WASHINGTON -- The Padres have been winning despite their struggles on offense, and so, they’ll take any runs they can get, from sacrifice flies, to hit batsmen to errant throws.

A sleepy game turned wild in the 10th inning on Saturday as San Diego scored six runs in the frame, keyed by a sacrifice fly from Greg Garcia against Washington’s imploding bullpen, to win its fifth straight, 8-3, at Nationals Park and earn its first series win against the Nats since 2016.

The eight runs marked a season high for the Padres, who didn’t exactly break out on offense, but were clutch in picking up their first extra-inning victory in two tries this season.

“It’s nice to win one by more than three runs, even though it was extra innings,” manager Andy Green said.

Garcia entered the game with zero RBIs this season, but had a chance to drive in his first as Ty France led off the 10th with a sharp single up the middle for his second hit in as many MLB at-bats. Francisco Mejia then laced a double into the left-field corner to set up Garcia with a golden opportunity to give the Padres the lead.

Nationals reliever Wander Suero threw Garcia three straight balls, and after fouling off a 3-1 changeup, Garcia lifted another change into left, deep enough to score France.

“I just wanted to trust my eyes and get something up and over and get it to the outfield,” Garcia said. “I was able to lay off some tough pitches and got the job done. I’m not going to drive in a ton of runs, but it’s nice to get your first one. You don’t want to have zero the whole year.”

San Diego may not be scoring runs in bunches, but it has nine go-ahead RBIs in the seventh inning or later this season, tied with Pittsburgh for tops in the National League. And Saturday, the Padres made sure they got some breathing room, scoring five more times, in a variety of ways, to cruise to the win.

Manny Machado was hit by a pitch to drive in a run, Manuel Margot tallied a two-run single and Hunter Renfroe hit a sacrifice fly that would score Machado. Nationals left-fielder Victor Robles uncorked a wild throw to the plate that trickled to the edge of San Diego’s dugout, where Yan Gomes tried in vain to keep the ball out. But the umpires ruled he didn’t, and Margot scored to complete the wild inning.

“You don’t have the expectation that we’re going to get 15 hits off a guy like [Max] Scherzer or [Stephen] Strasburg, so we have to make the most of our opportunities,” first baseman Eric Hosmer said. “We have to capitalize on chances because you don’t know how many you’re going to get. That comes with disciplined at-bats. We stayed in our zone, didn’t chase, and that resulted in a couple of good things and fortune on our side.”

Renfroe was the only Padre to have an answer for Nationals starter Strasburg early on, building on his Friday game-winning heroics by connecting for a second-inning homer to left to give San Diego a quick 2-0 lead. Renfroe’s 10th-inning sacrifice fly gave him a game-high three RBIs for the second time this season.

“That’s just how we do -- keep the line moving and do whatever you can to possibly get a run batted in,” Renfroe said. “We’re trying to get to the bullpen. We like our chances there. We were able to pull it out there in the 10th. Anytime you can rotate the lineup through like that, I think there was five or six guys with no outs, that’s incredible. Anytime you can get Hos or Machado with bases loaded with nobody out or one out, that should be a guaranteed run. Obviously in the 10th, it was.”

Perdomo picks up the win

Lost some in the 10th inning outburst was the solid job done by Luis Perdomo in relief. One of five bullpen arms who helped pick up the slack after the start from Eric Lauer, Perdomo threw a dominant ninth inning to earn the victory, striking out the side.

Perdomo’s effort was all the more impressive considering that it was just his second appearance of the season since being recalled from Triple-A El Paso and his first work since April 15.

“To me, Luis Perdomo was as much the story of the game as anybody,” Green said. “He hasn’t been on the mound in a dozen days, he comes into a 2-2 game in the ninth inning and is lights out. What he did today was really, really special. That’s not easy, for guys to sit for a dozen days and then come out and throw the ball like that.”