{"id":35146,"date":"2022-08-04T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T09:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/juan-sotos-debut-couldnt-have-gone-better-for-padres\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T09:36:14","slug":"juan-sotos-debut-couldnt-have-gone-better-for-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/juan-sotos-debut-couldnt-have-gone-better-for-padres\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto&#8217;s debut couldn&#8217;t have gone better for Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>SAN DIEGO \u2014 The sellout crowd came to cheer Juan Soto in his first game with the San Diego Padres.  It went bonkers when Brandon Drury hit a grand slam on the first pitch he saw with his new team.<\/p>\n<p>Feeding off the energy of Soto and the crowd, the new-look Padres routed the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on an electric Wednesday night at Petco Park. <\/p>\n<p>The crowd of 44,652 was animated even before the game started, and gave Soto a standing ovation as her ran out to his position in right field in the first inning, and then again when he came to the plate in the bottom of the inning.  He drew a walk to start a five-run rally that was capped with Drury&#8217;s grand slam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels very cool.  It brings a lot of emotions for me,\u201d said Soto, the 23-year-old generational talent whose acquisition along with Josh Bell in a blockbuster trade with Washington gave a jolt to both the team and the city.  \u201cIt feels amazing how they cheered for me.  They gave us the energy to go out there and play hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Before the game, Soto, one of the game&#8217;s best young hitters, said he was happy Bell was included in the trade.  The two were flown to San Diego on a private jet Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I never realized I was going to be traded together.  I was thinking probably by myself,\u201d Soto said.  \u201cWhen I realized I was coming with Josh, we have a great relationship and I was more excited and more pumped because he&#8217;s coming and I know what kind of guy he is and what he brings to the table.  I&#8217;m more than excited to share another clubhouse with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manny Machado, who has carried the Padres most of the season, homered leading off the fifth and finished a triple short of the cycle in San Diego&#8217;s fifth straight win.  Jake Cronenworth had a two-run shot.  The big beneficiary was left-hander Blake Snell (4-5), who struck out nine in six innings and won his third straight start.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres unveiled their new-look lineup with Soto batting second and Bell hitting cleanup a day after they were obtained Tuesday in one of the biggest deadline deals ever.  Drury was also obtained on Tuesday, from Cincinnati, and put a charge into the already festive atmosphere with a grand slam off Chad Kuhl with one out in the first<\/p>\n<p>Soto walked, Machado doubled and Bell walked to load the bases before Cronenworth was hit by a pitch to bring in Soto.  Drury then drove the first pitch he saw from Kuhl into the seats in left-center and the fans went nuts.  It was his second career grand slam and 21st homer this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Juan Soto lashes a single during the Padres&#8217; 9-1 win over the Rockies.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was just running on adrenaline,\u201d Drury said.  \u201cThe fans were incredible tonight.  First at-bat, bases loaded, I was just running on pure adrenaline.  Really excited to be here.  It was pretty special for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drury said he went out to stretch 25 minutes before the game \u201cand the fans were just going nuts.  I was out there warming up and I was just like pumped up, ready to go.  It was definitely an amazing day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the pre-game hitters&#8217; meeting, Melvin told the players, \u201cIt&#8217;s going to be like this.  It really has been all been all year.  When you bring in guys like this, it takes it to a different level.  We just wanted to let them know that this is going to be pretty cool.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Juan-Soto-2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C755&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Juan Soto shares a laugh with new teammate Nomar Mazara during the Padres' win. \" class=\"wp-image-23326545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Juan-Soto-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Juan-Soto-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Juan-Soto-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Juan-Soto-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Juan Soto shares a laugh with new teammate Nomar Mazara during the Padres&#8217; win. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBefore we even took the field it was,\u201d Melvin said \u201cIt seemed like the place was packed even before the game started.  It was rare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soto singled, walked twice, scored once and grounded out twice.  Bell had two walks and scored twice.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin said Soto \u201cseems to bring some energy.  You see him backing up first base on ground balls;  there&#8217;s just a lot he brings to the table.  Obviously on base, what he does swinging the bat.  The fans seemed to embrace very quickly.  He&#8217;s just one of those guys who has a lot of energy around him and I think everybody felt that today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soto is under contract for two seasons beyond this year and said he&#8217;s not thinking about anything after that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m just thinking about winning,\u201d he said before the game.  \u201cI&#8217;m just coming to this clubhouse to bring the energy that I have, all the good vibes that I have to bring here, to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Snell, he had a third straight strong start.  He held the Rockies to one run and four hits in six innings, with no walks.  His four wins this season have come in his last five starts.  After receiving just 15 runs of support in his first 11 starts, he has received 19 runs of support in his last two starts.<\/p>\n<p>Kuhl (6-7) allowed nine runs and eight hits in five innings, struck out four and walked three.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO \u2014 The sellout crowd came to cheer Juan Soto in his first game with the San Diego Padres. It went bonkers when Brandon Drury hit a grand slam on the first pitch he saw with his new team. Feeding off the energy of Soto and the crowd, the new-look Padres routed the Colorado &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/juan-sotos-debut-couldnt-have-gone-better-for-padres\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Juan Soto&#8217;s debut couldn&#8217;t have gone better for Padres<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[3434,1055,661,3441,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35066,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/brandon-drury-hit-a-grand-slam-on-the-first-pitch-he-saw-as-a-san-diego-padre\/","url_meta":{"origin":35146,"position":0},"title":"Brandon Drury hit a grand slam on the first pitch he saw as a San Diego Padre","date":"August 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to San Diego, Brandon Drury.The San Diego Padres made a humongous deal at Tuesday's trade deadline, acquiring young slugger Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals for a haul of prospects. 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