Padres rookie, who hit a home run and made a spectacular diving catch Sunday, has adjusted work as he has noticed energy levels waning
The Padres’ Jackson Merrill celebrates with third base coach Tim Leiper after his two-run homer Sunday against the Rays. He sprinted 83 feet and launched himself across the turf in right-center field to make a diving catch in the bottom of the third inning yesterday. And in the next half-inning, he blasted a fastball 421 feet to center field for a two-run homer.
“Throughout the entire year I’ve gone through my days in the beginning and been energetic the whole day,” he said. “It’s been hard to kind of get through the game and stay with the same energy . … I’ve never been this far. My body is not used to it. Obviously, I want to be there when it matters.”“I’m excited,” he said when asked about the Padres’ playoffs chase. “We’ve been in a pennant race all damn year, dude.
Jason Adam allowed all three runners he inherited from Cease to score, leaving Cease’s final line at five innings, two hits, three runs, three walks and four strikeouts.Pitching coach Ruben Niebla was asked about Cease’s ups and downs before yesterday’s game. The Padres also don’t strike out much, doing so an MLB-low 912 times. Yesterday, they struck out seven times. It was the 12th time this season they had more walks than strikeouts. That is something they did 13 times last season. The last time they had more games with more walks than strikeouts was 2012 .Jake Cronenworth went 5-for-13 with a double, a home run and three walks in his first series at Tropicana Field, the place he at one time thought he would be playing regularly.
“I played in the minors with them, but I never played in the big leagues with them,” he said. “So it’s a little different.”The Padres are finished with games outside the Pacific Time Zone. They have one one flight remaining that will be longer than two hours, 15 minutes. After today’s game at home against the Tigers, which will conclude a run of 18 games without a day off, the Padres have just 22 games in the season’s final 27 days.
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