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San Diego Padres @ New York Mets

2026-08-18 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 35508 · 80°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 6 mph, Out To LF · 3:03

San Diego Padres defeated New York Mets 5–2. San Diego Padres opened the scoring in the 1st — Fernando Tatis Jr. homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Fernando Tatis Jr. homers (15) on a fly ball to right center field. Jake Cronenworth scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SDN	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	11	1
NYN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis RF	5	2	2	3	0	1
Luis Rengifo LF	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jase Bowen LF	1	1	1	0	0	0
Manny Machado 3B	4	1	3	1	1	1
Ty France 1B	5	0	1	1	0	2
Jackson Merrill CF	4	0	0	0	0	4
Xander Bogaerts SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Hays DH	4	0	1	0	0	1
Freddy Fermin C	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Cronenworth 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor SS	5	0	0	0	0	2
Bo Bichette 3B	5	0	2	0	0	2
Luis Robert CF	4	1	1	1	0	1
Carson Benge RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Francisco Alvarez DH	3	0	0	0	1	1
Christopher Morel 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Marcus Semien 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0
A.J. Ewing LF	3	0	0	0	1	3
Luis Torrens C	3	1	2	1	0	0
Jared Young PH	1	0	0	0	0	0