Chargers Making Their Move : Interconference: San Diego wins its second consecutive, defeating Minnesota, 30-17.

Here come the Chargers. Again.

San Diego, which started last season 0-4 but rebounded to win the AFC West with an 11-5 record, beat the Minnesota Vikings, 30-17, Sunday for its second consecutive victory after a 2-4 start.

“We talked all week about how important the win was for us, because now we’re 4-4, we have two road wins, and five of our next eight are at home,” Charger Coach Bobby Ross said. “We haven’t turned it around yet. We haven’t done anything except get ourselves out of the hole and get ourselves back into a competitive situation.”

Said linebacker Junior Seau: “We started slow last year and caught up. We can do it again.”

John Friesz passed for 268 yards and two touchdowns and Natrone Means got 89 of his career-high 105 rushing yards in the fourth quarter for the Chargers, who also came up with big plays on defense and special teams down the stretch.

The Vikings (4-4), who were 11-5 and NFC Central champions last season, have fallen 2 1/2 games behind the division-leading Detroit Lions.

Minnesota, which blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead last week against Detroit, failed to protect a 17-16 lead, which it held going into the fourth quarter this time. The Vikings led the NFL in defense before these last two games.

Minnesota took the lead on Barry Word’s one-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. That came shortly after Sean Vanhorse was called for interference in the end zone. Cris Carter, the Vikings’ intended receiver, taunted Vanhorse by patting him on the top of the helmet after the play.

Vanhorse got his revenge early in the fourth quarter when he began San Diego’s rally by intercepting a pass at the Vikings’ 39-yard line after Carter bobbled it.

“We were both going for it,” Vanhorse said. “I was fortunate enough to snag it before he got it.”

Viking quarterback Sean Salisbury changed the play at the line of scrimmage after spotting Vanhorse in man-to-man coverage on Carter.

“You give me that situation 1,000 times and I’ll go to it 1,000 times,” Salisbury said. “It worked exactly like we wanted. The kid just made a great play.”

Means then carried five times for 34 yards on a 61-yard drive that ended with the rookie’s seven-yard touchdown run with 10:12 to play, giving San Diego a 23-17 lead.

On the ensuing kickoff, Marquez Pope stripped the ball from return man Qadry Ismail and Jeff Brady recovered on Minnesota’s 21. Three plays later, Friesz and Shawn Jefferson teamed on an 18-yard touchdown pass.

Chris Mims clinched the victory when he sacked Salisbury, forcing a fumble with 2:29 to play.

Friesz completed 20 of 32 passes in his best performance since midway through the 1991 season. He spent 1992 on the disabled list and got into the lineup this year only because of a shoulder injury to Stan Humphries.