SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — The San Diego Padres rallied for two runs in the eighth inning and scored the decisive run in the ninth to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Wednesday afternoon at PETCO Park.

Fernando Tatis Jr. went 2 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs, and Manny Machado doubled in a run in the first inning. The Padres scored single runs in the first and fifth before tying the game in the eighth on a Gavin Sheets RBI double and a Samad Taylor run-scoring single.

The Reds answered in the fourth on Spencer Steer’s two-run homer, his 10th, and added solo homers by Eugenio Suárez in the seventh and JJ Bleday in the eighth. Cincinnati outhit San Diego 10-11 but left seven runners on base.

Padres starter Michael King allowed three earned runs over 6⅔ innings with three strikeouts. Wandy Peralta (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win. Reds starter Brady Singer gave up two earned runs in six innings with five strikeouts. Chase Petty (0-1) took the loss.

San Diego improved to 35-32, while Cincinnati fell to 32-35. Attendance was 37,393, and the game lasted 2:37.