MIAMI -- Adeiny Hechavarria was trying to hit a single.
He did far better.
Hechavarria hit a three-run homer off Brandon Maurer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Miami Marlins topped the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Sunday.
"I never ended a game that way with a walkoff home run," Hechavarria said. "Extremely happy."
His shot to left-center capped an unexpected display of ninth-inning power from light-hitting shortstops. Hechavarria's homer came after San Diego's Alexi Amarista -- like Hechavarria, a No. 8 hitter -- denied Jose Fernandez what would have been a historic win with a tying two-run homer off Marlins closer A.J. Ramos (1-3) in the top of the ninth.
Amarista's homer was his third, Hechavarria's his fifth. According to STATS LLC, it was the eighth time in the last 100 years a pair of No. 8 hitters swatted ninth-inning homers.
"You don't expect Hech to hit it out that far," said Fernandez, who struck out 10 in six shutout innings and allowed four hits. "Right off the bat, we knew it was gone."
Maurer (7-4) faced four batters, and three scored.
Until Ramos gave up Amarista's homer, Fernandez was in position to secure a place next to Johnny Allen and LaMarr Hoyt as the only pitchers since 1900 to win their first 16 career home decisions.
The Marlins got a scare in the eighth when Carter Capps departed with right elbow stiffness. Capps, who has a 1.16 ERA and 58 strikeouts against just seven walks, said he will have an MRI on Monday, but was told initial tests suggested there's no major issue.
Fernandez threw 112 pitches. He has only topped that once, a 114-pitch outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 4, 2014. The Padres teed off against him five days later, after which it was determined that Fernandez needed elbow reconstruction surgery that kept him out of Miami's rotation for more than a year.
This time, the Padres saw a healthy Fernandez. That's not good for them.
San Diego has faced the Miami ace four times, and hasn't scored off him in three of those -- the exception being last year where Fernandez was dealing with the then-not-diagnosed elbow issue and gave up six hits and five earned runs in five innings. Take that away, and San Diego has no runs in 20 2/3 innings against him.
"It was probably a little more personal," Fernandez said of facing the Padres again.
Fernandez escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first, and returned to the mound with a 2-0 lead. Ichiro Suzuki and Miguel Rojas scored after opening with consecutive doubles.
Amarista led off the San Diego fifth with a standup triple, but was stranded. Fernandez struck out James Shields, got Will Venable to pop into shallow right and then struck out Yangervis Solarte -- who spiked his helmet in frustration.
In the ninth, Amarista left nothing to chance. But Hechavarria did him one better.
"The fact of the matter is that we had a shot to win," said Shields, who allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. "I kept the team in the game but unfortunately it didn't work out our way."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: 2B Cory Spangenberg (left knee) ran the bases pregame Sunday and will report to Double-A San Antonio on Monday. Spangenberg hasn't played since June 27. "He said, `Look, I think I'm closer than you think," Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said.
Marlins: 2B Dee Gordon (rest) got the day off. In his place, Ichiro batted leadoff and Rojas played second.
RAMOS STRUGGLES
Ramos struggled for the second straight outing, after giving up four earned runs in 1 1/3 innings in San Diego's 8-3 win Friday. In his first 45 appearances, Ramos allowed seven runs. In his last two, he has allowed six. "He's our closer," Marlins manager Dan Jennings insisted.
UP NEXT
Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (7-8, 3.38) goes Monday when San Diego visits RHP Wily Peralta (2-5, 3.90) and the Milwaukee Brewers. Ross has allowed three earned runs or less in 20 of his 22 starts. The Brewers have won four of Peralta's last five starts.
Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (8-7, 3.38) starts Monday when Miami hosts RHP Bartolo Colon (9-10, 4.96) and the New York Mets. Koehler has a 2.40 ERA in his last seven outings. Colon is 3-9 with a 6.01 ERA in his last 13 starts.
He did far better.
Hechavarria hit a three-run homer off Brandon Maurer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Miami Marlins topped the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Sunday.
"I never ended a game that way with a walkoff home run," Hechavarria said. "Extremely happy."
His shot to left-center capped an unexpected display of ninth-inning power from light-hitting shortstops. Hechavarria's homer came after San Diego's Alexi Amarista -- like Hechavarria, a No. 8 hitter -- denied Jose Fernandez what would have been a historic win with a tying two-run homer off Marlins closer A.J. Ramos (1-3) in the top of the ninth.
Amarista's homer was his third, Hechavarria's his fifth. According to STATS LLC, it was the eighth time in the last 100 years a pair of No. 8 hitters swatted ninth-inning homers.
"You don't expect Hech to hit it out that far," said Fernandez, who struck out 10 in six shutout innings and allowed four hits. "Right off the bat, we knew it was gone."
Maurer (7-4) faced four batters, and three scored.
Until Ramos gave up Amarista's homer, Fernandez was in position to secure a place next to Johnny Allen and LaMarr Hoyt as the only pitchers since 1900 to win their first 16 career home decisions.
The Marlins got a scare in the eighth when Carter Capps departed with right elbow stiffness. Capps, who has a 1.16 ERA and 58 strikeouts against just seven walks, said he will have an MRI on Monday, but was told initial tests suggested there's no major issue.
Fernandez threw 112 pitches. He has only topped that once, a 114-pitch outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 4, 2014. The Padres teed off against him five days later, after which it was determined that Fernandez needed elbow reconstruction surgery that kept him out of Miami's rotation for more than a year.
This time, the Padres saw a healthy Fernandez. That's not good for them.
San Diego has faced the Miami ace four times, and hasn't scored off him in three of those -- the exception being last year where Fernandez was dealing with the then-not-diagnosed elbow issue and gave up six hits and five earned runs in five innings. Take that away, and San Diego has no runs in 20 2/3 innings against him.
"It was probably a little more personal," Fernandez said of facing the Padres again.
