Rosales' walk-off homer lifts Padres over Reds
SAN DIEGO -- Adam Rosales led off the bottom of the 10th with a walk-off home run off Cincinnati right-handed reliever Jumbo Diaz to give the Padres a 2-1 victory over the Reds at Petco Park.
Rosales drove a 2-2 pitch into the stands in left center. It was the fourth walk-off homer by a Padre this season.
Padres relievers Jose Dominguez, Ryan Buchter, Brandon Maurer and Brad Hand (3-2) each worked a perfect inning as San Diego pitchers retired the final 13 Cincinnati hitters in the game.
Meanwhile, Reds right-handed reliever Raisel Inglesias allowed a hit in three scoreless innings before giving way to Diaz to start the 10th.
Left-hander Christian Friedrich of the Padres and right-hander Anthony DeSclafani of the Reds were locked in a 1-1 pitcher's duel before they departed after six innings.
The Reds scored first. Eugenio Suarez opened the third inning with a double and scored on Billy Hamilton's two-out single to left.
DeSclafani ran his scoreless innings streak against the Padres to 13 2/3 innings before San Diego tied the game with two out in the sixth. Ryan Schimpf and Wil Myers drew one-out walks and Schimpf scored on Alexi Amarista's two-out line drive single to right.
Friedrich allowed five hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Two of the six runners who reached base against Friedrich were eliminated on double plays.
DeSclafani, who blanked the Padres on five hits over eight innings on June 26 in Cincinnati, allowed four hits and two walks. He had six strikeouts.
NOTES: Matt Kemp was a late scratch from the Padres lineup Saturday as the Padres and Atlanta Braves completed a trade that sent the right fielder to the Braves for suspended INF/OF Hector Olivera. Olivera is serving an 82-game suspension under baseball's domestic violence rules. He was charged with a misdemeanor assault and battery count in an incident with a female acquaintance April 13. Olivera, whose suspension ends Tuesday, was designated for assignment by the Padres on Saturday. ... Kemp's removal from the lineup created a problem for the Padres, who were without LF Alex Dickerson (right hip contusion from a collision Friday night) and carrying an eight-man bullpen. The Padres started the game with two healthy position players on the bench. ... After making only two starts since August 2014 and rehabbing from two rounds of elbow surgery (including Tommy John in May 2015), RHP Homer Bailey starts for the Reds on Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Petco Park.