Rookie Chandler Simpson raced home to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning and had his first three-hit game for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 for their first sweep of the season.

The Padres scored more runs than they had been scoring. Randy Vásquez was better than he was six days earlier. Fernando Tatis Jr. provided a reminder that it is perilous to test his arm. That is pretty much what even the most positive observer would be reduced to leaning on as the Padres’ limped forward on their longest losing streak of the season.

The 4-2 win completed a sweep of the Padres; extended the Rays’ winning streak to five, their longest in nearly a year; and got them back to .500 for the first time since mid-April. Zack Littell, after deserving better in several outings on the way to an 0-5 start, earned his first win, allowing the two runs over five innings.