Major League Baseball
San Diego 8, Pittsburgh 5
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, May 20, 2018
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Tom Woodring, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 17783
The San Diego Padres rode a four-run ninth inning Sunday to their third straight win, 8-5 against the host Pittsburgh Pirates.

After the Pirates took a 5-4 lead in the eighth, the Padres went to work against Pittsburgh closer Felipe Vazquez (2-1).

Jose Pirela and Christian Villanueva opened with singles, with Franchy Cordero running for Villanueva. Pinch hitter Cory Spangenberg reached and Pirela scored for a 5-5 tie on shortstop Jordy Mercer's throwing error.

Freddy Galvis' bunt single brought home Cordero for the go-ahead run. After a double steal, A.J. Ellis hit a two-run single to make it 8-5.

Josh Harrison, fresh off the disabled list after missing 30 games because of a broken left hand, went 3 for 4 with an RBI for Pittsburgh. Austin Meadows, in his third major league game, was 3 for 4 with his first homer.

San Diego starter Jordan Lyles allowed four runs and seven hits -- two of them home runs -- in 5 2/3 innings. Kirby Yates (3-0) gave up a run in the eighth but got the win. Brad Hand got out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his 14th save.

Pittsburgh starter Trevor Williams gave up four runs and four hits in six innings.

Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the third on Francisco Cervelli's sacrifice fly.

The Padres moved ahead 2-1 in the fourth when Villanueva hit his 12th homer, a two-run screamer to center.

San Diego increased its lead to 4-1 in the fifth. Galvis led off with a single and moved to third on a double to the wall in right by Ellis. Manuel Margot's groundout brought Galvis home. Ellis beat a play at the plate on Lyles' bunt single.

The Pirates tied it in the sixth with two outs. Colin Moran walked before Meadows hit a 420-foot homer to right-center to make it 4-3. Mercer followed with a homer to left to make it 4-4.

In the eighth, Harrison's sacrifice fly gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 lead.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   Pittsburgh
Jordan Lyles Player Trevor Williams
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.2 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 4
6.35 ERA 6.00
Hitting
San Diego   Pittsburgh
Christian Villanueva Player Austin Meadows
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 2
1 HR 1
5 TB 6
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 9 1 13 .243 11 7 7 0 2 0
Pittsburgh 10 2 17 .278 27 5 5 5 0 1