The Padres didn't wait around. They put up a 3-spot in the first inning off Cole, and after that both bullpens locked things down for five straight scoreless frames. King cruised through the middle innings while Cole settled in, but the early hole was already the story of the afternoon.
San Diego tacked on a run in the 7th to push it to 4-0, and it looked like a laugher until the Yankees finally got to San Diego's bullpen for 3 runs in the 8th. New York finished with 7 hits to the Padres' 6, but the deficit was too deep to finish erasing, and the Padres closed it out 4-3.
The Polymarket room lit up right as that Yankees rally unfolded, with the busiest five-minute stretch of the whole game landing squarely in the middle of it. One poster fumed, "Yankees bugging cuz how tf they still got 0?!" before the bats woke up, while someone holding the Yankees posted, "I took it for the dip," as the comeback bid gained steam.
San Diego takes 2 of the first 3 in this set into whatever comes next, while New York still sits comfortably above .500 and in fine shape overall. Neither club needed this one to define its season, but for a Sunday getaway game it delivered a real finish.