SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Manny Machado’s two-out single in the 10th inning scored Jackson Merrill from second base, giving the San Diego Padres a 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night at PETCO Park.

The victory evened the three-game series at one game apiece after San Diego’s 1-0 win Monday. The Padres improved to 41-37, while the Braves dropped to 48-30.

Merrill began the 10th as the automatic runner at second. After Sung-Mun Song lined out to left fielder Mauricio Dubón, Fernando Tatis Jr. struck out swinging. Samad Taylor singled to center, moving Merrill to third. Jackson Merrill then flew out to right fielder Eli White to end the inning for Atlanta.

In the bottom of the 10th, Merrill, who had delivered a sacrifice bunt in the seventh, was the automatic runner at second. Machado greeted Braves reliever Raisel Iglesias with a sharp ground ball through the middle into center field, scoring Merrill easily without a throw. Iglesias took the loss, falling to 0-2. Mason Miller earned the win, his second against one loss, after pitching two scoreless innings of relief, allowing no hits and striking out three.

The Braves seized control early with a four-run second inning. Dominic Smith led off with a sharp single to right, and Dubón followed with a single to center. Drake Baldwin was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Austin Riley struck out, Rowdy Tellez singled to center, driving in Smith and Dubón. Mike Yastrzemski struck out, but Michael Harris II doubled to right, scoring Baldwin and moving Tellez to third. Ozzie Albies walked to load the bases, and Matt Olson walked to force in Tellez, making the score 4-0 before Smith grounded out to end the inning.

San Diego answered emphatically in the bottom of the second. Gavin Sheets grounded out, then Xander Bogaerts walked and Will Wagner walked. Rodolfo Durán singled to left to score Bogaerts, and Sung-Mun Song singled to left to score Wagner. Tatis doubled to right, scoring Durán and moving Song to third. Samad Taylor then singled to shortstop, plating Song and Tatis. A throwing error by shortstop Dubón allowed Taylor to advance to second. Jackson Merrill popped out, and Manny Machado flied out to end the inning, but the Padres had taken a 5-4 lead.

The Braves tied the game in the fourth. Harris II singled to right, and Albies doubled to left, scoring Harris to make it 5-5. Olson struck out to end the inning.

Atlanta regained the lead in the fifth. Dubón led off with his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot to left field off Padres starter Kyle Hart, putting the Braves ahead 6-5.

Both bullpens held until the seventh. Braves starter JR Ritchie worked five innings, allowing five hits and four runs with seven strikeouts. Dylan Lee pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings in relief. But in the seventh, with one out, Tatis launched a solo home run to center field off Lee, tying the game at 6-6. Tatis finished 2 for 5 with a double, the home run and two RBIs.

The Braves threatened in the eighth. Harris II reached on a fielding error by Tatis in right field, moved to third on a groundout by Albies, but Olson popped out to end the inning.

In the ninth, Atlanta went down in order against Miller. The Padres put the winning run on base in the ninth when Taylor singled with two outs, but Merrill flied out to right.

The game featured nine hits for each team. Harris II led the Braves with three hits, including two doubles and an RBI. Dubón had two hits, including the home run. For San Diego, Tatis and Taylor each had two hits.

Attendance was announced at 41,379. The game lasted 3 hours, 9 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Diego 5, Atlanta 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Atlanta a 51.60 percent probability to win. The Braves had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over/under line of 8.