Freddy Fermin’s – Freddy Fermin delivered a rare spark for San Diego, launching his first home run of the season to send the Padres past the Mets 3-2 at Petco Park and snap a six-game losing streak. Pitching provided the backbone with a sharp start from Sean Canning, while a co
Petco Park was tense early, the kind of tension that builds when a team is running out of answers. For the Padres, the pressure had been mounting for six straight games — until Saturday night, when a moment that looked unlikely turned into the swing that mattered.
Freddy Fermin’s homer landed as the Padres trailed by a run. In the seventh inning, he came to the plate hitless in his last 30 at-bats. Austin Warren threw him a first-pitch sinker, and Fermin sent it into the left-field seats. The shot gave San Diego the 3-2 lead, and the Padres held on for the win.
It was Fermin’s first home run of the season. It was also his first hit since May 14. For a catcher whose year had been difficult enough that his OPS only ticked back above .400 with that swing. the timing wasn’t just good — it was necessary. The Padres need more production behind the plate. and Saturday’s breakthrough was a reminder of what can still happen when the moment is finally right.
Just as important, the circumstances around the at-bat carried a familiar kind of faith. For the past several weeks, Padres manager Craig Stammen had often pinch-hit for Fermin in crunch time. That choice had been sensible: Fermin is a defense-first catcher, and his form had been uneven. But when the Padres needed something to change — and fast — they got it from the player they had been protecting. even while his bat struggled.
On the mound, the Padres got the kind of start they haven’t always been able to count on. Sean Canning. a key addition for San Diego. made the evening feel like the version of him the team expected when they signed him. His career renaissance came with the Mets last year, when he posted a 3.77 ERA in 16 outings.
That momentum ended painfully early. Canning tore his Achilles in mid-June and missed the remainder of the season, before reaching free agency last offseason. San Diego signed him hoping for the Mets version — and against the Mets, Canning delivered.
Across five innings of one-run ball, Canning struck out six and allowed just three hits. He kept leaning into his slider, using it heavily and to clear effect. The Padres have seen flashes of the mid-rotation arm he displayed with New York. but this outing carried a different weight. It was perhaps the most encouraging sign yet that the turnaround might be sticking.
If the Padres have been searching for answers at the plate, they’ve also been trying to clean up the way runs get away from them. In the bottom of the fifth, that frustration boiled over into a costly base-running mistake.
Ty France was at the plate with a 3-1 count — and the Padres had their hottest hitter at the time in a spot where they could have pulled ahead or extended their pressure. Fernando Tatis Jr. was on first base and took off for second. He would’ve been easily safe, but Mets catcher Luis Torrens didn’t throw. Torrens pumped toward second the way catchers do, selling the idea that the pitch might demand a reaction.
Sung-Mun Song took the bait. He broke for the plate as Torrens pumped, and he was caught between third base and home plate. The result was a rundown — and then Song was tagged out between bases. After all the trouble San Diego has had with runners in scoring position. the club couldn’t afford to give away momentum like that.
The sequence felt almost unavoidable in the context of the season so far: a team scrambling for timely offense. a bullpen and batting order trying to keep pace. and a catcher’s bat finally turning on at the precise moment it was needed. Canning’s sharp control kept the Mets within reach. Fermin’s homer pushed the game just far enough into Padres territory.
By the time the final margin landed, it wasn’t just a 3-2 win. It was the snap of a six-game losing streak — and a night where San Diego got the rare. clean kind of convergence: a returning pitcher finding rhythm. and a batter who had been struggling for weeks delivering the one swing that changed everything.
Padres Mets Freddy Fermin Sean Canning Petco Park 3-2 six-game losing streak Ty France Fernando Tatis Jr. Luis Torrens Sung-Mun Song
Wait so Canning was pitching good and they still almost lost??
That homer literally saved them from the losing streak. Baseball is wild. Also why pinch-hit the catcher all the time if he can just do that?
I’m confused, it says his first HR of the season but also first hit since May 14. So did he not hit anything in between or was it just singles? Mets were playing like trash though, Petco is always weird.
Petco Park was tense?? Sounds like they were waiting for a miracle. Fermin OPS barely above .400 and suddenly he hits a left-field moonshot… makes no sense lol. Also manager pinch-hitting him in “crunch time” like the coaches were scared of the bat but the pitch was a sinker on first pitch??