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Padres Lose on Walk-Off, Drop Interleague Series against Rangers

The Padres were wrangled by the Texas Rangers in the final game of the interleague series Thursday, losing in walk-off fashion 5-2.

The Friars were first to get on the board when infielder Ryan Schimpf hit an RBI single that plated Matt Szczur and gave San Diego an early 1-0 lead. That was the score well into the game until Padres outfielder Manuel Margot hit a sacrifice fly to left field and scored catcher Austin Hedges in the seventh inning.

Lefty Clayton Richard seemed to have a handle on things on the mound for the Padres. Richards didnโ€™t give up any runs through seven innings of work.

That all changed in the eighth inning when Rangers first baseman Mike Napoli belted a 436-foot home run to left field and cut the Rangers deficit to one.

Napoli wasnโ€™t done just yet. With the scored tied 2-2 in the ninth, the MLB All-Star added the exclamation point with a three run walk-off homer to left center field.

Up next the Padres head to Chicago to face the White Sox in a three-game set. The first pitch from Guaranteed Rate Field is set for 5:10 p.m. PST on Friday May 12.

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