Caratini, Padres beat Giants 7-6 in 10 to tighten NL West

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres can have a say over the NL West race even as they appear headed toward what would be the biggest collapse in franchise history.

Jurickson Profar raced home on Victor Caratini's infield single with one out in the 10th inning and the Padres beat San Francisco 7-6 Thursday to tighten the NL West race between the Giants and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Giants’ lead was trimmed to one game over the eight-time defending division champion Dodgers, who won 7-5 in 10 innings at Colorado. The Giants were denied a three-game sweep as well as their 100th win.

Caratini hit a grounder to diving second baseman Tommy La Stella, whose off-balance throw home was way off the mark. The winning rally off Dominic Leone (3-5) allowed the Padres to snap a five-game losing streak and stay above .500.

Profar started the inning on second as the automatic runner. Trent Grisham was intentionally walked before Kim Ha-seong sacrificed. Caratini then walked it off.

The Padres spent much of the summer in control of the second wild-card spot before a devastating stretch this month left them reeling.

“We’re always looking for the edge, anything we can get, fighting, scratching, clawing until the end," Grisham said. “That’s what we’re going to keep doing until they say we can’t play anymore."

The Padres won for just the third time in 13 games and remained six games behind St. Louis for the second wild-card spot with 10 games to go. Cincinnati and Philadelphia entered Thursday 1 1/2 games ahead the Padres.

San Diego held a one-game lead for the second spot on Sept. 9 before going 2-8 on a trip through Los Angeles, San Francisco and St. Louis, and then losing the first two games of this series.

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