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Jeff Sanders

Reyes, Renfroe go deep to lead Padres over Marlins

SAN DIEGO _ As power-hitting outfielders go, Franmil Reyes and Hunter Renfroe provide the San Diego Padres with a formidable one-two punch.

One went low Friday night. The other went high. That was enough to get the Padres started on a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins to start a 10-game homestand.

Renfroe followed with Reyes' first-inning, low-lining, 112 mph homer with a moonshot into the second deck of Western Metal Supply Co. build in the fourth inning, allowing Joey Lucchesi to largely cruise in turning in a third straight quality start.

He made one fewer mistake that Marlins ace-in-the-making Caleb Smith (5 IP, 2 ER).

The pinch-hit home run that Lucchesi surrendered to Rosell Herrera in the sixth inning was one of two hits he allowed over 6 1/3 innings. Lucchesi got three more outs after that before handing the ball over to Craig Stammen, who stranded Lucchesi's lone walk, finished with five strikeouts and won for the first time since April 21.

The 25-year-old left-hander had Reyes and Renfroe and later Ian Kinsler and Kirby Yates to thank.

Kinsler homered off Marlins right-hander Austin Brice for an insurance run in the seventh inning, his seventh of the year. Wil Myers also added an RBI single in that frame and singles from Eric Hosmer, Ty France and a Marlins error added up to another insurance run in the eighth. The four-run cushion helped Yates earn his MLB-leading 22nd save despite allowing one of the two runners he inherited from Phil Maton to score in the ninth.

Lucchesi never trailed because Reyes lined a 112 mph home run over the wall in left field with one out in the first inning, the 23-year-old Dominican's first since May 20.

Reyes' 16 homers are still tops on the Padres, tied for sixth in the NL and five behind MLB-leader Christian Yelich. His average exit velocity of 92.3 mph also ranks 24th in the majors and was inched a tad higher on the 19-degree, 363-foot homer to jump on Smith.

Three innings later, Renfroe more than doubled Reyes' launch angle with a 39-degree, 104-mph drive that landed 383 feet away from the plate and into the second deck of the Western Metal Supply Co. building in left field, his 15th of the year.

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