Padres rally past Athletics behind three home runs

SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Ramón Laureano hit a tiebreaking home run with one out in the seventh inning and Manny Machado and Nick Castellanos also homered as the San Diego Padres beat the Athletics 7-3 on Friday night. The Padres improved to 30-20 and snapped the Athletics’ three-game winning streak, dropping to 26-25. Laureano’s sixth homer chased Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs, who took the loss after allowing four earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. Adrian Morejon earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. San Diego added three runs in the eighth, including a two-run double by Gavin Sheets and a sacrifice fly by Xander Bogaerts. Walker Buehler started for the Padres, allowing three earned runs over five innings. scored two runs in the first and one in the fourth, but San Diego tied the game in the first on Machado’s two-run homer and took the lead on Laureano’s blast. Attendance was 41,180, and the game lasted 2:27.