SAN DIEGO -- Manuel Margot made sure the woeful San Diego Padres finished the season on a positive note and the deflated Arizona Diamondbacks went into the offseason lamenting one more game that got away.
Margot scored on a dropped third strike in the 10th inning, two innings after he was erased at the plate by being too aggressive, and the Padres beat the Diamondbacks 4-3 on Sunday.
"I had to score no matter what," Margot said. "When I saw no one was at home, I went for it."
Thanks to Margot's hustle, the last-place Padres (66-96) took two out of three in their last series of the season.