Manny Machado homered in the first inning and hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in a four-run seventh for the San Diego Padres, who rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 to take two of three games in their series.

Following a familiar path to what seemed a practically inevitable loss, the Padres’ dormant offense woke up on Sunday. Suddenly, it all looked familiar in a different way. Just as they had done so often over the season’s first five weeks,

The Pittsburgh Pirates battled with the San Diego Padres in the series opener at Petco Park, but fell just short, 3-2. The Pirates have now lost a