CINCINNATI — There is no major league ballpark less than a mile high quite like the one hard on the northern bank of the Ohio River.
“This is a good place,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said Tuesday afternoon while seated in the visitors’ dugout at Great American Ball Park. “Especially if you get the ball in the air, it seems like this can be a homer place. … I think every day we look to get the offense going a little bit more, so today would be a good start.”
The Padres hit the ball hard and far, got a bit of good fortune and got what they hope is a start Tuesday, riding an eight-run fourth inning to a 9-6 victory over the Reds. (Box score.)
