SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Ty France homered and drove in three runs, and Randy Vásquez pitched seven strong innings as the San Diego Padres beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Friday night at PETCO Park.

Vásquez allowed two hits and two earned runs with three strikeouts to earn his ninth win. Connor Prielipp took the loss after giving up six runs on eight hits over six innings.

San Diego took a 2-0 lead in the first when France drove in Manny Machado with a home run. Minnesota tied it in the fourth when Kody Clemens tripled in Byron Buxton and Josh Bell. The Padres answered with four runs in the fifth, with RBI singles from Fernando Tatis Jr., Luis Rengifo and Manny Machado, plus a sacrifice fly from France.

Tatis finished 3-for-4. Machado had two hits. Mason Miller struck out three in a scoreless inning, and Bradgley Rodriguez struck out one in a scoreless inning. Taylor Rogers struck out two in Minnesota’s relief. San Diego grounded into three double plays.

Attendance was 44,293, and the game took 2:09. The Padres improved to 69-60, while the Twins dropped to 63-66.