Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal has showed some life in recent days, as he drove in a row run for the third straight game against the Cubs Friday.
Grandal, who had just one hit in his previous nine games, went just 1 for 4 this time around. Fortunately, he made that one hit count, clubbing his first home run in more than two months, a solo shot in the second inning. He added an RBI groundout in the seventh to finish with two RBI in the 11-1 win.
Grandal is still hitting just .139 in the month of May, though three of his six hits have been home runs. He has five home runs and 15 RBI in 37 games, while hitting just .206/.287/.412 in 102 at-bats.