Volquez pitches Padres past Mariners
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Edinson Volquez hurled 7 2/3 innings of one-run ball to guide the San Diego Padres to a 6-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
Volquez (4-5) gave up four hits and walked three while striking out five to pick up his first win since May 5.
Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer and scored twice and Mark Kotsay drove in a pair for the Padres, who had dropped five of their last six games entering the contest.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jesus Sucre's sacrifice fly in the second inning provided the lone run for the Mariners, losers in nine of their last 11 games.
Brandon Maurer (2-7) was tagged for six runs -- five earned -- on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings to absorb the loss.
With the bases loaded and one out in the second, Sucre lifted a fly ball to right field to score Michael Morse. Volquez was able to get out of the early jam after getting Brendan Ryan to fly out to end the inning.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gyorko put the Padres ahead in the fourth with his two-run shot. It was his sixth homer of the season.
The Mariners looked to add another run in the fourth. With Morse on first base, Michael Saunders ripped an extra-base hit to the wall in right-center field. Alexi Amarista fired the relay throw to Everth Cabrera, who turned and delivered a strike as Morse was sliding into the plate.
"Great play. It was a touch offline, but strength to the throw and (Grandal) got back in front of the plate, protected home. It was a big out for us, a big momentum swing for us," said Padres manager Bud Black.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Morse apparently injured his right quad on the play and left the game.
Amarista added a solo homer in the fifth inning and San Diego scored three more in the sixth to take a 6-1 lead.
With the bases loaded and one out, Kotsay laced a base hit to center field to score Yonder Alonso and Yasmani Grandal. Chris Denorfia drove in Gyorko two batter later on Nick Franklin's fielding error at second base.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Game Notes
Volquez is 4-0 over six career starts against the Mariners ... The Padres have won six of the last eight games against Seattle ... The Mariners were 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base ... Maurer has dropped four straight decisions and hasn't won since April 25.