SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Dunand, the nephew of Alex Rodriguez, homered on the third pitch he noticed as a giant leaguer after which doubled because the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 Saturday night time to finish a six-game dropping streak.
Jorge Soler hit his first profession grand slam and Pablo López pitched eight sturdy innings for Miami.
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Dunand hit a 1-1 pitch from left-hander Sean Manaea into the primary row in left-center with one out within the third simply hours after his contract was chosen from Triple-A Jacksonville.
“I blacked out, I think. I don’t remember much,” Dunand mentioned. “I just remember my game plan. I was looking for the ball up and hit it hard up the middle, and I think I picked back up running around second. It was a great feeling.”
A-Rod tweeted, “WOW! First MLB at-bat HOME RUN. Lets go Joe!!!” The tweet was accompanied by a video of some adults celebrating wildly.
“I haven’t looked at my phone. I’m sure it’s blowing up,” Dunand mentioned. “But I’m sure I’ll watch it. I’m sure he went crazy.”
Dunand is 695 dwelling runs behind his uncle, who’s fourth on the all-time listing after a profession tainted by steroid use.
Dunand didn’t obtain the silent remedy within the dugout after the homer, however he was doused in a wild clubhouse celebration. He additionally obtained the ball again from the child who caught it, who requested to satisfy Marlins second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.
“The kid wanted to meet Jazz and Jazz said, ‘I got you,’ so he went and met him and got me the ball. So thank you, Jazz,” Dunand mentioned.
Dunand was promoted from Triple-A Jacksonville after Jon Berti was positioned on the injured listing. Dunand had been on the taxi squad for this journey by San Diego and Arizona. He began at third base and batted ninth.
The 26-year-old Dunand doubled to left in his second at-bat and scored on Garrett Cooper’s two-run double.
“I think he’s taking after his uncle,” Cooper mentioned. “That’s a big first A-B. Good for him. That’s a memory he’ll always have, off a good All-Star pitcher. To come up with a double after, that’s huge for him and that’s a huge start for us to get that first run and take the lead early. Can’t say enough about the job he did in his first game.”
Cooper struck out main off the eighth and was ejected by plate umpire D.J. Reyburn.
Soler’s grand slam highlighted the five-run ninth towards San Diego’s bullpen. It was his fourth homer this season. Jazz Chisholm Jr. had an RBI double.
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Lopez (4-1) shut down the Padres on 5 hits whereas putting out 5 and strolling two. He has a 1.00 ERA after six begins.
The Padres had been shut out for the primary time this season.
Manny Machado singled within the Padres first to increase his on-base streak to 17 video games.
Manaea (2-3) allowed three runs and 7 hits in six innings, struck out eight and walked one.
BIG NUMBERS
Machado’s .382 common and .458 on-base share are the perfect in baseball and teammate Eric Hosmer’s .371 common and .451 OBP rank second. It’s the primary time two teammates had been ranked first and second in each classes after a group had performed a minimum of 27 video games right into a season since Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers led in each classes by May 23, 1951, which was 34 video games into that season.
FIRST PITCH
San Diegan Chris Olave threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The broad receiver from Ohio State was the eleventh choose total by the New Orleans Saints in final week’s NFL Draft.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: Placed INF/OF Berti on the injured listing and chosen Dunand’s contract.
Padres: RF Matt Beaty got here out of the sport after making a diving try at Miguel Rojas’ double within the second. … Placed LHP Tim Hill on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Thursday, with left shoulder irritation and recalled LHP Ray Kerr from Triple-A El Paso.
UP NEXT
Marlins LHP Trevor Rogers (1-4, 6.14) is scheduled to begin the sequence finale on Sunday towards Padres RHP Joe Musgrove (4-0, 1.97).
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