Padres rally over Marlins 9-4 with 5-run 9th
MIAMI - Xander Bogaerts sparked a five-run ninth inning with a tiebreaking single and Matt Carpenter drove in two runs with his second double of the game, lifting the San Diego Padres over the Miami Marlins 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Carpenter, who entered hitting .105 (6 for 57 in May), had three RBIs. Juan Soto drove in two runs for the Padres (25-29), who were coming off consecutive losses at Yankee Stadium.
Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer for the Marlins (28-27), who came home after a three-game sweep at the Los Angeles Angels.
NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara failed to hold a 4-2 lead and is 1-5 in his last nine starts. He allowed four runs, five hits in 6 1/3 innings while walking five, one shy of his career high. His ERA rose to 4.93.
Gary Sánchez went 1 for 4 with an infield single in his Padres debut, a day after the struggling two-time All-Star was claimed off waivers from the New York Mets.
With the score 4-4, Fernando Tatis Jr. walked against Dylan Floro (3-3) leading off the ninth. Tatis stole second, Soto was intentionally walked and Bogaerts grounded a chest-high 0-2 fastball into center field.
Rougned Odor, with the infield in, hit a chopper that shortstop Jon Berti threw wide to the third-base side of the plate for an error. Carpenter hit a two-run double, giving him 24 RBIs.
Floro was removed and still angry about about the ball four call to Tatis on a sinker near the low, inside corner, said something while walking toward the dugout that caused plate umpire Jordan Baker to eject him. Ha-Seong Kim followed with a sacrifice fly off Bryan Hoeing.
Nick Martinez (3-2) pitched a scoreless eighth around a single and walk, retiring Jorge Soler on an inning-ending double play grounder.
Miami went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position, while the Padres were 6 for 16.
San Diego trailed 4-2 before Tatis hit an RBI single in the seventh and Soto greeted Tanner Scott with a run-scoring single.
Padres starter Ryan Weathers allowed three runs, seven hits and three walks in four innings.
ROSTER MOVES
Padres: C Brett Sullivan was optioned to Triple-A El Paso.
Marlins: OF Jesús Sánchez from the 10-day injured list and OF-INF Xavier Edwards was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: 3B Manny Machado (left hand fracture) extended his swing output during a batting session.
Marlins: OF Jazz Chisholm Jr. (turf toe) underwent testing Tuesday to determine next steps in his progression. . LHP A.J. Puk (left elbow nerve irritation) struck out the side in the eighth inning at Double-A Pensacola.
UP NEXT
LHP Blake Snell (1-6, 5.04) is scheduled to start the middle game of the series for the Padres Wednesday while the Marlins will go with LHP Braxton Garrett (1-2, 4.50).
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