Padres edge Giants 6‑5 on Cronenworth’s ninth-inning single

SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Freddy Fermin homered and drove in three runs, and Jake Cronenworth’s run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth lifted the San Diego Padres to a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday before a crowd of 43,766 at PETCO Park.

Fermin went 2-for-3 with a fourth-inning homer and also singled in a run in the sixth. Osleivis Basabe hit a two-run homer in the third and a two-run double in the eighth for San Francisco, finishing 2-for-4 with four RBIs. San Francisco had 12 hits; San Diego had 10.

San Diego scored twice in the first and fourth innings, then added single runs in the sixth and ninth. San Francisco scored three in the third and two in the eighth.

Mason Miller (4-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the win. Dylan Smith (0-3) took the loss. Adrian Morejon struck out three over 1 1/3 hitless innings. Tyler Mahle allowed five runs and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings for San Francisco.

The Padres improved to 57-54. The Giants fell to 47-64. Game time was 2:51.