Tatis Jr., Severino, Skubal and Ragans leave their teams one win away from advancing to the phase

Fernando Tatís Jr. was the main architect of the Padres’ victory over the Braves / Photo: MLB

Fernando Tatis Jr., Luis Severino, Tarik Skubal and Cole Ragans were protagonists this Tuesday of the luck that has their teams one win away from conquering the wild card series of the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason.

Padres beat Braves

Dominican Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a two-run homer and Michael King (1-0) struck out 12 batters in seven scoreless innings in the San Diego Padres’ 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the duel for advancement to the National League Division Series.

Kyle Higashioka added a two-run homer for the Padres, who will try to close the series this Wednesday at Petco Park in San Diego.

Brewers fell to Mets

Dominican right-hander Luis Severino (1-0) withstood the attack of the Milwaukee Brewers for six innings in which they scored four runs, three of them earned, and struck out three batters in the game that put the New York Mets York is one step away from winning its wild card series in the National League, after winning with a score of 8-4.

The Dominican Mark Vientos contributed two and drove in two, the Cuban JD Martínez two RBIs, his compatriot José Iglesias scored one and drove in another, and the Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor added another.

Venezuelans William Contreras, with two RBIs, and Jackson Chourio, with one run scored and one RBI, stood out in the Brewers’ offense, which featured four innings of three runs from the Dominican Freddy Peralta.

Astros lost to Tigres

Left-hander Tarik Skubal (1-0), winner of the triple pitching crown in the regular series, pitched six innings in which he only allowed four hits and walked one, but struck out six in the duel that won against the Dominican Framber Valdez (0-1) and the Houston Astros. Detroit triumphed with a score of 3-1.

Dominican Wenceel Pérez contributed a goal to Tigres’ victory.

Orioles shut out Royals

Cole Ragans (1-0) left the mound after six scoreless innings due to cramps and Bobby Witt Jr. drove in the only run in the Kansas City Royals’ 1-0 victory.

Corbin Burnes (0-1) worked for eight one-score innings, but the Baltimore offense did not respond and took the loss.

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