Before taking the field Monday night at Petco Park, Mark Vientos acknowledged the realities facing him in a fitful follow-up to last year’s breakout season. “I feel like I’m swinging a lot better and I’m playing a lot less now,

In the top of the fourth inning of the Padres' matchup with the New York Mets Monday night, Mark Vientos stepped to the plate to face Dylan Cease with a runner on first. On an 0-2 count, New York's designated hitter blasted a 96 mph fastball to deep right center field. It looked like a sure home run. Then Tatis sprang into action.

Mark Vientos laced a two-run double, All-Star lefty David Peterson pitched out of trouble for six effective innings and the New York Mets held off the

Fernando Tatis Jr. wears No. 23 for a reason. The Gold Glover did his best Jumpman impression on Monday night by leaping up and over the wall in right field to rob Mark Vientos of a home run in the fourth inning against the Mets.

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Mark Vientos delivered a grand slam and Ronny Mauricio hit a game-tying ninth-inning home run but the Mets fell to the Padres on Monday in San Diego.