Gavin Sheets (sacrifice fly) and Jake Cronenworth (single) had RBIs in the first and second inning, respectively, for the Padres (83-69), who hold the second wild card slot, 5 games ahead of the Mets (78-74). Ramon Laureano hit an insurance solo homer in the ninth as San Diego won for the fourth time in six games. Marte's fourth-inning homer off Nick Pivetta tied the score at 2, but the Padres used small ball to set up Machado's blast against David Peterson (9-6). The Mets chased Pivetta in the bottom half of the fifth when Soto homered with two outs and Alonso singled. Miller struck out Soto to end the seventh after Soto pulled a potential game-tying homer just foul down the left-field line.