Nick Martinez started in place of the injured Nick Lodolo. His former teammates, the San Diego Padres, treated him unkindly in a 7-3 win to even the series at a even the series at on game a piece.
His first order of business was to surrender Luis Arraez first home run of the season.
The Reds countered with a first inning home run off Michael King by Jeimer Candelario. It was Candelario's fifth of the season.
The Padres exploded for four more runs against Martinez, their teammate from last year, in the fourth an fifth.
Martinez pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on eight hits and a walk.
In five starts, Martinez is 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA. As a reliever he is 1-0 with a 1.04 ERA in six appearances.
Why the discrepancy?
"I've had a lot of bad luck as a starter. I've had a lot of soft contact that fall in for hits. Today was the most different of all my starts.," Martinez said. "I didn't execute my pitches as I normally do. I've done a pretty good job to this point of executing my slider down and away off the plate. Today I had a lineup that feeds off off-speed pitches."
David Bell didn't want to dwell on it.
"I don't want to make a big deal out of that. Nick is a good pitcher," Bell said. "It was maybe not the best. He was just missing with some pitches some really close pitches he wasn't getting. Nick is a good pitcher and wants to be out there in most situation. It is incredible the attitude towards wanting to be on the mound."
Jackson Profar walked to open the fourth and scored on Manny Machado's second double of the game. Luis Campusano and Tyler Ward singled to start the fifth. Fernando Tatis Jr. brought a run home with a single. Ward was thrown out rounding second to far. Profar doubled to score Tatis from first. Jake Croneworth singled to score Profar and send Martinez to the showers.
San Diego crossed the plate twice against Brent Suter in the sixth with singles by David Peralta, who was called up before the game to replace the injured Xander Bogaerts, Wade and Arraez.
King walked Mike Ford to open the second but then retired 13 straight before Jacob Hurtubise walked. Candelario singled and Tyler Stephenson drove them both in with a two-out double.
The Reds wasted a leadoff double by Spencer Steer in the seventh.
Carson Spiers saved the bullpen by covering the final 3 1/3 scoreless innings. The Reds turned in four double plays or it would have been worse.
Arraez had four of the Padres 14 hits.
Heavy rains hit the ballpark in the bottom of the ninth but Robert Suarez retired the Reds in a scoreless innings.
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