Pushed to the brink in the MLB wild-card round on Thursday, the San Diego Padres returned to a strategy that worked well for them during the regular season: Hit an excessive amount of home runs.
Entering the bottom of the sixth inning, the Padres — down 0-1 in the three-game series — found themselves losing 6-2 against the St. Louis Cardinals.
By the end of the sixth inning, it was a tie game after back-to-back home runs from Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado. One inning later, Wil Myers hit another homer to make it 7-6.