SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth homered, doubled, singled and had five RBIs, and Sean Manaea pitched seven strong innings to beat former teammate Chris Bassitt in the San Diego Padres' 13-2 rout of the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
Cronenworth, who struggled at the plate earlier this season, fell a triple shy of his second career cycle. He collected the Padres' third cycle on July 16 in a 24-8 win at Washington. The Padres have never had a cycle in San Diego. New York's Eduardo Escobar had the first cycle in Petco Park's 19-season history on Monday night.
Jurickson Profar had two hits, drove in three runs and scored three times for the Padres, whose 13 runs were a season high. Manny Machado had two RBI doubles. Cronenworth and Kim Ha-seong also scored three runs apiece for San Diego, which has won five of six.
The Mets lead the National League at 38-21 even after dropping two of three in San Diego, their third series loss this season. They committed three errors and were without slugger Pete Alonso and outfielder Starling Marte, who were injured in a 7-0 loss Tuesday night.
Cronenworth singled in the third and scored on Machado's double. He hit a two-run double with one out in a five-run fourth to knock out Bassitt.
Cronenworth then launched a three-run shot into the home run porch down the right field line with two outs in the fifth. It was his sixth. The left-handed hitter walked in the seventh.
Manaea (3-3) held the Mets to two runs, one earned, and three hits. He struck out three and walked three.
Bassitt (4-4) lasted only 3 1/3 innings. He allowed seven runs, six earned, while striking out six and walking two.
FORMER TEAMMATES
Manaea and Bassitt were teammates with the Oakland Athletics from 2016-21 and Bob Melvin was their manager. Melvin, in his first year as Padres skipper, said watching the matchup was going to be “weird. In a perfect world I'd probably like to watch this one a few rows up and not have to pull one way or another. I know between the two of them they're pretty excited about it. They would like to take the DH out of play today and have them both hit but that's not going to happen. I spent a lot of time with both of these guys so it's going to be kind of a surreal feeling.”
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: Alonso and Marte got promising diagnoses from injuries suffered Tuesday night. Both are hoping to avoid the injured list and could be back in a matter of days. Alonso was hit in his right hand by a pitch Tuesday, but X-rays and a CT scan showed no fractures. The slugger is tied for the NL lead with 16 homers. Marte left Tuesday night's game with quad tightness but said he was feeling better. The Mets are off Thursday before opening a three-game series at the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Padres: Melvin said the next bone scan on SS Fernando Tatis Jr.'s surgically repaired left wrist won't be until next week, probably on Monday. The Padres want to see enough progress before letting the superstar start taking swings. He reportedly was hurt in a motorbike accident in the Dominican Republic.
UP NEXT
Mets: Hadn't announced a starter for Friday night against the Angels.
Padres: RHP Joe Musgrove (6-0, 1.64 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday night in the opener of a four-game series against Colorado that includes a doubleheader on Saturday. Musgrove lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the eighth inning of a 7-0 win at Milwaukee on Friday. The Padres are 9-1 in his starts. Colorado will counter with RHP Chad Kuhl (4-2, 3.17).
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