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SAN DIEGO -- With the NL West won by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants have six more games to try to clinch a wild-card berth.The good news is, they dont have to play the San Diego Padres anymore.Rookie Manuel Margot tripled in the seventh inning and scored the go-ahead run on Wil Myers single as the Padres beat San Francisco 4-3 to drop the Giants a game behind the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race.The Mets beat Philadelphia 17-0. St. Louis began the day a half-game behind the Mets and Giants.A few minutes before this game ended, the Dodgers beat Colorado 4-3 in 10 innings to win the NL West title. The Dodgers came into Sunday seven games ahead of the Giants.The Padres split the four-game series and beat the Giants for the eighth time in 10 games since the All-Star break. San Francisco had swept the Padres three times in the seasons first two months.You know its coming, so were battling for the wild card, said manager Bruce Bochy, who managed the Giants to World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. You know thats inevitable, that was going to happen. You understand that, and sure youre always disappointed you dont win your division, but right now our focus is keep trying to win games and get there and have a shot at it.The Giants finish at home with three games against the Rockies and three against the Dodgers.Myers said the Padres didnt necessarily savor helping ruin the Giants chances at the division title.The only thing were focused on is playing good baseball, Myers said. Obviously we want to win every game. Were not going out there (with) our goal to beat the Giants. Our goal is to get better and get these younger guys experience.Why have the Padres dominated the Giants, who led the NL West by 6 1/2 games at the break?Weve just played better baseball, Myers said. I feel weve been pretty good here in the second half. I think weve done a lot of good things and I like where our teams at.Margot, called up Wednesday from Pacific Coast League champion El Paso, tripled to right center off Cory Gearrin (3-2) with one out in the seventh and scored on Myers single.Margot doubled in the first and hit an RBI single in the second, both off rookie Ty Blach, who was making his first big league start, in place of the injured Johnny Cueto.Brandon Morrow (1-0) got two outs for the victory. Brad Hand got the last five outs for his first save.San Francisco took a 3-1 lead in the third off lefty Clayton Richard. Buster Posey hit a two-run single and an RBI groundout by Kelby Tomlinson.One run was unearned due to catcher Austin Hedges throwing the ball away trying to get Trevor Brown at second base on Blachs bunt. The bunt went only a few inches in front of home plate and Blach had a hard time getting out of Hedges way.It took a moment for Hedges to get the ball and he rushed his throw. Padres manager Andy Green came out to argue, to no avail.San Diego tied it on Adam Rosales home run with two outs in the third inning off Blach and Yangervis Solartes RBI single in the fifth off George Kontos.The Padres had taken a 1-0 lead when Margot singled in Hedges in the second.Blach pitched three innings, allowing two runs and four hits, striking out three and walking three.I just didnt execute as many pitches there in the first, Blach said. The situation kind of dictated pitch around a little bit there and try to get to the lefty, there were two outs, a couple guys on, so we did that a little bit, and the pitch count just got away from me there.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: SS Brandon Crawford returned to the starting lineup for the first time since dislocating the pinky on his glove hand on Tuesday night. ... Bochy said he hopes Cueto (groin) can start Thursday night. ... 3B Eduardo Nunez left after spraining his right hamstring stealing second base in the seventh.UP NEXTGiants: After a day off, San Francisco opens its final homestand of the season with three games against Colorado starting Tuesday night. LHP Matt Moore (11-12, 4.34) is scheduled to oppose RHP German Marquez (1-0, 3.48).Padres: The team is off Monday before finishing its home schedule with three against the Los Angeles Dodgers starting Tuesday night, when RHP Paul Clemens (3-5, 4.48) is scheduled to start for San Diego in Tuesdays night game. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- As Minnesota United makes its long-awaited move to Major League Soccer, the franchise has pegged a coach with expansion experience to lead the charge.United hired Adrian Heath as coach on Tuesday, entrusting the Englishman to be one of the teams faces as it tries to grow the game in a state that has strongly supported soccer on the youth level.Heath comes to Minnesota from Orlando City, a team that he led from the USL to the MLS in 2015.His experience in Orlando City, helping that organization grow and build the right way and the way he immersed himself in the franchise and in the community was a critical factor in making this decision, United sporting director Manny Lagos said.Heath went 16-18-1 in one and a half seasons leading Orlando City, but was fired in July. He said he had opportunities to return home to coach in England after his dismissal, but was committed to staying in the United States to help soccer continue to grow in popularity.Its going to be difficult in the first year. We know that, Heath said. Were going to have to keep growing. But I saw enough in the last 18 months in Orlando, to know that we can put a team together to compette from Day 1 in Minnesota.dddddddddddd That has to be the aim, to take it to the last game of the season where were in there pitching in for every single game that we play.United is making the jump from the second-tier North American Soccer League. The franchise is building a new stadium in St. Paul, but the team will begin play in 2017 on the University of Minnesotas campus while construction is completed.Heath is from Staffordshire, England, and played professionally for 18 years before getting into coaching. He was a standout midfielder with Everton in the 1980s and became a coach in the United States in 2008 when he took over the Austin Aztex in the USL. The team relocated to Orlando in 2010 and won two USL Pro championships and three Commissioners Cups before joining MLS.I believe in football in this country, Heath said. I had an opportunity to go back to England to work, but I wanted to stay and prove myself in this country. Im really proud of the opportunity I had and what we did in Orlando and Im really looking forward to it. ' ' '