Padres Shut Out Pirates 5-0, Marquez Earns First Win

PITTSBURGH — The San Diego Padres secured a 5-0 shutout victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night at PNC Park, snapping Pittsburgh's five-game winning streak and marking the Padres' third consecutive win.

Germán Márquez earned his first victory with San Diego, delivering five solid innings in his second start for the team. The 31-year-old right-hander allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four on 92 pitches, 56 of them for strikes. Relievers Ron Marinaccio and David Morgan followed with two scoreless innings each to complete the Padres' second shutout of the season. Márquez, who joined San Diego on a minor league deal in February and earned a rotation spot, escaped a fifth-inning threat with a runner on third by retiring Brandon Lowe on a popup and Bryan Reynolds on a flyout to left.

San Diego's offense came alive with four RBI doubles. Nick Castellanos opened the scoring with one in the first inning, followed by run-scoring hits from Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth and Ramón Laureano. Manny Machado added a run with a groundout and scored another, while Xander Bogaerts contributed two hits and a walk. Freddy Fermin crossed the plate twice for the Padres.