SAN DIEGO (AP) Manny Machado, Juan Soto and Gary SƔnchez homered to help the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Blake Snell (7-8) limited the Pirates to two hits and one run in six innings. Steven Wilson, Robert Suarez and Josh Hader pitched three innings of one-hit relief.

Machadoā€™s 20th homer of the season, a 418-foot shot to left-center off Rich Hill (7-10), tied it at 1 in the second inning.

SƔnchez added the go-ahead run, making in 2-1, with an RBI single to center field that scored Xander Bogaerts from second base. Bogaerts reached on a single to center and stole second base.

Sotoā€™s solo home run, also his 20th, to deep right field in the seventh put the Padres ahead 3-1. Soto has hit 20 or more homers in five of his six seasons, the only exception was the pandemic-shortened season in 2020.

ā€œIā€™ve never faced that guy, just making sure I got one pitch,ā€ Soto said. ā€œI got it and didnā€™t miss it, it feels great.ā€

Following Sotoā€™s homer, Machado was hit in the upper left shoulder by reliever Angel Perdomo on the next pitch.

ā€œIf you give up a bomb like that, I mean Iā€™d be mad, too,ā€ Machado said.

Perdomo was ejected along with Pirates manager Derek Shelton.

ā€œI think the umpires handled it right,ā€ Padres manager Bob Melvin said. ā€œYou saw where the catcher set up and missed by a pretty wide margin.ā€

SĆ”nchez added insurance with a two-run homer in the eighth that plated Luis Campusano and put the Padres ahead 5-1. Sanchezā€™ homer capped off a three-hit, three-RBI performance.

In the top of the seventh, Soto sprinted in to make a diving catch on Andrew McCutchenā€™s sinking line drive. Sotoā€™s two-out catch came with runners on first and second base and preserved the Padresā€™ 2-1 lead.

Soto said, based on the count, he was expecting McCutchen to pull the ball.

ā€œItā€™s a different game if that ball drops, and on top of that he hits a homer,ā€ Melvin said.

Hill allowed seven hits and two runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Alika Williams made his major league debut for the Pirates at shortstop in the seventh inning. He replaced Liover Peguero.

TRAINERS ROOM

Padres: RHP Michael Wacha threw a 25-pitch bullpen session consisting of fastballs and change-ups, and is scheduled to throw again Friday. Wacha (8-2, 2.84) has been sidelined because of shoulder inflammation.

Pirates: Second basemen Tucupita Marcano had images taken of his right knee and was placed on the 60-day injured list because of a ligament injury. ... Infielder Ke-Bryan Hayes went 0 for 2 with a run scored in his first rehabilitation game for Triple-A Indianapolis. Hayes has been on the injured list with low back inflammation since July 7.

ROSTER MOVES

Pirates: Infielder Alika Williams was selected from Triple-A Indianapolis in a roster move that corresponds with Marcanoā€™s injury.

UP NEXT

The Padres will send RHP Seth Lugo (4-4, 3.72) against Pirates RHP Johan Oviedo (3-11, 4.77) on Wednesday.

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