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SAN DIEGO - The Pirates West Coast road trip has been filled with sunshine and smiles. Neil Walker and Pedro Alvarez hit two-run homers to back Gerrit Coles solid outing and Pittsburgh beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Tuesday night. The Piartes have won the first two games of this three-game series after three of four in Los Angeles. The trip in New York, where the Pirates lost two of three to the Mets. "We didnt play our best ball in New York and we had to move on from there," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "We got some traction, got some starts we needed and the bullpen is working very efficiently and the offence continues to show up." Cole (6-3) limited the Padres to one run and four hits while striking out six in 5 2-3 innings as the Pirates went to 6-1 in his last seven starts. Pittsburgh won its third straight game and 10th in its last 14. Jason Grilli pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his ninth save. Jesse Hahn (0-1) lasted 2 2-3 innings in his major league debut for San Diego. He allowed four runs on six hits, including the homers by Alvarez and Walker, striking out five with two walks. "It was just good to be out there," Hahn said. "Its what I worked for and its good to get the first one out of the way." The Padres lost for the third consecutive time and sunk a season-high seven games under .500. Cole breezed through the first five innings with only two Padres reaching scoring position. But with two outs in the sixth inning, consecutive singles by Chase Headley, Seth Smith and Yonder Alonso ended Coles night, with Alonso driving in Headley to pull the Padres to within 4-1. Jared Hughes relieved Cole and got Jedd Gyorko on a grounder to second to end the rally. "I had good stuff tonight and stuck around long enough to win but I wasnt very effective at all with a four-run lead," Cole said. "That was pretty frustrating and I uncharacteristically ran out of stuff at the end." He retired 10 straight at one point and only two Padres get into scoring position over the first five innings. Alvarez doubled the Pirates lead to 4-0 in the fourth inning, hitting a fastball over the right-field fence for a two-run homer. Alvarezs 11th home run on the year scored Russell Martin, after he opened the inning with a walk. Hahn gave up two more hits, to Jordy Mercer -- his sixth in seven at-bats -- and Josh Harrison, before being lifted for Jason Lane. Walker became the eighth different Pirates player to hit their last eight home runs when he connected in the third inning for his 11th of the season. Walkers two-run, opposite-field blast to left came off Hahns curveball. "It was easier the second time around to see what he wanted to do," Walker said Once Hahn exited, Lane worked 3 1-3 perfect innings in his first major league appearance since Oct. 1, 2007, and first as a pitcher. Lane switched to pitching after 497 games as an outfielder. "Jason did a great job," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Just what we needed." With Hahn and Lane making their major league debuts as pitchers, it was first time since Sept. 4, 1971 that two Padres did that on the same day. NOTES: Padres RHP Andrew Cashner could start as soon as Saturday against the Nationals. Cashner will test his mending elbow in a Wednesday side session before getting the OK for Saturday. . LHP Eric Stults was placed on bereavement leave after the death of his grandmother. He isnt expected to miss a start. . OF Carlos Quentin was out of the lineup but is expected to start on Wednesday; he struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth. . Pirates OF Starling Marte, hitless in his previous 17 at-bats, didnt start. "Its been hard sledding for him," Manager Clint Hurdle said. Marte struck out as a pinch hitter in the seventh. ... RHP Stolmy Pimentel (sore right shoulder) will pitch three innings for Class A Bradenton on Friday. ... 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Dejounte Murray Jersey .Chanathip Songkrasin opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Kroekrit found the target twice in the 57th and four minutes from fulltime.Vietnam and Malaysia play their second leg on Thursday. Vietnam won the first leg 2-1.UNIONDALE, N.Y. - For just the third time in franchise history, the New York Islanders are perfect through their first four games.John Tavares scored the decisive goal of the shootout and the Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night.San Joses Logan Couture and New Yorks Kyle Okposo traded goals earlier in the shootout before Tavares beat Alex Stalock in the fifth round. San Joses Joe Thornton missed on his turn and the Islanders improved to 4-0-0 before a raucous crowd at Nassau Coliseum.The Islanders were perfect through four games previously to start in 1976-77 and 2001-02.These are fun games to play because theres such great energy in the building, said Tavares, who added two assists and leads the NHL with nine points. We brought a good work ethic and a determination to win battles.San Joses Tomas Hertl tied the tense game at 11:16 of the third after goals by Okposo and Josh Bailey earlier in the period put the Islanders ahead 3-2.Stalock made a spectacular glove stop on Tavares in the last minute of overtime and finished with 42 saves.The pace of the game was great, it was a real test of our players, Sharks coach Todd McClellan said. But I thought they had more tenacity.The Islanders dominated the first two periods, outshooting the Sharks 28-11 but they trailed 2-1 entering the third.Okposo scored a power-play goal at 5:57 on a slick pass into the slot from Frans Nielsen. Josh Bailey put the home team ahead at 8:38 with his second of the season.The goal inspired one of many loud choruses of Lets Go Islanders! from the Nassau Coliseum crowd. The Islanders will leave the classic arena after this season for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.The fans are tremendous, they are passionate, Tavares added. They want us to be a playoff team and thats what we want too. We want to be a tough team at home.Okposos goal was the Islanders sixth on the power-play in 14 chances this season.Thats one of the premier teams in the West and I think we outplayed them, Okposo said. Thats the kind of gaame were capable of.dddddddddddd And we still have room to grow.Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored second-period goals for the Sharks, who had opened with three wins.Burns opened the scoring for the Sharks at 1:39 of the second with assists to Joe Pavelski and Mirco Mueller.It was the first NHL point for the 19-year-old Mueller, a first-round draft pick by the Sharks in 2013. The goal was first of the season for Burns, who shrugged when asked if the wide shots differential between the teams was a true barometer of the game.Sometimes stats are weird, he said.Nick Leddy tied it for the Islanders at 4:05 of the second, pouncing on a loose puck in the high slot and sending it past Stalock for his second goal.Patrick Marleau put the Sharks back on top with a power-play goal at 9:14, scoring from the left point 7 seconds after Ryan Strome went off for cross-checking.Marleaus team-best third goal this season was the 440th of his career. The 35-year-old forward is playing his 18th season with the Sharks.The Islanders opened the season with two wins over the Carolina Hurricanes and a comeback 6-3 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. They next will visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.Our puck management was good and we had good decision making, Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. We did a lot of little things well.San Joses John Scott hammered Mikhail Grabovski midway through the first period with an apparently clean hit. Grabovski didnt return to the game. The Islanders said the forward sustained an upper body injury.Earlier Thursday, the Islanders sent rookie defenceman Griffin Reinhart to AHL Bridgeport and activated Calvin de Haan from injured reserve.NOTES: The Islanders wore the blue alternate jerseys they debuted for last Januarys outdoor game against the Rangers at Yankee Stadium ... The Islanders scratched Colin McDonald and Eric Boulton plus defenceman Matt Donovan. ... San Jose scratched Mike Brown and Mike Sheppard and defenceman Scott Hannan. ' ' '