SAN DIEGO: Eric Hosmer had a homer amongst his three hits and drove in three runs, newcomer Victor Caratini additionally had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres gave up 4 lengthy balls within the fifth inning to blow a five-run lead earlier than beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 on Thursday to open one of the crucial anticipated seasons in franchise historical past.
Jake Cronenworth hit a leadoff triple within the seventh off Alex Young (0-1) and scored the go-ahead run on Jurickson Profars sacrifice fly in entrance of an introduced crowd of 8,773, about 20% of Petco Parks capability as allowed underneath state coronavirus pointers.
Emilio Pagn (1-0) pitched one inning for the win and newcomer Mark Melancon breezed by way of an ideal ninth on seven pitches for the save.
Arizonas Ketel Marte had 4 hits, together with considered one of Arizonas 4 residence runs within the wild six-run fifth that bought Madison Bumgarner off the hook for what would have been his third straight opening day loss to San Diego. Asdrubal Cabrera, pinch-hitter Tim Locastro and Stephen Vogt additionally homered for the Diamondbacks within the fifth, which price Yu Darvish the choice in his Padres debut.
San Diego took a 6-1 lead towards Bumgarner after 4 innings. Hosmer and Wil Myers hit consecutive homers within the third, and Hosmer had an RBI double within the fourth. Caratini hit a two-run single within the second his first plate look with the Padres and an RBI single within the third.
Caratini is Darvish’s private catcher. They have been obtained from the Chicago Cubs on Dec. 29.
The Padres blew the five-run lead within the fifth when the Diamondbacks mixed 4 homers with a throwing error by star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. to rally for six runs and take a 7-6 lead. Darvish allowed a solo shot by Marte to middle discipline with one out and a two-run shot by Cabrera to proper to with two outs.
Tim Hill got here on and Tatis threw away Eduardo Escobars grounder for an error. Locastro adopted with a two-run homer to left-center to tie it, and Vogt homered to proper for the lead.
The Padres got here again and tied it at 7 within the sixth. Pinch-hitter Tucupita Marcano drew a leadoff stroll in his huge league debut and scored on Hosmers two-out single up the center.
Darvish and Blake Snell have been obtained in offers about 24 hours aside by common supervisor A.J. Preller, who was compelled to rebuild a rotation that ran out of pitching final 12 months throughout San Diegos first playoff run in 14 seasons. The Padres beat St. Louis 2-1 in a first-round collection earlier than being swept within the NL Division Series by the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Three weeks after touchdown Snell and Darvish, Preller introduced Joe Musgrove to his hometown Padres in a take care of the Pirates.
Tatis had a success and a run however struck out 3 times. Manny Machado was held hitless.
MAGIC MAN
Tatis pulled one other Houdini-esque transfer with a twisting dive again into first to keep away from a tag by Christian Walker on a backpick try by Vogt after singling within the fourth. The Diamondbacks challenged however the name stood after replay evaluate. Tatis reached for the bag together with his left hand whereas touchdown on his shoulder. Tatis triggered a scare throughout spring coaching when he walked off the sector after making a backhand seize of a grounder and a throw to first. He was again within the lineup two days later.
During his rookie season of 2019, Tatis pulled a full-body contortion that many followers in comparison with the Matrix films to keep away from being tagged out at first.
TRAINERS ROOM
Diamondbacks: Placed RHP Zac Gallen and OF Kole Calhoun on the 10-day injured checklist retroactive to Tuesday.
Padres: Placed LHP Matt Strahm; RHPs Austin Adams, Dan Altavilla, Javy Guerra, Pierce Johnson and Dinelson Lamet; C Austin Nola; OF Trent Grisham; and INF Jorge Ona on the 10-day IL. Placed RHP Michel Bez on the 60-day IL.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Merrill Kelly (3-2, 2.59 ERA in 2020) is scheduled to start out Friday evening. He has received his final 4 begins vs. the Padres, posting a 0.34 ERA with one run allowed in 26 2/3 innings. Hell be making his first begin since Aug. 19. He had proper shoulder thoracic outlet surgical procedure on Aug. 25.
Padres: Snell (4-2, 3.24 with Tampa Bay) is scheduled to make his Padres debut. The left-hander went 1-2 in three begins at Petco Park within the AL playoff bubble in 2020, together with a win in Game 1 of the ALCS towards Houston.
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