O'Grady, who was called up from Triple-A El
Paso earlier in the day, hit a two-run homer off Cubs starter
Adbert Alzolay in the third, and he doubled home the Padres'
final run in the eighth.
Ryan Weathers (3-2) picked up the win despite allowing three
runs on five hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out
four.
Alzolay (4-5) took the loss, giving up four runs on five hits
and five walks before leaving the game due to a blister one
hitter into the fourth. He struck out four.
The Padres again struggled with runners on base, going 0-for-10
until Eric Hosmer's RBI single in the eighth. San Diego twice
left the bases loaded while ending a two-game losing streak.
The Cubs, meanwhile, fell to 1-4 since sweeping the Padres in a
three-game series last week at Wrigley Field.
The Padres scored four of their runs on Machado's two sacrifice
flies and two groundouts.
San Diego loaded the bases before Alzolay could retire a hitter
in the first, but the only run in the inning came on a groundout
by Hosmer.
The Padres made it 2-0 in the second on a double by Victor
Caratini, a balk and Machado's sacrifice fly to left.
In the third, O'Grady followed a two-out walk drawn by Jurickson
Profar with his first homer of the season and the third of his
career.
The Cubs rallied in the fourth, loading the bases with no outs
against Weathers on back-to-back singles by Kris Bryant and
Rizzo and a walk to Patrick Wisdom.
Jake Marisnick then hit a slow roller up the first base line.
Weathers fielded the ball but threw it past Hosmer, allowing
Bryant and Rizzo to score on the hit and error. The Cubs bunted
the runners into scoring position and pulled to within a run of
the lead when Wisdom scored on Sergio Alcantara's sacrifice fly.
The Padres regained control with two runs in the sixth.
Cubs reliever Keegan Thompson issued back-to-back walks to
Caratini and pinch hitter Ha-Seong Kim with one out, and then
advanced both with a wild pitch. Caratini scored on a fielder's
choice grounder by Tommy Pham, and Kim scored on Machado's
second sacrifice fly to make it 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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