Padres win, Ichiro breaks Rose's hit mark
SAN DIEGO -- Rule 5 draftee Luis Perdomo allowed three runs over six innings Wednesday, and Melvin Upton Jr. and Derek Norris each drove in two runs as the San Diego Padres defeated the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Wednesday to salvage the finale of a three-game series.
Ichiro Suzuki of the Marlins doubled off Padres closer Fernando Rodney with two out in the top of the ninth for his 4,257th professional hit in Japan and the United States.
Suzuki's total is one more than the Major League record held by Pete Rose. The 42-year-old Suzuki has 2,979 hits in the Major Leagues after getting 1,278 in his nine-season career in Japan.
The Padres went into Wednesday with a 1-20 record in series finales this season and were 3-18 in day games, including a 0-7 mark in home day games.
Perdomo, 23, who had never pitched higher than Single-A before this season, allowed three runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts over six innings in his third start -- and best Major League outing.
After giving up a run in the first, Perdomo retired eight straight hitters for the first time en route to evening his record at 2-2.
Upton was 3-for-4 and fell a triple shy of a cycle. He scored two runs and drove in two runs. Fellow outfielders Matt Kemp and Jon Jay also had two hits apiece for the Padres.
After trailing 1-0 and 3-1 early, the Padres took the lead with four straight, two-out hits in the fifth.
With the Padres trailing 3-2, Matt Kemp started the decisive rally with single off Miami left-hander Justin Nicolino (2-4) and moved to third on a double by Yangervis Solarte.
Norris put the Padres ahead 4-3 with a two-run single and advanced to second on the throw to the plate. Norris scored on Upton's third hit, a single.
Nicolino allowed five runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
The Padres mounted another two-out rally in the sixth off right-handed reliever Nick Wittgren to make it 6-3. Jon Jay singled and scored when Wil Myers' long fly to right-center fell between Marlins right fielder Suzuki and center fielder Marcell Ozuna for a double.
Ichiro opened the game with a chop single up the first-base line for the 4,256th hit of his professional career, which led to Miami’s first run.
Martin Prado singled Suzuki to second and Suzuki scored on Christian Yelich's single inside the third-base bag. But Perdomo got Ozuna to ground into a double play and retired Justin Bour on a come-backer to get out of the first without further damage.
Upton tied the game with one out in the bottom of the second on his ninth homer of the season, a 410-foot drive to right-center.
Perdomo hit Ozuna with a pitch with one out in the top of the fourth to trigger a two-run rally. Back-to-back singles by Bour and J.T. Realmuto brought Ozuna home, and Bour scored on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
Perdomo got out of further trouble by retiring Nicolino on a come-backer.
The Padres pulled to within 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth on a double by Upton, a single by Alexei Ramirez and a sacrifice fly by Ryan Schimpf, who made his Major League debut the previous night.
After Perdomo departed, Padres relievers Brandon Maurer, Ryan Buchter and Fernando Rodney each worked a scoreless inning.
Rodney picked up his 13th save in as many opportunities in only his fourth appearance in June. Rodney has yet to allow an earned run in 23 1/3 innings this season.
NOTES: The Marlins are going to skip Jose Fernandez when his next scheduled start comes up Friday night against the Rockies in Miami. The right-hander's next start is being pushed back to next Tuesday as a way to shave innings off his first full season since having Tommy John surgery during the 2014 season. Fernandez has thrown 80 2/3 innings in 13 starts. With the Marlins off Thursday, everyone else works on normal rest. ... Ichiro Suzuki started in right for the Marlins on Wednesday, giving Giancarlo Stanton another day off to work on his swing.