France and Machado lead red-hot Padres to 9-7 victory over Cubs as Miller's scoreless streak ends

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ty France drove in four runs with a double and a triple to lead the surging San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs 9-7 on Monday night.

Manny Machado had three hits and scored three times for the Padres (19-9), who won for the 17th time in 21 games. They are 18-5 this month (.783), the best April winning percentage in franchise history.

Gavin Sheets hit a solo homer in the eighth inning to make it 9-5. Mason Miller gave up two runs in the ninth, ending his scoreless streak at 34 2/3 innings dating to last season — a San Diego record.

Nick Castellanos singled home two runs off reliever Ben Brown with two outs in the fifth to give the Padres a 6-5 lead.

Moisés Ballesteros hit his first career grand slam, a 404-foot drive to right field off San Diego starter Randy Vásquez that gave Chicago a 5-3 lead in the third.

Seiya Suzuki had a solo homer in the second for the Cubs (17-12), who have lost three in a row following a 10-game winning streak.

Machado had a single and two doubles, giving him 400 doubles in his career. He exited as a precaution in the seventh with a sore calf after a hard slide earlier in the game, but is expected to be available Tuesday.

France hit a ground-rule double to left-center in the first to score two runs for a 3-0 lead. He tripled down the left-field line in the seventh to drive in two more and make it 8-5.

Vásquez (3-0) gave up five runs and five hits in five innings to earn the win.

Brown (1-1) pitched two innings in relief and took the loss. Cubs starter Matthew Boyd allowed four runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.

Cubs RHP Edward Cabrera (2-0, 2.73 ERA) faces RHP Walker Buehler (1-2, 5.75) in the middle game of the series Tuesday.

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San Diego Padres' Ty France celebrates his two-RBI triple during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Monday, April 27, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki watches his home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, April 27, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado gestures while standing on third base during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Monday, April 27, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres second baseman Fernando Tatis Jr., right, celebrates with relief pitcher Mason Miller after the Padres defeated the Chicago Cubs 9-7 in a baseball game Monday, April 27, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres' Gavin Sheets, right, celebrates his home run with teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Monday, April 27, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out eight while pitching into the sixth inning, and Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to help lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Friday night.

Skubal allowed three runs and seven hits with a walk in 5 2/3 innings in the left-hander’s second start since returning from the injured list after having a loose body removed from his elbow last month.

Drew Anderson (3-3) earned the win in relief, allowing one hit in 1 1/3 innings. Kenley Jansen got three outs for his eighth save for Detroit, which entered having lost four of five.

Tigers rookie Trei Cruz struck in his three at-bats in his major league debut. He batted ninth and played right field joining grandfather Jose Sr. and father Jose Jr. as the fifth three-generation family in MLB history. They joined Gus, Buddy, David and Mike Bell; Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron Boone; Joe P., Joe H. and Casey Coleman; and Sam, Jerry, Jerry Jr. and Scott Hairston.

Randal Grichuk homered and doubled, and Junior Perez hit his first major league homer for Chicago, which had won five of its last eight.

Erick Fedde (2-6) allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings, entering the game after opener Brandon Eisert gave up two runs in 1 1/3 innings.

The White Sox took a lead in the first on Grichuk's solo homer, but Vierling's two-run homer off Eisert in the bottom of the inning put Detroit up 2-1

Chicago tied it at 2 when Tristan Peters grounded into an RBI force at second base. The White Sox loaded the bases with one out, but Chase Meidroth grounded into a force at the plate and Colson Montgomery struck out.

Perez's solo homer gave Chicago a 3-2 lead in the sixth, but Carpenter blooped a two-run double into shallow center to put the Tigers back in front in the bottom of the inning.

The teams continue their weekend series on Saturday with Tigers RHP Troy Melton (3-0, 2.81) scheduled to face a Chicago bullpen game.

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) reacts towards the Chicago White Sox dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 19, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Chicago White Sox's Junior Perez (37) celebrates his home run against the Detroit Tigers during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 19, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)