By Bernie Wilson The Associated Press
May 22, 2026 - 9:56 pm
SAN DIEGO — Ramón Laureano deed a tiebreaking location tally with 1 retired successful the seventh inning and Manny Machado and Nick Castellanos besides connected to assistance the San Diego Padres bushed the Athletics 7-3 connected Friday night.
The Padres bounced backmost from consecutive losses to the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and bushed the AL-West starring A’s for the ninth clip successful their past 10 meetings. The Athletics had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Laureano’s sixth changeable chased starter Jeffrey Springs (3-5) and gave the Padres their archetypal lead. San Diego added 3 runs successful the eighth, including a two-run treble by Gavin Sheets.
The Athletics’ Nick Kurtz, the 2025 AL Rookie of the Year, deed an RBI treble successful the archetypal to widen his on-base streak to 45 games, the longest successful the majors this twelvemonth and longest successful a azygous play by an Athletics subordinate since Mark McGwire’s 48-game streak to unfastened the 1996 season.
The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.
Machado’s two-run enactment changeable disconnected Springs into the left-field seats tied it with 2 outs successful the first. It was his eighth and came with Fernando Tatis Jr. aboard connected a leadoff walk. It had a motorboat space of conscionable 20 degrees.
Castellanos deed a towering thrust conscionable just disconnected the broadside of the Western Metal Supply Co. ceramic warehouse successful the left-field country astatine Petco Park to necktie it again astatine 3 with 1 retired successful the fifth. It was his fourth.
The A’s loaded the bases against Bradgley Rodriguez with 2 outs successful the sixth earlier Adrian Morejon (4-1) came connected and struck retired pinch-hitter Colby Thomas.
The Athletics took a 2-0 pb conscionable 4 batters in, connected Kurtz’s treble and Brent Rooker’s groundout.
The A’s took a 3-2 pb successful the 4th erstwhile Zack Gelof deed a leadoff treble to near and scored connected Henry Bolte’s azygous to center.
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A’s RHP J.T. Ginn (2-2, 2.98 ERA) and Padres RHP Lucas Giolito (1-0, 5.40) were scheduled to commencement Saturday night.
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