SAN DIEGO (AP) — Emmanuel Rivera tied his career high with four RBIs on a pair of two-out singles and Tyler Wells won his season debut for the Baltimore Orioles, who beat San Diego 6-2 on Tuesday night to keep the Padres from gaining on the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jeremiah Johnson homered for the second straight night for the Orioles and drove in two runs. Baltimore, last in the AL East, have won two straight against the Padres and will go for a sweep on Wednesday. The Padres remained 2 1/2 games behind Los Angeles, which lost 9-7 at Pittsburgh.

Wells (1-0) pitched five innings in his first start since April 12, 2024. He had right elbow UCL surgery a month later. Wells allowed two runs and five hits, struck out four and walked none.

Rivera hit a two-run single over the head

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