The San Diego Padres are still in the thick of a division race despite losing five of their last six games. The Padres came up short in their series against the Minnesota Twins . And on Wednesday the team gave the ball to Nestor Cortes as it tried to avoid a sweep by the Baltimore Orioles.

Unfortunately, Cortes had a rough day at the office. The veteran lefty allowed back-to-back-to-back homers to the Orioles in the top of the third inning. Expand Tweet

Cortes began his outing by giving up a leadoff home run to Jackson Holliday . And after blanking Baltimore in the second inning the wheels fell off in the third. Colton Cowser struck first with a three-run blast off Cortes. Coby Mayo followed with a solo shot. And on the very next pitch, Alex Jackson made it three straight ding

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