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Jorge Alfaro Mashes Pinch-Hit 3-Run HR In 9th, Padres Beat Marlins 3-2

SAN DIEGO (AP) — It was a happy Mother’s Day indeed for Consuelo Buelvas, who called her son’s game-winning shot from 3,110 miles away in Sincelejo, Colombia.

Jorge Alfaro pinch-hit three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning gave the San Diego Padres a stunning 3-2 win Sunday against his former team, the Miami Marlins.

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If Alfaro looked confident in going deep to center field on the first pitch he saw from Cole Sulser (0-1), it’s because he was buoyed by a phone call he had with his mother before the game.