Pham homers leading off, Padres pile on in 8-1 win over A's

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Pham hit a leadoff homer, Austin Nola had four hits and two RBIs, and the San Diego Padres thumped the Oakland Athletics 8-1 on Tuesday night.

Manny Machado added two hits and scored twice for San Diego. Blake Snell pitched around traffic for five innings and allowed one run as the Padres won for the second time in three games since star shortstop Fernando Tatís Jr. went out with a shoulder injury.

The Padres' offense didn’t seem to miss their star hitter against the A’s. Every San Diego starter had at least one hit or scored a run.

Starling Marte had three hits for Oakland, including his first home run with the A’s.

Pham hit his 12th home run on the ninth pitch from A’s starter Sean Manaea (8-7). The Padres' leadoff hitter also had an RBI single in the third when San Diego put together four straight two-out hits.

San Diego scored twice in the fifth and twice more in the seventh. Trent Grisham had a two-run single that drove in Machado and Eric Hosmer, who slid past catcher Yan Gomes without being tagged, then quickly got back up and touched home plate.

Snell (5-4) went into the game with the highest road ERA among pitchers with at least 11 starts away from home before beating the A’s. He had six strikeouts and walked three.

Four relievers retired three batters apiece to complete the seven-hitter.

The A’s had runners on base in each of the first four innings but failed to score.

After Mark Canha singled to open the first and Marte doubled, Snell retired the next three batters without allowing the ball out of the infield. Oakland loaded the bases with one out in the second when Canha flew out to right and Wil Myers threw out Josh Harrison sliding into home plate to complete the double play.

Manaea allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings in his...

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