Padres 2, Mets 0
SAN DIEGO -- Left-hander Drew Pomeranz and four relievers shut out the Mets on three hits Friday night and center fielder Jon Jay had three hits and a hand in both runs as the Padres scored a 2-0 win at Petco Park.
For the second straight night, an unheralded Padres starter outdueled a Mets ace as the Padres got the first shutout of the season and won for a sixth time in eight games.
Pomeranz (3-3) allowed one hit and three walks while striking out five over five innings while the Padres were scoring twice on Mets left-hander Noah Syndergaard (2-2), who allowed six hits and two walks while striking out five in six innings.
The Padres bullpen followed Pomeranz with four scoreless innings. Kevin Quackenbush worked a perfect sixth, Ryan Buchter allowed two hits in the seventh but was bailed out by his defense, Brandon Maurer struck out two Mets in a perfect eighth and Fernando Rodney closed out the shutout to pick up his eighth save -- and fifth in a seven-game span.
San Diego's defense denied the Mets a run in the top of the seventh.
Asdrubal Cabrera singled off left-handed reliever Ryan Buchter with one out. Wilmer Flores followed with a line drive into the left-field corner. Mets third-base coach Tim Tuefel waved Cabrera home, although Padres left fielder Melvin Upton Jr. had already reached the ball and was starting his throw.
Upton threw a strike to shortstop Alexi Ramirez, who threw a perfect relay to catcher Derek Norris, who tagged Cabrera out two feet shy of the plate. Norris, however, had the ball pop out of his mitt while trying to make a transfer for a throw drawing a replay appeal from Mets manager Terry Collins that was denied.
Jay doubled in the first and scored the Padres first run and singled home their second run in the fifth.
NOTES: Entering Friday's game, 55.3 percent of the runs scored by the Mets this season have come on home runs -- the highest rate in the majors. ... Mets RF Curtis Granderson has reached base in 36 straight road games, the longest active streak in the majors. ... Going into Friday, Padres' starting pitchers have a 1.83 ERA over the last seven games against the Dodgers, Rockies and Mets, allowing nine runs on 32 hits and 16 walks with 33 strikeouts in 44 1/3 innings. Over the last 22 games overall, Padres' starters have a 2.70 ERA.