SAN DIEGO — Yuli Gurriel hit a pinch-hit single with two outs in the seventh inning to score Jake Cronenworth, who was aboard on an unusual ground-rule double, and the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Saturday to take their third straight win in the four-game series.
Cronenworth’s liner hit relief pitcher Aaron Bummer (0-1) on the bottom of his right foot and caromed into the visitors’ dugout at Petco Park for a ground-rule double. Bummer intentionally walked Xander Bogaerts and made way for Daysbel Hernández, who allowed Gurriel’s hit to left field that brought in Cronenworth.
Cronenworth hit a go-ahead home run in Friday night’s 4-3 win.
This series is a rematch of last season’s wild-card playoff won by the Padres in a two-game sweep.
Braves starter Spencer Schwellenbach allowed one hit in six scoress innings while striking out four batters and walking one.