Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

63-66, 28-35 Away

Final
2 - 6

San Diego Padres

69-60, 38-26 Home

France homers, drives in 3 runs as Padres beat Twins 6-2

Minnesota Twins vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

The Padres held onto the National League's third wild card while the Twins dropped one game behind Texas in the race for the American League's third wild card.

Vásquez (9-6) matched his career long with seven innings while allowing two runs and two hits. He struck out three and walked none. Bradgley Rodriguez pitched a perfect eighth and Mason Miller struck out the side in the ninth.

The Padres retired the final 16 Twins batters.

San Diego won for the ninth time in 12 games and for the 19th time in 26.

The Twins, coming off a three-game sweep of the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, lost for the fourth time in seven games.

France hit a two-run homer to left with two outs in the first off left-hander Connor Prielipp (3-7). It was his 18th and Manny Machado was aboard on a single.

Vásquez's only big mistake was allowing Kody Clemens' two-run triple off the right field wall with two outs in the fourth tie the game.

The Padres rallied for three runs in the fifth on four hits, a walk and a sacrifice fly. Tatis, Luis Rengifo and Machado hit consecutive RBI singles with one out and France followed with a sacrifice fly.

Prielipp allowed six runs and eight hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked two.

Up next Twins RHP Dean Kremer (2-4, 5.40 ERA) and Padres RHP Casey Mize (5-7, 3.18) were scheduled to start Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Buxton struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Keaschall struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Rodriguez
	8th Inning	Hays struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Bogaerts struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
110	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
4	Total Bases	13
30	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.9	Runs Created	4.2
.069	Batting Average	.310
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.138	Slugging Percentage	.448
.069	Secondary Average	.276
.100	On Base Percentage	.382
.238	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.831
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
12.5	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.67	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.65
.069	Isolated Power	.138
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.034
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
60.8	MLB Rating	87.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0