Braxton Ashcraft knew exactly what he was doing on the mound. What he did not realize was that it would be treated as a violation.

Jake Cronenworth raced home with the tying run on an error and Ty France singled in the go-ahead run during a four-run rally in the seventh inning that gave the San Diego Padres a 7-5 win against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. The Padres' rally against Andrew Morris (4-5) started when Freddy Fermin reached on catcher's interference with one out, followed by Fernando Tatis Jr.'s single.

The early stages were concerning for San Diego, as starter Casey Mize left with an ankle sprain after just 2 2/3 innings, but the Padres offense roared to life with a four-run seventh to rally for a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night at Petco Park.Despite allowing runs in each of the first four innings, the Padres (70-60) rallied behind multi-RBI games from Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth, who became a key catalyst in the later innings. Minnesota (63-67) starter Dean Kremer

The San Diego Padres won for the seventh time in their last eight games as they continue to hang in the wild card race.

On "Giants Postgame Live," Bonta Hill and George Kontos break down San Francisco's 6-5 loss to the San Diego Padres on Saturday at Petco Park.Osleivis Basabe's late heroics not enough in Giants' walk-off loss to Padres originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Jake Cronenworth singled in Xander Bogaerts with two outs in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Saturday night for their seventh win in eight games. The Padres remained a game back of the third NL wild-card spot. The Padres had to rally after Osleivis Basabe, a late replacement for MLB batting leader Luis Arraez, hit a two-run double off All-Star Mason Miller with two outs in the eighth to tie it at 5.

Osleivis Basabe got the best of San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller, but it wasn't enough for a San Francisco Giants win Saturday at Petco Park.