The San Diego Padres lost Manny Manny Machado to a first-inning ejection, blew a four-run lead and lost 8-6 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who surged ahead with four runs in an ugly eighth inning on Tuesday.
Xander Bogaerts, who signed a $280 million, 11-year deal as a free agent in December, hit a two-run homer to left-center with two outs in the fifth, his third, for a 5-1 lead. Juan Soto was aboard on a one-out double.
Ace Yu Darvish made his season debut for the Padres, holding the Diamondbacks to one run and three hits in five innings.
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