Brian Anderson lined a walk-off double past diving San Diego third baseman Manny Machado with one out in the ninth inning Thursday afternoon to give the Miami Marlins a 4-3 victory over the visiting Padres in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Garrett Cooper started the final-inning rally with a one-out single against Padres reliever Trey Wingenter. Yadiel Rivera ran for Cooper, stole second on a pitch in the dirt and scored on Anderson's double that reached the left-field corner.
Sergio Romo, who struck out two in a perfect top of the ninth, earned the win to improve to 2-0. Wingenter (1-3) took the loss in a second straight appearance as the Padres lost for the fifth time in six games to open the second half.
Marlins relievers Nick Anderson and Romo struck out seven Padres over the final three innings.
The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the second on a lead-off double by Hunter Renfroe, a single by Manuel Margot and a sacrifice fly by Austin Hedges.
But the Marlins countered with two unearned runs off Padres starter Dinelson Lamet in the bottom of the inning. Jorge Alfaro drew a lead-off walk and moved to third on a single by Cesar Puello. Marlins starting pitcher Caleb Smith bunted in front of the plate. Hedges fielded the ball and held Alfaro at third but threw wildly to second, allowing Alfaro to score. Puello then scored on Neil Walker's two-out double.
The teams then exchanged homers. Harold Ramirez connected off Lamet leading off the fourth to up the Marlins' lead to 3-1. Fernando Tatis Jr. ended an 0-for-10 streak with the a homer off Smith, the 15th of his rookie season, in the fifth inning.
The Padres tied the game against hard-throwing Marlins reliever Tayron Guerrero in the sixth. Margot and Hedges drew two-out walks and Margot scored on a single by pinch-hitter Francisco Mejia.
Lamet gave up three runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in four innings. Smith gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.
--Field Level Media
