The score kept flipping until San Diego finally put it away. Tied at 2-2 after five innings of trades, the Padres broke through in the eighth when Luis Rengifo homered to right, and the game did not come back the other way. San Diego won 4-2 over the Marlins at loanDepot park.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| MIA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Rengifo needed just one at-bat to make his mark, going 1-for-1 with a two-run homer and 2 RBIs. It was the swing that decided a game that had been tied three separate times.
The back-and-forth started early. Joe Mack put Miami up with a solo homer to right in the second inning. San Diego answered in the fourth when Jackson Merrill lined out to right and Manny Machado scored to tie it. In the fifth, Machado's single to left brought home Xander Bogaerts on an error by left fielder Hernández, putting the Padres back in front, only for Heriberto Hernandez to answer immediately with a solo homer to center that tied it again at 2-2. The game stayed level until the eighth, when Rengifo's homer scored Jase Bowen ahead of him and put San Diego up for good.
Miami's bullpen absorbed the decisive blow. Tyler Zuber came on and allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in 0.2 innings, taking the loss and falling to 0-1 with a 5.65 ERA. Starter Ryan Gusto had given Miami a manageable outing, working 3.1 innings and allowing 1 run, but the Marlins' relief corps combined for 3 runs (3 earned) over 5.2 innings and could not hold the tie. San Diego starter German Marquez lasted 2.1 innings and allowed 1 run, with Adrian Morejon picking up the win after 1.1 scoreless innings, and Mason Miller closing it out with a scoreless inning for his 26th save.
San Diego improved to 51-53, snapping in with a win after a loss to sit at W1, while Miami fell to 52-52 and has now lost 10 straight. Machado, who went 2-for-5 with an RBI, sits at 1,995 career games played, five shy of 2,000. Bogaerts, held hitless but drawing two walks, remains 10 runs scored away from 1,000 for his career.