Blue Wave alum Austin Hedges homered and knocked in four runs Tuesday night, sending the Padres to a 6-2 victory and pushing the Cubs below .500 for just the second time this season.

Hedges has long been lauded for his defensive potential, but the Padres’ backstop has spent the first two months reminding the baseball world that he can hit, too. Hedges launched his ninth homer of the season in the second inning, a low-trajectory two-run missile that left his bat at 108 mph to put San Diego ahead, 2-1.