SAN DIEGO — The Padres had won their previous three games by a total of 27 runs, something they had never done over the course of three games.
An offensive letdown — or a correction — was inevitable.
It happened Saturday. They still won.
Manny Machado sprinted from second base to home on a wild pitch and an errant throw by catcher Elias Diaz with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Padres a 2-1 victory in the first game of a doubleheader.
Nick Martinez allowed a run in 5 2/3 innings before leaving loaded bases to Nabil Crismatt, who escaped that predicament and pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
Luis Garcia, pitching for the first time in a week, worked a scoreless eighth. Taylor Rogers pitched a perfect ninth inning in his first game since Sunday.
Steven Wilson, working for a second day in a row after pitching once in the previous 10 days, got through the 10th inning without the leadoff runner getting beyond third base.
The Padres were outhit 8-3. They had batted .330/.419/.509 in the previous three games while outscoring the Mets (two games) and Rockies 29-2.
They took a 1-0 lead in the third inning Saturday on Trent Grishams' home run off Ryan Feltner, who would allow his only other hit on a single by Jurickson Profar with two outs in the sixth inning.
The Rockies tied the game 1-1 in the top of the sixth, when they finally cracked Martinez.
Colorado's first batter in four straight innings reached base — the first three on singles and the fourth on a wild pitch that ended a strikeout and bounced off the plate and over catcher Jorge Alfaro.
It wasn't one of the leadoff singles that burned Martinez. It was the strikeout that started the sixth.
Charlie Blackmon, who beat Alfaro's throw to first after swinging through a change-up, ran around from first base to score on Brendan Rodgers' double to the gap in right-center field and tie the game 1-1.
Martinez was removed after walking two of the next three batters to load the bases, falling one out short of throwing the Padres' 12th quality start in their past 15 games. Crismatt relieved him and got Sam Hilliard to ground out to the right side and end the inning.
