Randy Vásquez threw a career-high seven innings in outlasting former Padres right-hander Seth Lugo, Xander Bogaerts was superb at shortstop to support a pitching staff that could afford few mistakes and Shildt pulled all the right strings, beginning with asking Iglesias to hit for Cronenworth with the bases loaded in the seventh inning.

Jose Iglesias' RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals. Luis Arraez started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) and Xander Bogaerts lined a one-out double to left-center to push Arraez to third.

The Padres signed Jose Iglesias precisely for a day like this one. The veteran infielder played only three innings on Sunday afternoon. But did he ever make those three innings count?