SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Fernando Tatis Jr. went 4 for 5 with two home runs and four RBIs as the San Diego Padres defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-1 on Sunday evening at PETCO Park.

Tatis opened the scoring with a solo homer in the third inning. Brooks Lee tied it with a solo shot in the fifth, but the Padres broke it open in the sixth on Luis Rengifo’s two-run double and Tatis’ two-run single. Jackson Merrill homered in the seventh and Xander Bogaerts added an RBI double. Tatis homered again in the eighth to cap the scoring.

Walker Buehler (8-6) allowed one earned run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts. Kody Funderburk (3-2) took the loss. Bailey Ober allowed one run in five innings for Minnesota, which grounded into three double plays. Wandy Peralta and Yuki Matsui combined for three shutout innings of relief for San Diego.

The Padres improved to 71-60, while Minnesota fell to 63-69. Attendance was 40,103 and the game lasted 2:43.