SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth raced home with the tying run on an error and Ty France singled in the go-ahead run during a four-run rally in the seventh inning that gave the San Diego Padres a 7-5 win against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.
The Padres remained in the National League’s third wild-card spot after winning for the 10th time in 13 games and for the 20th time in 27. They’ll go for a three-game sweep on Sunday against the Twins, who remain in a bunch just outside of the AL’s third wild card.
The Padres’ rally against Andrew Morris (4-5) started when Freddy Fermin reached on catcher’s interference with one out, followed by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s single. Cronenworth hit an opposite-field double into the left-field corner to bring them both in to pull the Padres to 5-4.
Manny Machado hit a grounder to shortstop Kaelen Culpepper, who threw to third trying to get Cronenworth, but Brooks Lee missed it for an error. Cronenworth got up and headed home, sliding in headfirst with the tying run.
France hit an opposite-field single to right to bring in Machado for the go-ahead run.