Padres Outlast Marlins

     The San Diego Padres outscored the Miami Marlins 9-8 in 10 innings on Saturday at loanDepot park. The Padres got their seventh consecutive series victory and have won seventh straight contests. The Marlins lost in extra innings for the third straight day. 

     In the first inning, Saa Diego(66-52) scored to go up 1-0. Jake Cronenworth doubled into the left-center field gap to score Luis Arraez. 

     The Padres expanded it to 2-0 in the top of the third. Manny Machado singled through the right side and Jurickson Profar scored. 

     The Friars added another run in the top of the fourth for a three-run margin. The Marlins got on the scoreboard once in the bottom of the fourth and they trailed 3-1. 

     Miami(43-75) was able to rally with six runs in the fifth inning for a 7-3 advantage. Jesus Sanchez and Otto Lopez both had two-run doubles to give the Fish the lead 5-1. Derek Hill knocked in Kyle Stowers on a sacrifice fly to center field. Jhonny Pereda followed with an RBI-single which brought in Lopez. 

     In the top of the seventh, San Diego gathered two runs and were down 7-5. Arraez grounded out to first and David Peralta scored. Two batters later, Cronenworth drove in Ha-Seong Kim on a force out. 

     The Padres reclaimed the lead 8-7 in the top of the eighth. Jackson Merrill homered to right-center field with Xande Bogaerts aboard for his 17th home run of the season and his second homer of the series. Four batters later, Arraez got an infield single for Bryce Johnson to reach home. 

     The Marlins answered back with one run in the bottom of the eighth to tie it 8-8. Jake Burger smashed a solo home run on a 0-1 pitch that bounced off the top of the right-field fence and into the bullpen for his 21st home run of the year. It was Burger's ninth home run in the past 15 games. 

     San Diego pulled ahead 9-8 in the top of the 10th. Arraez grounded out to first for Tyler Wade to cross the plate.