The Padres scored early for a change Monday.

That did not keep them from having to play catch-up and hold on for the win.

Manny Machado doubled twice in a three-hit game, Ty France drove in four runs and the Padres survived rare misfires from both Randy Vásquez and Mason Miller in a 9-7 win in front of a crowd of 41,478 at Petco Park.

Miller allowed three hits — one that looked like a foul ball when France picked it up outside of the chalk to start the ninth — while giving up two runs in a non-save situation to see his franchise-record scoreless streak snapped at 34⅔ innings.

Machado’s two doubles upped his career total to 400, but he exited after a sixth-inning groundout — three innings after he appeared to pull up lame with discomfort in his left leg after sliding into second base with his first double.

France went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and four RBIs — his most in a game since September 2022 — and Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts both finished with two hits as the Padres out-hit the Cubs 14-8 in a comeback that was required even after ambushing Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd.

A three-run first inning equaled the three runs that the Padres scored in the first inning through the first 27 games.

Ramón Laureano walked to start the game, Jackson Merrill pulled a one-out single to left and Machado dropped a single to right to plate the first run. Then Miguel Andujar walked with two outs to load the bases for France, who lined a rule-book double to left field to open a 3-0 lead.

The first of Machado’s two doubles led to a run in the third inning via an RBI groundout from Andujar. The second chased Boyd from a game with an entirely different feel than the last time he faced the Padres, when Laureano’s broken finger kept him from the lineup last fall in the NL Wild Card Series.

A lefty-dependent lineup scored just five runs in three games, with Boyd starting the series with one run allowed over 4⅓ innings.

On Monday, Boyd was chased after four-plus innings with five runs allowed on eight hits and two walks.

Ben Brown relieved Boyd and recorded the first two outs before a passed ball allowed Machado to take third base. France then walked and swiped second and Nick Castellanos cashed both runners in with his first hit since April 11.

Granted, he played in just five games since — and not once in Mexico City’s altitude — but Castellanos’ single snapped an 0-for-19 rut and gave the Padres a 6-5 lead.

France’s triple down the third-base line plated two insurance runs in the seventh inning. Gavin Sheets, who replaced Machado in the lineup, added a solo shot in the eighth inning.

The Cubs’ five runs off Vásquez were all scored on via home runs. He’d allowed just one long ball in his first five starts, but Vásquez was tagged for a solo shot in the second inning from Seiya Suzuki and then Ballesteros’ grand slam in the third, with all the traffic accumulating after Vásquez recorded the first two outs of the inning.

Alex Bregman walked, France couldn’t cleanly field a ball to his right off the bat of Ian Happ and Suzuki loaded the bases with a sharp single to left.

Vásquez’s next pitch was a belt-high slider on the inside edge of the plate and Ballesteros yanked it out to right field to give the Cubs a 5-3 lead.

The five runs were a season-high for Vásquez, who still completed five innings before giving way to the bullpen.

Vásquez (2.94 ERA) struck out four while allowing five runs on five hits and three walks. He threw 71 of his season-high 106 pitches for strikes.

The bullpen took it from there, with Adrián Morejón recording five outs, Jason Adam fetching four and Miller getting the last three after the end of his franchise-record scoreless streak.

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