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04/28 01:01 CDT France and Machado lead red-hot Padres to 9-7 victory over Cubs
as Miller's scoreless streak ends
France and Machado lead red-hot Padres to 9-7 victory over Cubs as Miller's
scoreless streak ends
By RICHARD J. MARCUS
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) --- Ty France drove in four runs with a double and a triple to
lead the surging San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs 9-7 on Monday night.
Manny Machado had three hits and scored three times for the Padres (19-9), who
won for the 17th time in 21 games. They are 18-5 this month (.783), the best
April winning percentage in franchise history.
Gavin Sheets hit a solo homer in the eighth inning to make it 9-5. Mason Miller
gave up two runs in the ninth, ending his scoreless streak at 34 2/3 innings
dating to last season --- a San Diego record.
Nick Castellanos singled home two runs off reliever Ben Brown with two outs in
the fifth to give the Padres a 6-5 lead.
Moiss Ballesteros hit his first career grand slam, a 404-foot drive to right
field off San Diego starter Randy Vsquez that gave Chicago a 5-3 lead in the
third.
Seiya Suzuki had a solo homer in the second for the Cubs (17-12), who have lost
three in a row following a 10-game winning streak.
Machado had a single and two doubles, giving him 400 doubles in his career. He
exited as a precaution in the seventh with a sore calf after a hard slide
earlier in the game, but is expected to be available Tuesday.
France hit a ground-rule double to left-center in the first to score two runs
for a 3-0 lead. He tripled down the left-field line in the seventh to drive in
two more and make it 8-5.
Vsquez (3-0) gave up five runs and five hits in five innings to earn the win.
Brown (1-1) pitched two innings in relief and took the loss. Cubs starter
Matthew Boyd allowed four runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
Up next
Cubs RHP Edward Cabrera (2-0, 2.73 ERA) faces RHP Walker Buehler (1-2, 5.75) in
the middle game of the series Tuesday.
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