Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

63-67, 28-36 Away

Final
5 - 7

San Diego Padres

70-60, 39-26 Home

Padres rally behind Cronenworth, France in 7th inning to beat Twins 7-5

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.

Griffin Canning (4-9) got the win and Mason Miller pitched the ninth for his 32nd save.

Padres right-hander Casey Mize allowed three solo homers before leaving with two outs in the third with a sprained right ankle. He slipped heading down the dugout steps after the top of the second.

Luke Keaschall hit Mize's fourth pitch into the seats in left, his eighth. It was the first time Mize allowed a leadoff homer. Lee and Culpepper hit consecutive shots in the second. It was Lee's 19th and Culpepper's second.

San Diego's Jackson Merrill hit his 20th homer with one out in the second off Dean Kremer. Merrill added an RBI single in the sixth.

Up next Twins RHP Bailey Ober (7-4, 4.62 ERA) and Padres RHP Walker Buehler (7-6, 4.79) are scheduled to start the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jeffers grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bell flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Buxton struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Morejon
	8th Inning	Machado struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Cronenworth struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
3	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	1
5	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
25	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	15
40	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
6.9	Runs Created	5.3
.270	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.568	Slugging Percentage	.429
.351	Secondary Average	.229
.325	On Base Percentage	.342
.893	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.771
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
6.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
43.0	Batter Rating	43.0
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.297	Isolated Power	.143
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.057
10.0	Runs Produced	13.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
93.3	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0