Lucas Giolito and 4 relievers pitch the Padres to a 2-0 win over the Athletics

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lucas Giolito and four relievers combined on a five-hitter as the San Diego Padres beat the Athletics 2-0 on Saturday night.

Fernando Tatis Jr. and Ty France each drove in a run for the Padres, who have won six of eight. They mustered only two hits themselves, but took advantage of six early walks by A's starter J.T. Ginn (2-3).

Five days earlier, Ginn took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels before giving up a leadoff single to Adam Frazier and a two-run homer to Zach Neto in a heartbreaking 2-1 loss.

This time, the right-hander lasted only 2 1/3 innings. He didn't allow any hits, but he walked six of the 14 batters he faced and plunked Tatis with a bases-loaded pitch in the second.

Giolito (2-0) has won both his starts for San Diego since signing a one-year contract with the Padres in April. He overcame five walks this time out, allowing four hits in five innings.

The veteran right-hander gave up singles to his first two batters, putting runners at the corners, but pitched out of the jam.

Jeremiah Estrada and Adrian Morejon each worked a hitless inning before Jason Adam struck out three in a one-hit eighth. Mason Miller fanned two in a perfect ninth for his 16th save.

Jackson Merrill doubled, walked and scored a run in his first game since Wednesday against the Dodgers, when he exited with a back injury after banging into the center-field wall trying to rob Shohei Ohtani of a home run.

Merrill drew a leadoff walk in the second and scored when Tatis was hit by a pitch after Ginn walked the bases loaded with one out.

Ginn was lifted after walking Nick Castellanos with one out in the third. He moved to third base on Merrill's double and scored on France's groundout.

Athletics LHP Jacob Lopez (3-2, 6.14 ERA) starts Sunday against RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.31) in the finale of the three-game series.

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Athletics' Darell Hernaiz reacts after hitting a flyout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Athletics pitcher J.T. Ginn (35) looks on after giving up three walks in a row during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/William Liang)

San Diego Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill, right, is greeted by San Diego Padres second baseman Sung-Mun Song (24) after defeating the Athletics, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/William Liang)

San Diego Padres pitcher Jason Adam, right, is greeted by catcher Freddy Fermin after striking out Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 23, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/William Liang)

San Diego Padres pitcher Lucas Giolito delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/William Liang)

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said.

The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online.

The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing more than a dozen vehicles parked along the road, according to witnesses and images circulating on social media.

Doctors at local hospitals said they had received the wounded, with 20 in critical condition. Three security officials told The Associated Press the bodies were transported to hospitals following the attack. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to be able to speak to the media.

The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, which demands independence from Pakistan’s central government, has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to reporters. The militant group said it targeted a train carrying security personnel.

Quetta is the capital of insurgency-hit Balochistan province. The oil- and mineral-rich region has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency. The insurgents have frequently targeted security forces, government installations and civilians in the province and elsewhere in the country.

“We strongly condemn the targeting of innocent civilians and are deeply saddened by the loss of precious human lives. Terrorist elements deserve no leniency,” said Shahid Rind, Balochistan provincial government spokesman.

He said following the explosion, a medical emergency was declared at hospitals in Quetta, and an investigation has been launched.

Although Pakistani authorities say they have quelled the insurgency, violence in Baluchistan has persisted.

At least 26 people, including soldiers, were killed in 2024 when a suicide bomber attacked a train station in Balochistan.

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers transport an injured victim at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

A volunteer, top, helps an injured victim after recovering from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Children look at an injured person passing through an alley near the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers recover victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers transport an injured victim at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Volunteers look for victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track as survivors wait for transport at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)