He got the scoring started with a two-run shot off Padres starter Robbie Erlin in the first inning and added a solo homer as a parting gift in the sixth.
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Jake Lamb dashed home with the go-ahead run on a soft infield single by pinch-hitter Phil Gosselin with one out in the top of the inning.
Nothing about the ninth inning went right for the Padres, who are 0-4 at home this season.
Padres: After taking Monday off, San Diego opens a three-game home series against Pittsburgh with RHP Colin Rea (0-1, 5.56) facing LHP Francisco Liriano (1-0, 2.45).
The Diamondbacks tied the game at 3 on a wild pitch by Brandon Maurer with two outs in the eighth. “I felt like he was getting stronger”.
“I feel really happy”, Tomas said through a translator. “But once I saw him put his back against the wall, I knew I had got it and we had a win”.
Melvin Upton Jr. watching his walk-off dinger get up on out of the yard.
[Click for details, at fangraphs.com] Steve McQueen: Jake Lamb, +27.7% James Garner: Gosselin, +17.5%; Ziegler, +17.3%; Hudson, +14.7%; Ahmed, +12.8% Hannes Messemer: Socrates Brito, -13.3%. Shelby Miller was the story for Arizona though, as he lasted just 1 2/3 innings due to an injury (hand), although he had already given up two runs on two hits and three walks before exiting.
Trying a third time for his first win, Arizona’s Patrick Corbin (0-1, 3.46) takes the mound after he allowed a run in six innings of a 4-2 victory at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday.
Ziegler earned his second save.
“The players are not lacking in effort, intensity, desire”. But Padres manager Andy Green said his return might be slightly delayed to be sure he’s 100 percent….
After needing extra innings to end their latest slide, the Padres can take the decisive series finale against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
The Padres, they didn’t get out to a great start this year. Their 3-0 loss at Philadelphia on Thursday, in which Vince Velasquez struck out 16 in a three-hitter, was their fifth shutout in their first 10 games, the first time that’s happened in the majors. Arizona went 11-8 against the Giants last season.
San Diego finally got on the scoreboard at Petco Park this season in the bottom of the inning.
Catcher Derek Norris singled with one out in the fourth, moved to second on Spangenberg’s grounder to Goldschmidt and scored on a two-out, opposite-field single to left by third baseman Alexi Amarista. Tomas opened the inning with a single ahead of Drury’s 391-foot drive to left.Tomas was 3-for-4 Sunday with three RBIs and three runs scored. The call was upheld after a challenge by Green.
Kemp homered to left off Buschmann leading off the third, his fourth and the Padres’ first at home this season.
Corbin bounced back after a shaky first inning in which the Padres scored two unearned runs due to two errors, including one by the pitcher.
1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Ross, sidelined with a sore right shoulder, has yet to resume throwing.
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A long night that lifted the Padres’ spirits led into a leisurely day that didn’t do anything to make the moment more meaningful. Padres starting pitchers have a 1.97 ERA for the last turn of the rotation.
