WASHINGTON — Rougned Odor is evidently the hero the Padres have been waiting for.
If May is too early to assess that he saved a season, then it can suffice that his three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Thursday saved the Padres from themselves.
They fell behind after a farcical first inning. They took the lead, they failed to add on, they added on. They gave up a four-run advantage. They failed some more.