SEATTLE — A laugher turned into a nail-biter on Tuesday night, and the Padres had to claw back and hold on to beat the Mariners for the first time in five games this season.

There was a little bit of everything in their 7-6 victory. A little too much of some of it.

The Padres followed a five-run first inning by getting two hits over the next four innings, and the Mariners went ahead with a pair of three-run homers in the fifth.

The Padres responded with one run in the sixth and then leaned on the back end of their bullpen to do what it has far more often than not.

It had to be that way because starting pitcher Dylan Cease did what he has done far more often than not in 2025 — looking good until he did not.

And it was once again the fifth inning when he looked his worst.

Cease made it

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