May 8, 2022; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres discus hitter Jorge Alfaro (38) throws his racket after hitting his racket three times during the ninth game against the Miami Marlins at Petco Park. Mandatory credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
San Diego Padres trailed 2-0 to bottom ninth on Sunday, May 8, and secured a home-and-away win over Homer in three runs by Jorge Alfaro.
The San Diego Padres won the first two games of their four-game group against the Miami Marlins. The Marlins took the Saturday May 7 game and looked set to have a Mother’s Day game on Sunday. But all that changed at the bottom of the ninth inning.
Late 2-0, Jorge Alvaro was called up for a pinch for Padres with Trent Gresham and CJ Abrams at base. On the first pitch thrown by Cole Solser, Alvaro sent him deep into the left center field to give Padres the 3-2 win and take the series.
Padres walks Jorge Alfaro’s house in three rounds
It was Alvaro’s first home trip since his thumping 10-5 victory in San Diego over the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 10.
Miami had been led in the fly-sacrifice by Garrett Cooper at the top of the fourth- and sixth-place finish at home by Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Even though the Padres had five starts from Marlins Trevor Rogers, they couldn’t put the run on the board. After being substituted to start the bottom of sixth, the Padres had a hit when he faced Anthony Bender, Anthony Bass and Stephen Uckert. However, that all changed when Sulser bottomed out in ninth, which ended up scoring Padres in all three runs to win.
The Padres now go into a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs (May 9-11), while the Marlins face the Diamondbacks in three games (May 9-11).
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