Fired-up Padres overpower Pirates

SAN DIEGO — The Padres swatted three home runs in two innings to overcome an early three-run deficit and their manager’s ejection to beat the Pirates, 5-4, on Tuesday night at Petco Park.

Down, 3-0, in the fourth, Wil Myers lined a full-count slider from Francisco Liriano into the left-field seats to pull San Diego within a run. Derek Norris chased Liriano in the fifth inning, launching a two-run homer to dead center field to give the Padres a 4-3 lead. The next batter, Adam Rosales, greeted Pirates reliever Arquimedes Caminero by crushing a homer that bounced high off the Western Metal Supply Co. building.

The Padres had 10 walks on the night and drew five of them against Liriano, who struggled in his first start since April 8. The veteran left-hander, who missed his scheduled start on April 13 due to a tight right hamstring, was charged with four runs on six hits and needed 100 pitches to get through 4 1/3 innings.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDBalk talk: The Padres’ homer-fueled rally took the sting out of a deflating if not bizarre sequence in the third inning. With Pirates on second and third with two outs, Padres starting pitcher Colin Rea was charged with a balk. Andrew McCutchen was on third base with no one holding him close, so he broke toward the plate as Rae started his windup. The move prompted Rae to speed up his delivery in a manner that caused his right foot to briefly lose contact with the rubber. The umpires called a run-scoring balk, then reversed the call and ultimately — after a strong argument from Pirates manager Clint Hurdle — changed it back to a balk. Padres …

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