Tatis leaves game after being hit by pitch, but Padres bounce back for 9-4 win ...Middle East

Luis Arraez had three hits and drove in three runs to help the Padres beat the Pirates 9-4 on Friday for their third straight victory.

But Fernando Tatis Jr. gave them a big scare. The slugger – who is batting .345 with eight homers and 18 RBIs in 29 games this season – left the game in the third inning after being hit on the left forearm by a pitch from Mitch Keller.

Tatis immediately dropped his bat and ran backward out of the batters box, cradling his arm when he was hit. He dropped to his knee and let his arm dangle in front of him.

Trainers came to his aid and there was obvious swelling where he was hit by the pitch. The Padres announced that initial X-rays were negative, calling Tatis’ injury a left arm contusion.

Manager Mike Shildt said it looks like the Friars “dodged a potential bullet.”

“That thing was swelling right like in front of our eyes,” he said. “It was just getting bigger as we were looking at it.” But he added that Tatis will “sleep on it and we’ll see what it looks like tomorrow.”

After losing Tatis, the Padres fell behind in the bottom of the third, when Oneil Cruz drew a two-out walk from starter Dylan Cease, stole second and scored on a single by Bryan Reynolds for a 1-0 lead.

But Gavin Sheets homered — his fourth of the season — leading off the fourth against Keller (1-3) and Xander Bogaerts singled and scored on a Taylor Wade hit to give the Padres the lead.

Arraez, who is 6 for 12 since returning from a concussion, picked up the slack for Tatis.

Oscar Gonzalez singled and scored on an Arraez double to give the Padres the lead for good in a three-run fifth. Brandon Lockridge drove in a run with a two-out single in the eighth and Arraez followed with a two-run single for an 8-4 lead. Jason Heyward had a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Cease threw 91 pitches to get through four innings. He allowed two runs on three hits and three walks. Jeremiah Estrada (1-1) struck out the side in the seventh for the win.

San Diego began the day with a team ERA of 2.86 — second only to the Mets. The Padres’ bullpen is the best at 1.77 – partly due to Robert Suarez, though he wasn’t needed Friday. The closer snagged National League Reliever of the Month honors for April with 12 saves in 14 appearances and a 0.64 ERA.

Randy Vásquez (1-3, 4.28) starts for the Padres on Saturday against the Pirates’ Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.93).

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