Maldonado, Iglesias drive in tying, go-ahead runs off Williams in Padres’ 4-3 win vs. Nationals

SAN DIEGO AP Mart n Maldonado hit a tying home run in the fifth off San Diego native Trevor Williams and Jose Iglesias brought in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded groundout in the sixth as the Padres beat the Washington Nationals - on Tuesday night The bottom four batters in the Padres order each drove in a run Padres rookie right-hander Ryan Bergert was forced out in the fourth after being hit on his pitching elbow by a -mph line drive by Jacob Young Bergert bent over for a minute with his arm pulled in tight and then popped up and grabbed the ball which landed near the rubber He threw to first but Young beat it out for an infield single After being checked by a trainer Bergert came out He was replaced by Adrian Morejon Young eventually scored on James Wood s grounder to give the Nationals a - lead Wood a former Padres prospect also drew a bases-loaded walk in the second The Padres began their comeback when they scored twice off Williams in the fourth on Xander Bogaerts groundout and Jake Cronenworth s RBI double Maldonado the No hitter tied it with a homer to left-center his fourth Williams was chased after walking the first two batters in the sixth and Cole Henry came on and walked the bases loaded But the Padres got only one run on Iglesias groundout Williams - allowed four runs and four hits in seven innings with three walks and one strikeout Jason Adam - got the win and Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his nd save tied for the largest part in the majors Key moment Suarez struck out Wood to end it Wood had three hits and four RBIs in Washington s - win Monday night Key stat Morejon has a ERA in the career relief outings he s been solicited to get six-plus outs That includes an proceeding -inning scoreless innings streak across the seven such outings since Oct Up next Nationals LHP MacKenzie Gore - ERA and Padres RHP Nick Pivetta - are scheduled to start the series finale Wednesday Gore was one of six players acquired from San Diego for Juan Soto on Aug AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source