SAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star Marcell Ozuna warmed up for the Home Run Derby with blasts of 413 and 422 feet, and Orlando Arcia had a two-run shot for the Atlanta Braves, who beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 on Friday night for their fifth win in seven games.
Ozuna left no doubt with his powerful shots. He led off the fifth with a 413-foot homer to left off knuckleballer Matt Waldron (5-8) that tied the score at 1 and then led off the ninth with a 422-footer to center off Enyel De Los Santos.
Ozuna has 26 homers this season. He was named an All-Star reserve and will participate in the Home Run Derby on Monday night.
Ozuna, who hit a career-high 40 homers last year, went deep in both games of a doubleheader against the Padres in Atlanta on May 20.
The Padres lost their fifth straight game and dropped to one game above .500.
After Ozuna’s homer in the fifth, Adam Duvall doubled, advanced on Eddie Rosario’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Travis d’Arnaud’s single to right. Arcia followed with a 401-foot homer to left-center, his seventh, as Ozuna gestured in approval from the dugout.
The Padres had taken a 1-0 lead against rookie Spencer Schwellenbach (3-4) when Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado hit consecutive doubles opening the fourth.
Schwellenbach made his big league debut on May 29, two days before he turned 24.
Making his eighth start, he held the Padres to one run and three hits in seven innings, with three strikeouts and one walk.
Waldron allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: Activated 2B Xander Bogaerts from the disabled list. Optioned C Brett Sullivan to Triple-A El Paso. Recalled RHP Sean Reynolds from El Paso. Placed LHP Wandy Peralta on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Wednesday, with a left adductor strain.
UP NEXT
Braves RHP Reynaldo López (7-2, 1.71 ERA) and Padres RHP Dylan Cease (7-8, 4.21) are scheduled to start Saturday night.
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