Padres Hit 3 Homers In 5-4 Win Over Pirates
SAN DIEGO (AP) - With Mark McGwire managing for the first time in place of ejected Andy Green, Wil Myers and Derek Norris hit two-run homers and Adam Rosales added a solo shot for the San Diego Padres, who rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Tuesday night.
Green was tossed for arguing after a sequence in which Andrew McCutchen was awarded home on a balk by Colin Rea, and then the umpires twice reversed their call, eventually giving the Pirates the run. McGwire came out to lead Green off the field.
McGwire, baseball's one-time single-season home run king, was hired as Green's bench coach in December.
McGwire went 1 for 2 on challenges. In the fourth, McGwire challenged a call that Gregory Polanco was safe at home on a single by Jordy Mercer, and the call was overturned. Replays showed that Matt Kemp's throw was in time.
In the fifth, Alexi Amarista was called out trying to steal second. McGwire challenged but the call was upheld.
McGwire managed three games during spring training, all losses, when a split squad went to Mexico City for two games against Houston.
With the Padres trailing 3-0, Myers hit a two-run homer to left with two outs in the fourth, his third. Norris gave the Padres a 4-3 lead with his two-run shot to straightaway center with one out in the fifth, his first. Both were off Francisco Liriano (1-1).
After Norris' homer, Arquimedes Caminero came on and allowed Rosales' homer that bounced off the top of the facade of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left field corner. It was his first.
McCutchen was on third base with Francisco Cervelli batting with two outs in the third. McCutchen broke for home while Rea (1-1) was in his windup. Rea was called for a balk when he took his right foot off the rubber, and McCutchen scored. The four umpires huddled and reversed their call and McCutchen was sent back to third. After Pirates manager Clint Hurdle came out to argue, the umps huddled again and once again awarded McCutchen home, giving the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
Green came out to argue and was tossed. He threw down his cap and pointed at each of the umpires before McGwire led him off the field.
David Freese and Liriano hit RBI singles for the Pirates.
Rea allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings, struck out six and walked one. Fernando Rodney pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.
Liriano allowed four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings, walked five and struck out four.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: 2B Cory Spangenberg came out of the game with a strained left quad after sliding headfirst into first base in the fourth. ... RHP Tyson Ross, on the disabled list with an inflamed right shoulder, threw for 5 minutes, starting at 20 feet and going to 75 feet. Green said there's no timetable for his return. 3B Yangervis Solarte, on the DL with a strained right hamstring, took two rounds of batting practice. He will need a rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Pirates: LHP Jeff Locke (0-1, 2.53) is scheduled to start the middle game of the series.
Padres: LHP Drew Pomeranz (1-1, 3.27) is scheduled to make his first home start and third of the season.
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