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)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia intensified efforts Monday to combat a growing number of wildfires across the archipelago, deploying helicopters, hundreds of firefighters and disaster personnel as blazes spread through a popular national park in East Java and peatlands in Sumatra during an unusually dry season, officials said.

East Java authorities said the largest blaze is burning in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java province, where about 743 hectares (1,836 acres) have been scorched.

Dry weather and strengthening El Nino conditions raised the risk of more forest and land fires during the peak dry season, Indonesia's Forestry Ministry said in a statement Sunday.

It said the fire has burned large areas of dry grassland, vegetation and protected edelweiss flowers as flames have spread to the Penanjakan area, a popular viewpoint for tourists visiting Mount Bromo, one of Indonesia's best-known attractions. No injuries or evacuations have been reported.

Hundreds of firefighters, soldiers, police officers, park rangers and volunteers worked to contain the blaze. Authorities have closed the park to visitors until further notice.

As of Monday, at least three helicopters have been deployed for water-bombing operations over hot spots that are difficult to reach by land. Ground crews are carrying out manual firefighting, cooling operations, patrols and constructing firebreaks to prevent the flames from spreading further.

“We continue to coordinate efforts to address and anticipate forest and land fires,” said Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni while visiting the park Sunday. He urged the public to avoid activities that could spark new blazes, including discarding cigarette butts and clearing land by burning.

The Bromo fire comes as several other wildfires have been reported across Indonesia during an unusually dry season.

More than 50 hectares (124 acres) of peatland have burned in Jambi province on Sumatra island, causing choking haze in some areas and raising concerns about worsening air quality. The largest fire has been reported in the village of Sungai Gelam in the Muaro Jambi district, where dozens of hectares of oil palm plantations owned by local residents have been destroyed. The blaze has burned since Wednesday.

About 300 firefighters and disaster personnel have been deployed to battle the fire. Officials said deep peat soil, limited water supplies, difficult access and strong winds have complicated efforts, even with three helicopters conducting aerial firefighting operations.

Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency said August and September are expected to be the most critical months as dry vegetation and strong winds create favorable conditions for fires to spread rapidly.

Forest fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands often break out during dry spells. Fires are often started illegally by plantation owners or traditional farmers to clear land for planting, and those burns periodically blanket parts of Southeast Asia in hazardous haze.

In this photo released by the East Java Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency, firefighters attempt to extinguish a wildfire that razes through Mount Bromo National Park in Probolinggo, Indonesia on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (East Java Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency via AP)