Padres Edge Twins in Wild-Card Battle | Minnesota Twins News

The Padres crushed the Twins 7-2 in Game 1, with Ty France launching a two-run homer and driving in three runs, while Randy Vásquez dazzled on the mound with seven shutout innings. The bullpen sealed it by retiring the final 16 batters. San Diego stays alive in the NL wild-card race, now 9-12 over their last 12 games, while Minnesota slips to a game behind Texas in the AL chase after dropping four of seven. Clemens’ fourth-inning triple tied it, but the Padres answered with a five-run fifth. Connor Prielipp took the loss. Tonight’s Game 2 features Dean Kremer vs. Casey Mize — another nail-biter looming. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/0703b6c2969f28ae