Mickey Moniak's First Career Grand Slam Powers The Angels To A 7-5 Win Over The Athletics
SAN DIEGO -- — Jurickson Profar hit a grand slam five innings after being in the middle of a benches-clearing dustup, and Manny Machado also hit a dramatic home run as the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 9-7 on Tuesday night in another wild game between the teams.
Profar’s fourth career grand slam and second this season came with one out in the sixth off Derek Law and the Petco Park crowd went wild. Profar craned to watch the ball sail just inside the foul pole and into the home run porch in right field. He tossed his bat aside, patted his chest and gestured to the Padres’ dugout as he began his trot.
Profar, having a career year at 31 and on a $1 million contract, is leading the balloting for NL outfielders for the All-Star Game. It was his 11th homer this season.
Profar said emotions had nothing to do with his grand slam.
“I just have the bases loaded, again, and I was trying to come through for my team,” he said.
With one out in the first, Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz jawed at Profar and put a hand on his shoulder just before his at-bat.
Machado, who was on deck, then put a hand Ruiz’s shoulder as he got in between them, and players and coaches from both teams swarmed onto the field.
Asked to share what happened, Profar said, “Nothing, man, I don’t care about that stuff, always. I like to play baseball. That’s me.”
Profar took exception to Ruiz touching him.
“You can talk, but you can’t touch. At the same time, I’m in a situation that I’ve got to be smart and I don’t want to get suspended or thrown out of the game. It wouldn’t be good for my team.”
It didn’t appear that any punches were thrown. Plate umpire Brian Walsh warned both teams, and then Nationals lefty MacKenzie Gore hit Profar with a pitch but wasn’t ejected.
Padres manager Mike Shildt came onto the field and was ejected by third base umpire Adam Hamari.
Hamari told a pool reporter that the umpires didn’t feel that Gore’s pitch was intentional and that Shildt was ejected for “continuing to argue after being warned.”
Machado then drove the first pitch he saw from Gore (6-7), who made his big league debut with the Padres in 2022, for a two-run home run to send the crowd into a frenzy. Machado watched the ball fly into the seats in left, tossed his bat aside and gestured toward the Padres’ dugout.
The Nationals apparently felt that Profar trolled them after hitting a walk-off, two-run single in the 10th inning in Monday night’s 7-6 win. The Nationals intentionally walked MLB hits leader Luis Arraez to get to Profar, and then Hunter Harvey threw a knockdown pitch. The Nationals had scored three runs in the top of the 10th before the Padres scored four to win it.
After rounding first base, Profar ran to the team celebration and then jogged along the third base side, clapping to the fans, passing Washington's dugout along the way.
“Yesterday after that celebration they told me there were players upset,” he said. “I didn’t even know about them. Who cares. I don’t really care about that stuff.”
Asked if he thought Gore’s pitch was intentional, Profar said: “I thank my on-base percentage.”
Shildt said he didn’t think the pitch was intentional, but wasn’t happy he was ejected.
“I got ejected across the field,” he said. “If you’re going to warn both teams, and the guy gets hit 98 (mph) who’s in the middle of all the issue, we’ve got to do something about that. And it was clearly, ‘No we’re not.’ And so when I realized that immediately, I came out like, ‘He’s got to go.’ So I got thrown out.”
The Nationals took a 4-2 lead Tuesday night on five hits — three of them for extra bases — off rookie Adam Mazur (1-2) in the third. Jesse Winker hit a two-run homer, Lane Thomas had an RBI triple and Jacob Young hit a run-scoring single.
The Padres jumped back into the lead at 5-4 in the fifth on Jake Cronenworth’s RBI single and Donovan Solano’s two-run single.
Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his 20th save.
Mazur, recalled from Triple-A El Paso after Yu Darvish developed elbow inflammation, allowed four runs and six hits in five innings in getting his first big league win.
Gore also went five, allowing five runs and five hits.
CJ Abrams had three hits, including an RBI single in the ninth, and walked twice.
UP NEXT
Nationals LHP DJ Hertz (1-1, 4.50 ERA) and Padres RHP Dylan Cease (6-6, 4.14) are scheduled to start the series finale Wednesday.
------
AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Butch Cut DCJHUNEPZII6DLZZFIAQG6IL3Y E4c62fe83ba001f7651b72102e827d7a 3a388dbca594674f394f931674119576 25d270b479171183b03efc4864ade246 Butch Cut 13 1920x2880 90ec6ac931680de20b47f8862a264b8e 545c471e6ec13fe395d77dfd87c67b3d Ecef4ecef9e64f1f88a2d372d2611412 E3ce53ee54a75c4ad72768a2e4464e0e Widow’s Peak 1950s Mens Hairstyles Short Butch Haircut Marcodamoda Butch Haircut 33 5 Butch Cut 6 Caesar Cut 1950's Elvis Il 1080xN.4237206400 Pf8o 1950s Usa Floyds Barber Shop Book Plate FKCE60 Butch Haircut 33 7 B556a63daa81b1368d4f4f83870ec752 Butch Cut 1 Butch Cut 2 Fdb808d126ddf2e8e0e2091401bcf097 Your Paragraph Text 68 1950s Men Flattop Haircut 680x1022 Flop 1950s Hairstyles For Long Hair Butch Cut 1 1 437cd86442824bb6eb783e36b3c9fd2c 3c4354da75b69bac9282b6cd7af9b65d 068bb1572cadbca54f4b18c8da3948e9 A32055e719b53d01e60b6c5e9fb38c9e VyNxbJBl58 VEqZ 1rskLrMHFShxmd4KR5p1fm8goo ?auto=webp&s=e3c101a1e409add4e672062bd2a1c271686c53d1Mens Vintage Haircut Forward Combed Boogie Hairstyle 1950s