SAN DIEGO -- Technically,
Indeed, the resumption of the July 21 game between the Padres and Braves featured all sorts of quirks. But it ended the same way they left it -- with the Padres up by one run at a soggy ballpark. On the strength of Tatis’ homer, the Padres beat the Braves, 6-5, completing a game they led, 5-4, when it was suspended because of rain at Truist Park in Atlanta.
\n\nAdam Duvall, who was not a Brave when this game started, just homered off Daniel Hudson, who was not a Padre when this game started. It's tied at 5. (Duvall and Hudson actually played each other that day. Duvall's Marlins won.)
— AJ Cassavell (@AJCassavell) September 25, 2021
The Braves, technically still the home team, tied it in the bottom of the sixth on Duvall’s home run. That increased Duvall’s home run total to 38, but it will officially go down as his 22nd because he entered July 21 with 21 homers. Strangely enough, Duvall’s Marlins actually faced Hudson’s Nationals on July 21. Both would be dealt before the Trade Deadline the following week.
Tatis put the Padres on top again in the top of the seventh inning (the final inning of the game, which was originally part of a doubleheader). Similar to Duvall, Tatis was credited with his 30th homer, picking up from his stats on July 21. He took a 3-2 fastball from Braves lefty Will Smith and sent it to the beach area at Petco Park -- rarefied territory for a right-handed hitter.\n\n“You always feel good with Tatis at the plate,” said Padres manager Jayce Tingler. “That was just a great at-bat. He was on some pitches, laid off some tough pitches, got it to 3-2. To be able to drive the ball just a touch right of center, in the night -- impressive. But we’ve seen him do it.”
\n\nTingler on the away win against the Braves at home and Tatis' climb on the home run leaderboard\uD83C\uDF99 #HungryForMore pic.twitter.com/VTLmRG2Qin
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The game even started where it left off two months ago in Atlanta -- in a rain delay. San Diego saw its first weather delay of the season (though technically, it occurred in a Braves home game). The delay lasted an hour and five minutes, before