Headley’s 5 hits propel Padres past Bucs in 11

Pirates rookie Garett Jones hit his 20th home run in the loss.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chase Headley’s career-high fifth hit of the game drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the San Diego Padres won their third straight over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-6 on Monday night.

Headley hit a line drive into the right-field corner off Jeff Karstens (3-5) for his third double of the game to drive in Everth Cabrera and give the Padres, who saw their bullpen blow a 6-2 lead in the eighth inning, their eighth win in 12 games.

Headley hit his 12th homer, and Adrian Gonzalez and Nick Hundley also hit home runs for San Diego, which has won 12 of its past 16 series.

Oscar Salazar added a two-run double, Hundley a sacrifice fly and Tony Gwynn a run-scoring single later in the 11th.

Headley went 5 for 6 with two runs and two RBIs, Salazar and Hundley both had three RBIs and Wade LeBlanc turned in his fourth straight strong start for the Padres.

Sean Gallagher (2-0) earned the win with a scoreless 10th.

Rookie Garrett Jones hit his 20th home run for last-place Pittsburgh, which has lost 20 of 23 and needs to go 7-7 the remainder of the season to avoid 100 losses for the third time in the past 55 years.

The Pirates tied the game in the ninth on Ronny Cedeno’s groundout off Heath Bell, who failed to earn his National League-leading 40th save by blowing his sixth opportunity of the season.

Andrew McCutchen’s two-run double highlighted a three-run eighth for the Pirates off Luke Gregerson, the first time he had been scored upon in 18 innings — the longest active streak in the majors and the longest by a Padre this season.

Gonzalez hit a two-run homer, his career-high 39th, to right-center in the first off Daniel McCutchen. Headley and Hundley’s home runs came in the eighth off Jesse Chavez.

Headley led off the inning with his 12th and Hundley hit a two-run homer three batters later, his seventh.