Gonzo, Kouz go yard for Padres over Nats
Author: Amanda Category: UncategorizedNearly two months into the season, the San Diego Padres have yet to win three straight games.
That will change if they can beat the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
“One more. Let’s get one more,” Adrian Gonzalez said after he and Kevin Kouzmanoff homered on consecutive pitches with two outs in the seventh inning to give the Padres a 4-2 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night in a matchup of last-place teams.
“Let’s get some of kind of winning streak and see if we can build on that,” Gonzalez said. “It’s good to get two in a row. Let’s go out there tomorrow and have the same intensity and excitement and hopefully we can get something rolling.”
The worst team in the NL, the Padres (20-33) have won consecutive games only four times this season.
Gonzalez’s opposite-field shot to left on an 0-1 pitch from Charlie Manning (0-1) was his 10th homer in May and 15th overall. He hit a three-run shot with two outs in the 18th inning on Sunday to give the Padres a 12-9 win over Cincinnati.
