Samad Taylor’s homer leads Padres past Orioles 9‑3

BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Samad Taylor homered and drove in three runs as the San Diego Padres defeated the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 on Saturday evening at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. Jackson Merrill added a two-run homer in the first inning, and Rodolfo Durán and Manny Machado also went deep for San Diego.

Randy Vásquez (6-4) earned the win, allowing two earned runs on six hits over five innings while striking out five. Yuki Matsui tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, and Jason Adam and Ron Marinaccio each threw a hitless frame.

Pete Alonso homered and drove in two runs for Baltimore, which fell to 34-38. Trey Gibson (1-2) took the loss.

San Diego scored four times in the first inning, added two in the fifth and one each in the seventh, eighth and ninth. Baltimore plated two runs in the first and one in the seventh. Both teams finished with 10 hits.

Attendance was 25,722, and the game lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes. The Padres improved to 36-33.