WASHINGTON – Pinch-hitter Ronnie Belliard singled home Cristian Guzman in the 10th inning to give the Washington Nationals a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Guzman started the decisive rally with his fourth hit, a one-out single off Cla Meredith (2-3). Ryan Zimmerman’s liner to right sent Guzman to third before Belliard sent a bouncer that second baseman Marcus Giles gloved in short right field but could not make a play on.

Jon Rauch (3-1) got the victory with a scoreless 10th inning.

Dmitri Young had four hits and two RBIs for Washington. Young has hits in eight straight plate appearances over two games, matching the franchise record set by Montreal’s Andre Dawson from June 4-7, 1983.

San Diego catcher Josh Bard, who was suspended for three games Friday by the commissioner’s office for “aggressive actions” and making contact with umpire Ed Rapuano in Pittsburgh on Thursday, played after appealing the disciplinary action. He had four hits, equaling his career-high, and two RBIs.

The Nationals went up 2-0 in the first. With one out, Guzman reached on an infield single, then scored when he ran through third base coach Tim Tolman’s stop sign on Zimmerman’s double to right-center. Zimmerman advanced when Bard forgot to throw to third after the play at the plate and scored on Young’s single to center.

Consecutive doubles by Mike Cameron and Bard made it 2-1 in the second.

Young delivered a one-out RBI single in the third after Guzman singled and stole second.

Bard doubled home Adrian Gonzalez in the sixth and the Padres tied the game on a fluke play two batters after Matt Chico was pulled for Winston Abreu in the sixth. With two outs and runners on first and second, Termel Sledge hit a bouncer to the right of the mound that glanced off second base umpire Randy Marsh and settled in short right field for a run-scoring double.

Chico gave up three runs and seven hits over 5 1-3 innings.

Jake Peavy, bidding for a victory in his sixth consecutive start, allowed three runs and 10 hits over seven innings for San Diego. Peavy has not lost since April 30, when the Nationals beat him in San Diego.

Notes: Guzman’s infield single in the fifth was his 1,000th hit. … The Padres activated RHP Clay Hensley from the DL Friday and optioned him to Triple-A Portland. IF Oscar Robles was optioned to Portland to open a roster spot for OF Hiram Bocachica, claimed off waivers from Oakland on Thursday. Bocachica started and went 0-for-4. … Young broke the Nationals record for consecutive hits set by Brad Wilkerson on April 6-7, 2005 at Philadelphia.

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