SAN DIEGO (AP) – Eugenio Suárez and Gabriel Moreno hit consecutive home runs in the second inning, Ketel Marte singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Thursday night for their fifth victory in six games.
The Padres lost their fifth straight, tying their longest losing streak of the season. They were coming off being swept in a three-game series at the Los Angeles Angels, who have the AL’s second-worst record.
The Padres had plenty of scoring chances, including in the eighth when pinch-hitter Manny Machado grounded out with runners on second and third and two outs. Machado didn´t start a night after leaving a game at Anaheim with what was described as a mild hip flexor strain.
Fernando Tatis Jr. singled, doubled and singled in his first three at-bats to tie the Padres’ record with hits in eight straight at-bats. It had been done five times prior, most recently by Kevin Kouzmanoff on Aug. 12-13, 2009. Tatis grounded out in his fourth at-bat. A night earlier, he had the seventh four-hit game of his career.
Tatis drove a ball to the wall in right in the ninth that Jake McCarthy caught at the wall for the second out.
Kevin Ginkel (5-1) got the win and Jeremiah Estrada (2-1) took the loss. Paul Sewald pitched the ninth for his seventh save. He struck out Jake Cronenworth with a runner on second to end it.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Gabriel Moreno celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres,420 Thursday, June 6, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
