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MLB: San Diego 2, Colorado 1 (10)

SAN DIEGO, June 2 (UPI) -- Jay Payton drove in Sean Burroughs with a two-out single in the 10th inning Wednesday as San Diego nipped Colorado, 2-1.

Colorado reliever Brian Fuentes (1-2) hit Burroughs to lead off the inning. Burroughs advanced on a sacrifice by Mark Loretta and went to third on Brian Giles' grounder to second.

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Fuentes intentionally walked Phil Nevin before Manager Clint Hurdle called on Vladimir Nunez to face Payton, who singled to right.

Payton, who played for Colorado the two previous seasons, had a pair of singles and walked twice. He extended his hitting streak to 11 games, during which he is batting .429.

Trevor Hoffman (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th inning for his first win in two seasons.

Burroughs has hit in 14 straight games.

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