Merrill

The top four batters in the San Diego lineup — Tatis, Luis Arraez, Manny Machado and Merrill — can hold their own against the Dodgers’ quartet of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández.

The Padres replaced Soto in the outfield with a minor league shortstop, Jackson Merrill, who should have been the NL rookie of the year.

And though closer Tanner Scott gave up an RBI double to Jackson Merrill in the bottom half of the inning, he got a borderline strike call to ring up Machado — a call Machado and Padres manager Mike Shildt immediately argued with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook — and limited the damage against his former team from there.

The witness who took the photo, local resident Roger Merrill, told the BBC's US partner CBS News he was on his way home when he saw the scene unfolding.

One protester, Merrill Tone, said her chief concern was about American democracy and that Lawler had “done a good job trying to portray himself as somebody that cares about people, and then he goes along with his party.”