With a bunt single, a double and a home run, the Padres accomplished in a span of seven pitches Tuesday night the jump-start they had been seeking all season.
It led to a 6-3 victory over the Mariners in the opener of a two-game series at Petco Park.
The first of Franmil Reyes’ two homers gave the Padres a 3-0 lead in the second inning, the biggest lead they’d had that early in any of their 24 games.
The Mariners scored twice off Nick Margevicius in the fifth inning, his last one of the night.
A solo homer by Reyes and two-run shot by Austin Hedges made it 6-2 in the sixth.