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MLB: San Diego 6, San Francisco 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Yonder Alonso delivered a tie-breaking, two-run single in the seventh inning Sunday, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 6-4 win over San Francisco.

The big hit made a winner of Eric Stults (7-3), who allowed two runs on seven hits through six innings. Stults struck out three and walked one.

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Huston Street secured the triumph with his 22nd save of the year.

Everth Cabrera went 4-for-4 with two stolen bases and Mark Kotsay contributed a pinch-hit homer for the Padres, who avoided a three-game sweep.

Giants reliever Clay Hensley (4-4) was the losers after the Padres reached him for two runs on two hits and two walks in just 1/3 an inning.

Emmanuel Burriss, Xavier Nady, Eli Whiteside and Buster Posey drove in a run for the National League West champion Giants.

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