As if Padres fans had not waited long enough for their first win of the season, the Friars decided to go deep, deep, deep in to the night before winning by going deep.
Melvin Upton Jr. launched a 2-run home run to dead centerfield in the bottom of the 14th inning to beat the Diamondbacks 5-3 and snap a four-game losing streak at Petco Park. Upton had three hits and scored a pair of runs in the win, which took 5:25 to complete.
Andrew Cashner turned in easily his best start of the year, going 6.0 innings and allowing one earned run while striking out five. It’s the fifth straight game a Padres starter had a Quality Start (at least 6.0 innings with no more than three earned runs allowed) and not gotten a win.
He left with a 3-1 lead thanks in part to Matt Kemp’s first home run at home in 2016, a solo blast in the 3rd inning that at the time put the Padres up 3-0.
Arizona tied the game in the 8th inning when Rickie Weeks Jr. scored on a wild pitch by Brandon Maurer, launching the game in to extra innings and setting up Upton’s heroics.
The Padres can win their first series at home on Sunday afternoon when Robbie Erlin goes against Patrick Corbin.
