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WATCH: St. Clair native, former Michigan standout Jake Cronenworth hits inside-the-park home run

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San Diego Padres' Jake Cronenworth, right, is greeted by teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. after scoring on an inside the park home run off a fly ball to right field during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit an impressive home run, went 4 for 4, finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and even did the splits after stealing second base, leading the Padres over the Colorado Rockies 3-0 for a three-game sweep.

Jake Cronenworth had an inside-the-park home run and Joe Musgrove struck out 11 in seven innings. Craig Stammen struck out the side in the eighth, and Mark Melancon finished the two-hitter with a perfect ninth for his major league-leading 15th save in as many chances.

Cronenworth hustled for an inside-the-park homer after his smash to right field went over Charlie Blackmon, caromed off the wall and rolled away from the fielder.

It was San Diego’s first inside-the-park home run since Everth Cabrera on June 8, 2012, at Milwaukee, and the first at Petco Park since Tony Gwynn Jr. on July 17, 2010, against Arizona.

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