The Padres did not exactly get to the Reds bullpen and much as the Reds bullpen was given to them on Monday night.

With 18 games remaining in the regular season and a division title and playoff seeding in the balance, the particulars don’t matter.

What does matter is that the Padres took advantage of the circumstances and came back to beat the Reds 4-3 in 10 innings.

They had done nothing most of the night and trailed 3-0 before scoring three times in the sixth inning and winning in the 10th on Fernando Tatis Jr.’s walk-off sacrifice fly.

As they often have this season, the Padres were able to finagle the final outcome against relief pitchers.

The difference in this game was that recent issues with a blister and a bout of the flu had Reds starting pitcher Nick Lodolo limited in how fa

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