CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy Pham homered, San Diego relievers pitched four scoreless innings and the Padres outlasted the Reds 5-4 on Tuesday night for their 10th win in 11 games.
San Diego stranded a season-high 16 runners — leaving the bases loaded in the third, sixth and seventh innings — and utilized seven relievers after Craig Stammen lasted two innings.
But they got all the runs they needed in the first four and beat the Reds again after sweeping a four-game series at Petco Park two weeks ago.
Jake Cronenworth had a run-scoring triple in the first and came home on Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly to give the Padres an early lead. Pham drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second and then hit a solo homer in the fourth.
The Reds chipped away with runs in the first and fourth innings. Jesse Winker’s 19th homer, a two-run drive to right-center in the fifth off Nabil Crismatt, got them within a run, but they went 1 for 16 with 10 strikeouts after that.
Emilio Pagán (4-0) struck out Joey Votto, Eugenio Suárez and Kyle Farmer in order in the eighth, and Mark Melancon mowed down the bottom of the Reds’ order in the ninth for his major league-leading 25th save in 28 chances.
“Definitely a group effort,” Pham said. “Our bullpen held it down for us. They came in and did their thing.”
Tony Santillan (1-2) gave up two runs and six hits in three innings for the Reds, and a parade of seven relievers followed.
Tucker Stephenson and Shogo Akiyama drove in runs for Cincinnati.
“We gave it a shot,” Reds manager David Bell said. “Our bullpen did a great job giving us a chance to win. If a ball falls in here or there, it’s a different game.”
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