By: Joe Lami

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—

Giants’ pitcher Mike Leake did it all on Sunday’s 10-3 win over the San Diego Padres.  The Giants continue to roll, as the win completes the three-game sweep of the Padres. It’s the ninth sweep of the season for San Francisco.

After a shaky first two innings that saw three runs on two triples and a home run, he settled down and got into the zone. Leake finished the days pitching 6+ innings, surrendering three runs on four hits and striking out two.

Travis Jankowski hit the lone home run for the Padres, which came in second. It was his first career home run. It wasn’t a cheap one either as he hit it to the power alley in right field, over the bricks, left of the 365 mark. Jankowski was called up last month and played in 17 games entering Sunday contest.

However, it wasn’t just Leake’s pitching that led to his first win since July 28th and as a Giant, he had a great day at the plate as well, highlighted by a three-run homer in the second inning. For Leake, it’s his second homer of the year and sixth of the season. He’s also the fourth Giants’ pitcher to go yard this year, giving the pitching staff a total of eight on the year, the most by any pitching staff since the 2006 Cubs. 

Leake brought it upon himself, as he only received six runs of support in his five starts as a Giants entering, but the home run was a huge lift and turned things around for San Francisco.

“He did a really nice job and finally settled down. We know he’s a threat at the plate and helped win his own game today,” added Giants’ manager, Bruce Bochy.

The bats continued to go for the Giants, as they added to their lead, scoring two runs in each of the fifth, seventh, and eighth innings taking advantage of bad pitching and defense from San Diego.

Giants’ center fielder, Angel Pagan, had a huge day on the bases with three steals on the day.  Pagan only had six steals on the year entering Sunday but exploded with the career high. He’s the first Giant to steal three bases successfully in a game since Gregor Blanco did it on May 14th of last year against the Braves.

Bochy later added “You can really see the difference, Angel’s finally healthy”.

The Giants were unable to make up any ground on the Dodgers, as LA defeated the Diamondbacks 4-3 on Sunday. San Francisco still sits seven games back of Los Angeles in the National League West.