Padre Pitcher Proves Eiland Unto Himself : Dodgers: He hits a home run in his first major league at-bat. McGriff adds a grand slam as San Diego wins, 8-3.

The sound could be heard across the diamond Friday when Dave Eiland used an exaggerated swing to knock the ball into the left field seats.

The sound didn’t come from the bat. It came from Dodger pitcher Bob Ojeda, who was shouting in frustration.

Eiland’s homer--the first by a pitcher in his first major league at-bat since 1975--anda grand slam by Fred McGriff led the San Diego Padres to an 8-3 victory before 23,971 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium on Friday night.

Ojeda’s frustration continued even after he left the game, having given up four runs and four hits in four innings.

The Dodgers, who stranded runners on third base twice while Ojeda was pitching, had a chance to take him off the hook in the sixth inning. Trailing by 4-1, the Dodgers loaded the bases with one out against relievers Pat Clements and Jose Melendez with a fielding error by first baseman McGriff and two walks.

Mike Scioscia singled to right against Melendez to score one run and get his third run batted in in two games. But pinch-hitters Dave Hansen and Todd Benzinger each struck out, with Hanson looking at his third strike pitch.

The Dodgers lost an opportunity with two out in the seventh when Kal Daniels was thrown out at second base while trying to stretch a hit into the right field corner into a double.

The Padres finally took advantage of the Dodgers failures in the seventh by loading the bases against struggling reliever Tim Crews before McGriff sealed the victory with his grand slam, against John Candelaria.

Crews gave up a single to pinch-hitter Thomas Howard, then intentionally walked Tony Gwynn and unintentionally walked Gary Sheffield. With a 2-and-0 count against Candelaria, McGriff hit a 444-foot homer to right field for his fourth career grand slam.

McGriff leads the National League with four homers, including two against the Dodgers. Candelaria was ejected from the game after the inning for arguing with home plate umpire Gary Darling.

Crews, who is a precarious position because he still has a minor-league option remaining, has allowed eight runs in two innings this season for a 36.00 earned-run average.

Eric Davis’ first homer as a Dodger in the eighth inning was too late.

As the Dodgers dropped to 2-2, splitting the first two games of this four- game series here, Ojeda fell to 0-1 by also getting beat by the following:

--A two-run homer by Eiland, a minor league free agent pitcher who made the Padres during spring training after leaving the New York Yankees organization.

It was the first homer in Padre history by a player in his first major league at-bat, and the 35th such homer in National League history.

It occurred with two out in the second inning after Ojeda had apparently survived a leadoff walk to Jerald Clark. But on a 2-and-2 pitch, Eiland swung and the crowd roared for minutes.

Ojeda stepped off the mound, shouting at the ground.

The last pitcher to accomplish that feat was Jose Sosa of the Houston Astros on July 30, 1975.

The last player in the league to accomplish that feat was Jose Offerman of the Dodgers in 1990.

Offerman, hitless in 11 at-bats this season, was removed from Friday’s game for pinch-hitter Hansen in the sixth inning.

--A run-scoring triple by Sheffield on a line drive that darted under the glove of a diving Brett Butler in center field.

This hit occurred in the first inning, after Tony Fernandez had led off the game with a double to left.

--Terrible offensive support.

After surviving on only 3.81 runs per start last year, nearly two runs fewer than Orel Hershiser was given, Ojeda is discovering that he might not get even that much help this season.

The Dodgers scored in the first inning after an error by shortstop Fernandez and a run-scoring double by Strawberry. But with Strawberry on third and Eric Davis on first after a walk, Samuel flied to center.

After Eiland shut the Dodgers down in order in the second and third inning, Strawberry led off the fourth with another double, then Eric Davis reached first on an infield single. But they were stranded.