MLB Roundup: Jorge Alfaro's ninth-inning blast boosts Padres over Marlins

Pinch hitter Jorge Alfaro hit a two-out, three-run home run in the ninth inning Sunday afternoon to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 walk-off victory at home over the Miami Marlins.

Miami pitchers had shut out the Padres for 20 straight innings and had retired 11 straight batters when the Padres launched a game-winning rally against closer Cole Sulser. Jurickson Profar singled with one out in the ninth, which was just the Padres' sixth hit of the game.

Then followed an unusual play. Left-handed hitter Trent Grisham grounded sharply to third baseman Joey Wendle, who was playing on the right side of the infield in the shift. But Wendle's throw to second in an attempt to get a forceout was wide of the bag. With no one covering third in the shift, Profar headed to third, only to be tagged out by Sulser on a throw from shortstop Miguel Rojas.

Rookie C.J. Abrams then singled to left, bringing up Alfaro, the last player on the Padres' bench, as a pinch-hitter. He hit the first pitch from Sulser into the left field seats for his second homer of the season.

Angels 5, Nationals 4

Anthony Rendon's two-out RBI single drove in Shohei Ohtani from second base to cap a three-run rally in the ninth inning and lift Los Angeles over Washington in Anaheim, Calif.

Facing Nationals reliever Tanner Rainey (0-1), Ohtani's two-run double tied the game and set the stage for Rendon, who had two hits Sunday after going 0-for-8 in the first two games against his former team. Jaime Barria (1-0) picked up the win with two scoreless innings in relief.

Nationals starter Erick Fedde pitched five scoreless innings with five walks and four strikeouts. Angels starter Patrick Sandoval gave up three runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked three and fanned