Musgrove sharp, Hosmer homer lead Padres over Marlins 8-3

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove effectively displayed his heavy dose of breaking pitches, tossing six strong innings and striking out eight to lead the San Diego Padres over the Miami Marlins 8-3 Monday night.

Coming into the game, Musgrove (8-7) was the only major league pitcher with 20-plus starts this year to throw breaking balls on more than half of his deliveries. He kept the Marlins off-balance, surrendering only one run and five hits while lowering his ERA to 2.81.

Eric Hosmer hit an early homer off Zach Thompson (2-5), then added an RBI single in a four-run eighth that broke open the game. Hosmer has hit over .400 (21 for 50) at Petco Park since the beginning of July.

Miami outfielder Lewis Brinson, who spoke before the game about an incident with racial overtones Sunday as the Marlins played at Coors Field in Denver, had two hits and scored twice.

Brinson hit a two-run homer high off the warehouse building in left field against Emilio Pagan in the eighth that narrowed San Diego’s lead to 4-3.

The Padres scored twice in the fourth on a single by Victor Caratini that drove in Hosmer and a sacrifice fly by Musgrove.

Trent Grisham hit a two-run triple in the eighth and Caratini added a sacrifice fly.

BRINSON SITUATION

Brinson spoke hours after the Colorado Rockies said a fan yelled the name of team mascot Dinger and not a racial slur as the Black outfielder batted Sunday. Brinson said he’d reviewed the tape and had a different opinion.

“So I watched the video at least 50 times in the past 15-16 hours,” Brinson said. “I watched it a lot, especially when I heard that he said Dinger instead of the N-word.”

“I personally — this is again my personal opinion — I personally keep hearing the N-word,” he said. Brinson...

source https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Musgrove-sharp-Hosmer-homer-lead-Padres-over-16376127.php