Padres 5, Rangers 1 (7)

Batter’s box: Juan Soto continued a torrid start to his spring with a double and a single in three at-bats. He is 6-for-8 with three doubles, a home run and a walk in three games. … Nelson Cruz hit his first home run of the spring. He is 2-for-11 and has also doubled. … Trent Grisham was 1-for-3 with a double and is 4-for-11 on the spring. … Infielder/outfielder Brandon Dixon, who is battling for a bench spot, was 1-for-3 and is 3-for-11 with two walks this spring. … Tim Lopes was 1-for-2 with his second double of the spring. He has inserted himself into the battle for a bench spot by starting 5-for-12 through six games.

Balls and strikes: Nick Martinez was so efficient in his second Cactus League start that he went one more inning than expected. Martinez got through three innings in 28 pitches before throwing 20 more pitches in the fourth. He has allowed four hits, walked one and struck out eight in six innings this spring. Martinez will make one more start before joining the United States team for the World Baseball Classic. … Ryan Weathers allowed one run in 21⁄3 innings, escaping the sixth despite Lopes bobbling a transfer on a would-be double play and booting a grounder while playing shortstop. Weathers did yield a home run in the seventh. … Craig Stammen relieved Weathers with a runner on first base, and his second pitch induced a double-play grounder that was the game’s final play.

Extra bases: The Rangers had split-squad games Wednesday, and former Padres manager Bruce Bochy stayed in Surprise to manage his new team there. So the Rangers were managed in Peoria by former Padres player Will Venable, now Texas’ associate manager. … Shortstop Xander Bogaerts was called for a violation of the new shift rules when he had a foot on the grass in the first inning. That turned a strike from Martinez into a ball . ... Luis Liberato, Alfonso Rivas and Lopes have played in every game for the Padres.

On deck: The Padres play the Mariners at 12:10 p.m. PT today at Peoria Stadium. Seth Lugo makes his second start of the spring after allowing one run in two innings in his spring debut Feb. 25.