Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres

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Pittsburgh Pirates

56-64, 29-33 Away

Final
2 - 8

San Diego Padres

69-53, 33-29 Home

Pérez beats Pirates following trade, Padres' 19th win in 22 games, Pittsburgh's 10th straight loss

Jake Cronenworth and David Peralta homered for the Padres, who swept six games from the Pirates this season. San Diego (69-53) improved to a season-high 16 games over .500, sweeping the three-game series and winning eight series in a row for the first time since 2007.

Pittsburgh has lost 10 consecutive games for the first time since June 13-22 last year. The Pirates are 1-12 since July 31, the day after the trade deadline.

Pérez (3-5) didn’t get a decision in his first two starts after San Diego obtained him on July 31 for Ronaldys Jimenez, an 18-year-old left-hander in his first professional season.

“He’s been huge,″ Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “He’s just a real veteran guy with moxie and he has the stuff to match it.”

Pérez allowed one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts and a walk.

“I’m pitching different and using different sequences,″ he said. “I used to work too much with my fastball and everybody is ready for that. But I’m trying to slow things down and then go back to the (fastball). I think that’s working and I’m going to continue doing that.”

Mitch Keller (10-7) gave up a season-high eight runs and eight hits in five innings. He is 0-2 in six starts since beating the New York Mets on July 8.

Cronenworth followed singles by Luis Arraez and Jurickson Profar with a home run to right of a Keller sweeper, his 15th home run this season and first since July 20.

“I feel good,″ Cronenworth said. “I didn’t have the greatest month last month but I feel like I was still finding a way to get on base.″

Peralta homered on his 37th birthday, a two-run drive in the third for an 8-0 lead. Signed to a minor league contract in May, Peralta increased his season home run total to six by homering on consecutive days.

“He just continues to take good at-bats,″ Shildt said. “He’s a positive presence on the field and in the clubhouse.”

Rookie Jackson Merrill hit a two-run triple in the third.

Pittsburgh’s Joey Bart homered in the sixth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: RHP Colin Holderman (right wrist) threw his first bullpen session since going on the IL on Aug. 8.

Pirates: RHP Paul Skenes (6-2, 2.25) starts Friday night at Seattle on Friday night after going 0-2 in his last four starts. RHP Logan Gilbert (7-8, 2.91) starts for the Mariners.

Padres: San Diego faces Colorado and RHP Cal Quantrill (7-8, 4.56) on Friday, with RHP Matt Waldon (7-9, 4.00) starting for the Padres.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 54.4%

Pirates: 45.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Joe struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Reynolds struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa singled to right, De La Cruz scored, Grandal to second, Taylor to third.
	9th Inning	Triolo struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Grandal singled to left, Taylor to second, De La Cruz to third.
	9th Inning	Taylor walked, De La Cruz to second.

Statistics

PIT		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
14	Strikeouts	3
2	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	19
39	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
3.2	Runs Created	6.5
.222	Batting Average	.294
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.306	Slugging Percentage	.559
.139	Secondary Average	.353
.282	On Base Percentage	.333
.588	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.892
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.3
19.0	Batter Rating	53.5
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.64
.083	Isolated Power	.265
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
4.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.3	MLB Rating	98.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0