Fernandez escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first, and returned to the mound with a 2-0 lead. Ichiro Suzuki and Miguel Rojas scored after opening with consecutive doubles.
Amarista led off the San Diego fifth with a standup triple, but was stranded. Fernandez struck out James Shields, got Will Venable to pop into shallow right and then struck out Yangervis Solarte -- who spiked his helmet in frustration.
In the ninth, Amarista left nothing to chance. But Hechavarria did him one better.
"The fact of the matter is that we had a shot to win," said Shields, who allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. "I kept the team in the game but unfortunately it didn't work out our way."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: 2B Cory Spangenberg (left knee) ran the bases pregame Sunday and will report to Double-A San Antonio on Monday. Spangenberg hasn't played since June 27. "He said, `Look, I think I'm closer than you think," Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said.
Marlins: 2B Dee Gordon (rest) got the day off. In his place, Ichiro batted leadoff and Rojas played second.
RAMOS STRUGGLES
Ramos struggled for the second straight outing, after giving up four earned runs in 1 1/3 innings in San Diego's 8-3 win Friday. In his first 45 appearances, Ramos allowed seven runs. In his last two, he has allowed six. "He's our closer," Marlins manager Dan Jennings insisted.
UP NEXT
Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (7-8, 3.38) goes Monday when San Diego visits RHP Wily Peralta (2-5, 3.90) and the Milwaukee Brewers. Ross has allowed three earned runs or less in 20 of his 22 starts. The Brewers have won four of Peralta's last five starts.
Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (8-7, 3.38) starts Monday when Miami hosts RHP Bartolo Colon (9-10, 4.96) and the New York Mets. Koehler has a 2.40 ERA in his last seven outings. Colon is 3-9 with a 6.01 ERA in his last 13 starts.
1:10PM,EDT,August 2,2015
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| San Diego - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Venable struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Solarte singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Kemp singled to left, Solarte to second. | 0 | 0 |
| J. Upton struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Alonso walked, Solarte to third, Kemp to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Norris popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Suzuki doubled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Rojas doubled to center, Suzuki scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Yelich grounded out to second, Rojas to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Dietrich hit sacrifice fly to left, Rojas scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Prado walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Bour singled to center, Prado to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Mathis fouled out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Gyorko struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Amarista grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Shields struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Hechavarría grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Fernández lined out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Suzuki struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Venable lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Solarte walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Kemp lined into double play, second to first, Solarte doubled off first. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Rojas flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Yelich grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Dietrich popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| J. Upton struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Alonso singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Norris popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Gyorko struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Prado struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Bour flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Amarista tripled to deep center. | 0 | 2 |
| Shields struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Venable flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Solarte struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Hechavarría singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Fernández sacrificed to pitcher, Hechavarría to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Suzuki grounded out to first, Hechavarría to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Rojas grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Kemp popped out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| J. Upton struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Alonso safe at second on error by first baseman Bour. | 0 | 2 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Yelich walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Dietrich struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Prado singled to center, Yelich to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Bour grounded into fielder's choice to first, Yelich out at home, Prado to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Mathis grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Morris pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Morris relieved Fernández. | 0 | 2 |
| Gyorko grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Amarista grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Barmes hit for Shields. | 0 | 2 |
| Barmes flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Quackenbush pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Quackenbush relieved Shields. | 0 | 2 |
| Hechavarría flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| McGehee hit for Morris. | 0 | 2 |
| McGehee grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Suzuki grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Carter Capps pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Capps relieved Morris. | 0 | 2 |
| McGehee at first base. | 0 | 2 |
| Venable struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Solarte reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Kemp walked, Solarte to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Dunn relieved Capps. | 0 | 2 |
| J. Upton struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Alonso struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Quackenbush pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Rojas singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Rzepczynski relieved Quackenbush. | 0 | 2 |
| Yelich struck out looking. Rojas caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Dietrich struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Ramos pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Yelich in left field. | 0 | 2 |
| Ramos relieved Dunn. | 0 | 2 |
| Gillespie in center field. | 0 | 2 |
| Norris singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Gyorko struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Amarista homered to right (351 feet), Norris scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Wallace hit for Rzepczynski. | 2 | 2 |
| Wallace grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Venable struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Maurer pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Maurer relieved Rzepczynski. | 2 | 2 |
| Prado walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Gillespie bunted into fielder's choice to first, Prado out at second. | 2 | 2 |
| Gillespie stole second. | 2 | 2 |
| Mathis walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Hechavarría homered to center (415 feet), Gillespie and Mathis scored. | 2 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego Padres | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Venable CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .250 | .314 | .379 |
| Solarte 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .263 | .315 | .398 |
| Kemp RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .258 | .308 | .406 |
| J. Upton LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .247 | .321 | .429 |
| Alonso 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .285 | .371 | .382 |
| Norris C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .241 | .286 | .407 |
| Gyorko 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .230 | .295 | .343 |
| Amarista SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .201 | .267 | .293 |
| Shields P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .152 | .152 | .174 |
a-Barmes PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .312 | .408 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-Wallace PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .323 | .382 | .484 |
Maurer P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 167 | |||
| a-flied out to right for J Shields in the 7th b-grounded to second for M Rzepczynski in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Amarista (3, Fernández) HR: Amarista (3, 9th inning off Ramos 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: Amarista 2 (23) Padres RISP: 0-8 (Norris 0-2, J. Upton 0-2, Solarte 0-1, Venable 0-1, Alonso 0-1, Shields 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Norris-Amarista). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Marlins Park, Miami, FL |
| Attendance | 25,228 (67.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:05 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Adrian Johnson, First Base - Bill Miller, Second Base - Sean Barber, Third Base - Doug Eddings |
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