SAN DIEGO, May 16 (UPI) -- With their reserve players sporting masks made of socks and towels Wednesday night, the San Diego Padres pushed across a run in the bottom of the 14th inning on an RBI single by Ryan Klesko and posted a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Expos.
After failing to score with the bases loaded in the 11th, the Padres went down in order the next two innings. But when the 14th started, most of the players donned the masks.
D'Angelo Jimenez led off the inning with a base hit and scored the winning run when Klesko's base hit went over Vladimir Guerrero's head and off the right field wall.
With lefthander Joey Eischen on the mound, the Expos could have chosen to walk Klesko and go after another lefthanded hitter, Ray Lankford. But Manager Frank Robinson let Eischen (0-1) face Klesko, who is hitting .378 against lefthanders this season.
After being limited to three hits in eight innings by Montreal starter Javier Vazquez, the Padres tied the game against Matt Herges in the ninth.
Lankford and Bubba Trammell started the ninth with base hits and pinch-hitter Trenidad Hubbard reached on a throwing error by shortstop Orlando Cabrera, which scored Lankford.
Rookie starter Dennis Tankersley allowed only a run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings with four walks and six strikeouts. Jason Boyd followed with 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
Jeremy Fikac tossed two scoreless innings, Steve Reed escaped a bases loaded jam in the 12th, and Alan Embree (3-1) worked the final two innings for the win.
