing a single to Matt Olson in the tenth inning. During the seventh inning, the Braves used their bullpen for the rest of the game that allowed a sacrifice fly to Austin Nola which tied the game in the seventh inning. In the eleventh inning, the Padres were finally able to get some runs on the board starting with an RBI double from Ha-Seong Kim followed by two RBI singles from Will Myers and Jurickson Profar. After that inning, Taylor Rodgers came into the game to relieve the Padres bullpen and did an incredible job not allowing any hits so the Padres took the series against the Braves.

Personally, I think the Padres are doing an outstanding job so far this season and have a bright future ahead of them. The Padres are currently half a game away from the LA Dodgers who are in first place at the moment which is absolutely amazing and I’m very proud of how far they have come. Hopefully the Padres can continue playing their hearts out and wish them the best for the rest of the season.

Sincerely,

Taylor Leonard aka Beyond The Bases.