Jake Cronenworth took a trip to “Slam Diego” by walloping a grand slam in the first inning, Ha-Seong Kim also drove in four runs, and the San Diego Padres obliterated the Miami Marlins 10-3 on Wednesday.
Kim went 3-for-4 with two doubles. Juan Soto reached base three times and scored twice for the Padres, who avoided a three-game sweep.
All-Star Manny Machado went 2-for-4, extending his streak of multiple-hit games to eight. The Miami native finished 6-for-11 for San Diego in the three-game series. The Padres’ Josh Bell ended an 0-for-26 skid with a double in the ninth.
Cronenworth’s two-out blast against Pablo López (7-8, 3.83 ERA) followed singles from Soto and Machado and a walk to Bell.
Padres starter Mike Clevinger had a shorter outing than he was hoping for, getting lifted after 4 1/3 innings. Jon Berti hit a run-scoring double in the first and Jacob Stallings added an RBI single in the fourth.
Brandon Drury had an RBI groundout in the fifth for San Diego. Brian Anderson’s run-scoring double in the bottom half pulled the Marlins within 6-3.
After Clevinger’s exit, Adrían Morejón threw 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Morejón struck out Charles LeBlanc and pinch-hitter Jesús Aguilar with the bases loaded to end Miami’s threat in the fifth, and San Diego coasted from that point forward.
Kim had a bases-clearing double against Miami reliever Elieser Hernádez in the ninth.
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