May 8, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; San Diego Padres outfielder Will Venable (right) slides safely into home to score ahead of the tag by Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Tuffy Gosewisch in the fourth inning at Chase Field. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
PHOENIX — San Diego center fielder Will Venable homered and drove in the go-ahead run and right-hander James Shields survived four home runs in the Padres’ 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Chase Field.
Venable, who was a double short of the first cycle in franchise history, singled to break a tie at 5 in the seventh inning after left fielder Justin Upton walked and stole second base against right-hander Enrique Burgos (0-1).
Venable homered in the second inning and tripled and scored in the fourth. He had been in an 0-for-16 slump entering the game.
Second baseman Chris Owings, center fielder A.J. Pollock, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and right fielder David Peralta homered off Shields (4-0), who gave up five runs in six innings.
Padres first baseman Wil Myers had a career-high four hits, including a homer, and was a triple short of a cycle in first major league start at first base while replacing injured Yonder Alonso.
Second baseman Cory Spangenberg tripled, scored twice and walked four times for the Padres (16-15), who had lost three of four.
Goldschmidt and Pollock had two hits for the Diamondbacks (13-15), who had won their last three.
Venable’s third homer of the season in the second inning broke an 0-for-16 streak and gave the Padres a 1-0 lead.
Owings’ second homer followed a walk to second baseman Aaron Hill in the second inning to make it 2-1.
Spangenberg walked with two outs in the third, stole second and scored on right fielder Matt Kemp’s single to tie it at 2.
Venable tripled and scored in the fourth when he beat Hill’s throw to the plate on shortstop Alexi Amarista’s grounder to give the Padres a 3-2 lead.
Myers homered to lead off the fifth, and Spangenberg tripled and scored on an infield grounder to make it 5-2.
Pollock homered in the bottom of the fifth to make it 5-3, and back-to-back homers by Goldschmidt and Peralta tied it at 5 it the sixth.
NOTES: San Diego 1B Yonder Alonso (scapula) was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday, a day after aggravating a shoulder injury when he landed awkwardly while fielding a ground ball. “It could be two, three, four weeks,” Alonso said. He was tied for seventh in the National League with a .333 batting average and has four doubles, a triple and a homer. CF Wil Myers started at first on Friday. Myers had played four innings at first in his first two major league seasons with Tampa Bay. … OF Abraham Almonte was to be recalled from Triple-A El Paso to take Alonso’s roster spot, although he was not expected to arrive until Saturday, San Diego manager Bud Black said. … RHP Shawn Kelley (calf) was activated from the disabled list Friday and RHP Nick Vincent was optioned to El Paso to create a roster spot. … Entering the game, Arizona led the major leagues in batting average (.333), on-base percentage (.371) and slugging percentage (.500) since April 27. … Arizona RHP Jeremy Hellickson and San Diego RHP James Shields, Friday’s starting pitchers, were teammates in Tampa Bay from 2010 to 2012. Shields had 44 victories during that span and Hellickson had 35.
