The San Diego Padres beat the struggling Texas Rangers 5-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
The AL West leaders then lost for the seventh time in nine games while keeping a one-game lead over the Houston Astros, who lost 8-2 to Tampa Bay.
Padres second baseman Ha-Seong Kim exited with an apparent right shoulder injury after sliding headfirst into home plate on Xander Bogaerts' sacrifice fly in the third. The Padres' three-game winning streak matches their season best. It came after two dismal losses to Pittsburgh, which at the time was last in the NL Central. It was just their second three-game sweep of the season.
Sanchez homered leading off the fourth against Jose Leclerc for a 2-1 lead and connected again with two outs in the fifth off Brock Burke for a 4-1 lead. He has 12 this season.
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