SAN DIEGO (AP) — Elly De La Cruz and pinch-hitter Miguel Andujar delivered RBI singles in the eighth inning as the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Wednesday night to take two of three games in a series between National League playoff contenders.

Andrew Abbott (9-6) threw eight sparkling innings to help Cincinnati pull even with San Francisco in the wild-card standings, two games behind the New York Mets for the NL's final postseason berth.

Nick Pivetta pitched four-hit ball for seven scoreless innings and the Padres had a 1-0 lead on Fernando Tatis Jr.'s home run before the Reds broke through against relievers Kyle Hart and Adrian Morejon in the eighth.

Hart allowed TJ Friedl's one-out bunt single before Morejon came on with two outs and gave up De La Cruz's single to r

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