Jesse Hahn shines as the San Diego Padres comeback to defeat the Mariners

San Diego, CA- After rallying back to defeat the Mariners 2-1 last in their first game at home since the loss of Tony Gwynn, the San Diego Padres rallied back once again yesterday to defeat the Mariners 4-1. After losing the first two games of the four game series against the Mariners in Seattle early this week, the San Diego Padres rallied back to win the last two games of the series in San Diego.

The rally wouldn’t have been possible is it wasn’t for the outstanding start by Rookie Jesse Hahn.

Hahn was excellent once again for the Padres, allowing only one unearned run with seven strikeouts in seven innings of work.. After struggling in his Major League debut, Jesse Hahn has been dominant in his last 2 starts improving to (2-1) on the season.

The Mariners scored their only run of the game in the top of the fifth on a two-out RBI single by Robinson Cano to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.

After being held scoreless for the first six innings by Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez, the San Diego Padres were able to get to the Mariners bullpen in the seventh scoring four runs to give the San Diego Padres a 4-1 lead.

Tommy Medica would start off the rally with a leadoff triple off Dominic Leone to begin the inning and would score on an RBI triple by Cameron Maybin to tie the game at 1-1.

Chris Denorfia would then give the San Diego Padres the lead on a pinch-hit RBI single to score Maybin to give the Padres a 2-1 lead. Jace Peterson and Chris Denorfia would score on a two-run single by Everth Cabrera to extend the San Diego Padres lead to 4-1.

Huston Street would close out the game for the San Diego Padres in the 9th for his 20th save of the season to seal the win for the San Diego Padres. Street with another scoreless outing has now lowered his ERA to 0.96 on the season.