Padres 2, Reds 1: Chase Headley homered with two outs in the top of the ninth inning as visiting San Diego edged Cincinnati in the opener of a three-game series.

Headley smacked a 1-1 offering from Aroldis Chapman (0-1) into the left-field bleachers as the Padres won their fourth consecutive game. Joaquin Benoit (1-0) worked a scoreless eighth inning and Huston Street struck out two while retiring the side in order in the ninth for his 12th save.

Chapman entered after Mike Leake limited San Diego to one run and two hits over eight innings. Padres starter Andrew Cashner also put together a strong outing and allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings.

Cincinnati struck in the first when Billy Hamilton tripled and scored two batters later on Brandon Phillips’ single to right. San Diego tied the score in the fourth when Seth Smith doubled, moved to third on a grounder and came in on Jedd Gyorko’s fly to right.

Smith had two of San Diego’s three hits, while Phillips was 3-for-4 for Cincinnati. Chapman appeared in his second contest since being hit in the head by a line drive during spring training.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Padres LF Carlos Quentin (knee) went 0-for-3 with a walk in his season debut after being activated from the disabled list. San Diego also recalled RHP Kevin Quackenbush from Triple-A El Paso, optioned 1B/OF Kyle Blanks to the same club and put RHP Dale Thayer on the paternity list. … Reds 3B Todd Frazier went 1-for-4 to extend his career-best hitting streak to 12 games. … Smith was named National League Player of the Week after going 14-for-28 with five doubles, three triples, one homer and seven RBIs last week.