By Jeremy Kahn

It seems that when the San Francisco Giants left the Bay Area after their afternoon loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday afternoon, they forgot something on the field.

Over their first two games against the San Diego Padres, the Giants have amassed just two runs on eight hits and the Padres have taken the first two games against their rivals from Northern California.

Former Giants pitcher Eric Stults along with three relievers allowed one run on just four hits, as the Padres defeated the Giants 3-1 at Petco Park.

After the Padres took an early 1-0 lead against Tim Hudson, Michael Morse hit a toweing home run to centerfield that tied up the game.

Unfortunately, that would not be the score for long, as the Padres scored the eventual winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Everth Cabrera tripled to score Alexei Amarista from third base.

Amarista reached on a bunt single, went to second on a Hudson throwing error, moved to third on a Stults sacrifice bunt.

Chris DeNorfia sacrificed back to Jean Machi that allowed Will Venable, the son of former Giants outfielder Max Venable to score the third and final run of the game.

It was a tough loss for Hudson, who lost for the first time this season; however there is a bright note to the performance of Hudson on this night.

Hudson went seven innings, allowing two runs on eight runs, not allowing a walk and striking out four.

By not allowing a walk for the fourth straight game to start the season, Hudson became just the third pitcher in the last 101 years to pitch at least seven innings and not issue a walk.

Hudson joins Grover Cleveland Alexander, who pitched six consecutive games in 1923 and Tiny Bonham in 1944, when he pitched four consecutive games of not issuing a walk.

In his first year with the Giants, Hudson already broke a franchise record, by not allowing a walk in 30 innings to start the season.