The Mariners once more dotted their lineup with rookies, five of them in all, in a season when eight players have made their Major League debuts. Less noticeable but also on the card manager Scott Servais posted: growing confidence and a sense that some important building blocks are in place.

That feeling grew a bit more Tuesday night at Petco Park as the Mariners won again, snapping the Padres’ seven-game winning streak with an 8-3 victory. That’s a season-best four straight wins for the Mariners as they begin a seven-game road trip to San Diego and Anaheim.

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Evan White and Austin Nola collected three hits apiece and J.P. Crawford got two as the Mariners collected 13 in all off five San Diego pitchers. That was enough for lefty Marco Gonzales, who allowed three runs, all of them in the third, in five innings against one of baseball’s hottest lineups.

“Our guys are all-in,” Servais said. “They just want to get better, and when you’re dealing with young guys, it’s fun to coach. It’s a fun group to be around. It’s nice to see the results start to come.”

That’s especially true for Crawford, who began the day hitting .222 but got some positive results for the hours of work and the solid at-bats. His booming two-run homer in the second inning off Padres starter Chris Paddack opened up a 4-0 lead. It was his first home run of 2020.

“Oh, yeah, definitely,” Crawford said. “But I trust the baseball gods that it all evens out. Just got to stay the course and stay positive.”

Gonzales did not have his best stuff, but he fought through a tough third inning, got through five and got his third win of the season. Outings like that send all sorts of messages to the club’s young pitchers.

“Yeah, it was a grind,” Gonzales said. “They have a good lineup. I think we saw they were aggressive in different counts, and we had to pivot a little bit, especially after the third inning. This is the thing you have to do.”

Servais was effusive in his praise of Gonzales, saying: “One of the more professional outings that Marco has given us all year. It wasn't easy for him. I think last time out was probably as good as he's been all year, and tonight it was a little bit of a struggle. They kind of had him on the ropes in the third inning, but he was able to kind of battle through it.”

In the last seven games -- yes, small sample size -- the Mariners have a 3.05 ERA as the constant reminders to throw strikes and trust their talent have paid dividends. 

“I think we've done an outstanding job of being more cognizant of controlling the strike zone and with our pitchers being very aggressive,” Servais said.

The Mariners jumped on Paddack for two runs in the first, second and sixth innings. They scored two add-on runs against the San Diego bullpen in the seventh. Meanwhile, Seattle got four shutout innings from four relievers, including a pair of hard-throwing rookies, Aaron Fletcher and Joey Gerber, for the eighth and ninth innings.

“I'm really happy with where we're at as a group,” Servais said. “We're just putting this thing together right now, and I'm super, super excited about the talent we have.”

After sweeping the Rangers at home over the weekend, the Mariners faced a different kind of challenge in a San Diego team that has been one of baseball’s best and most exciting clubs. But the Mariners are growing a bit themselves.

“Oh, it's fun,” Crawford said. “We’re coming along. We’re competing. We’re in every game almost. We keep doing that, keep handling our business, we’re going to be good.”