Padres edge Blue Jays 8‑7 in back-and-forth affair
SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — The San Diego Padres defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 on Saturday at PETCO Park before 40,561 fans in 3 hours, 8 minutes.
San Diego scored two runs in each of the first three innings. Ty France’s sacrifice fly in the first and a two-run single by Manny Machado in the second gave the Padres a 4-4 tie after Toronto had taken a 4-2 lead in the top of the second on a two-run homer by Jonatan Clase.
Sung-Mun Song’s two-run single in the third and Jake Cronenworth’s RBI single in the fourth extended San Diego’s lead to 7-4.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tied the game with a three-run homer in the sixth, his sixth of the season. But France answered with a solo homer in the bottom half, his 11th.
Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2) earned the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief. Mason Miller recorded his 24th save with a scoreless ninth. Mason Fluharty (4-1) took the loss after surrendering France’s homer.
Both teams finished with eight hits. Toronto dropped to 45-50, while San Diego improved to 47-48.