By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Alexi Amarista was on the bench all night, but with one hit, he won the game.

Amarista hit a ball off the glove of Hunter Strickland in the top of the 11th inning, as the San Diego Padres came back to defeat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 before a crowd of 42,067, the 363rd consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

The Amarista single scored former Oakland A’s catcher Derek Norris from second base, after the catcher doubled with one out in the frame.

Madison Bumgarner went 7.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking one and striking out a career-high 14.

It looked like it was going to be a special night for Bumgarner from the outset, as he retired the first 14 Padres until Yonder Alonso reached on a broken bat single just in front of Justin Maxwell with two outs in the top of the fifth inning.

Following the Alonso single to right field, Will Middlebrooks singled to right field; however Alonso was then caught stealing at third base to end the threat.

Bumgarner’s opponent on the mound, Odrisamer Despaigne was not too shabby either, as he went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out three.

The Giants finally got to the right-hander in the bottom of the fifth inning, as Gregor Blanco was able to beat out a squibber in front of the plhe aate that scored Matt Duffy from third base. Duffy led off the inning with a double. Joe Panik then followed up Blanco’s single with a double to straightaway centerfield that scored Blanco.

Bumgarner got into a jam in the top of the eighth inning, as he walked Alonso to leadoff the inning, Middlebrooks then doubled to right field and then Will Venable doubled down the left field line to tie up the game.

Padres manager Pat Murphy was ejected from a major league game for the first time, as he contested Clint Barmes strikeout just prior to the Venable double that tied up the game.

Following the Venable double that tied up the game, he was thrown out at second base on a ball hit by Cory Spangnberg, as Sergio Romo threw to Crawford to for the second out. The play was reviewed, and after a four minute 27 second review, the play stood.