SAN DIEGO — \u2014\u00a0Gavin Sheets\u00a0hit a tying double and then scored the go-ahead run while the\u00a0Cincinnati Reds\u00a0misplayed three consecutive bunts by the Padres in the seventh inning, sending San Diego to a 6-2 victory Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freddy Fermin\u00a0homered in his third consecutive game and drove in two runs for\u00a0the Padres, who were struggling offensively for yet another night until they found a highly unorthodox way out of their slump and into just their third win in 14 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Sheets doubled in\u00a0Xander Bogaerts\u00a0to chase starter\u00a0Andrew Abbott\u00a0(4-4), the next three San Diego batters bunted against\u00a0Tejay Antone\u00a0\u2014 and the Reds couldn\u2019t field any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jase Bowen\u00a0and\u00a0Samad Taylor\u00a0got credit for singles when Antone and his infielders failed to play their bunts cleanly, with Sheets scoring the tiebreaking run on what appeared to be a safety squeeze attempt by Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Antone was then charged with a fielding error on Fermin\u2019s bunt, although the reliever shook it off and escaped the bases-loaded, nobody-out jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bowen and Taylor, the Padres\u2019 two recent outfield callups, contributed more than just big bunts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taylor added a two-run single in the Padres’ three-run eighth, while Bowen had two hits and stole the first two bases of his major league career. Taylor also threw out\u00a0Matt McLain\u00a0at home to end the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abbott pitched four-hit ball into the seventh with six strikeouts for\u00a0the Reds, who have lost five straight and nine of 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walker Buehler\u00a0held the Reds to one run despite giving up eight hits over 4 2\/3 rocky innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fermin homered in the third to extend an improbable power streak for a catcher who had only 20 homers in his five-year major league career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Reds went ahead in the sixth when\u00a0Noelvi Marte\u00a0singled and scored on\u00a0Edwin Arroyo’s sacrifice fly against winner\u00a0Adrian Morejon\u00a0(5-1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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