By Jeremy Harness

AP photo: San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto throws out the San Diego Padres Jose Pirela on a bunt attempt in the second inning of Wednesday night’s game at Petco Park

While most folks in the Bay Area are fixated – and for very good reason – on the Warriors’ run through the NBA playoffs, a team from across the bay is putting together a dominant streak of its own.

The Giants have now won seven straight games and have taken over the top spot in the National League West, the latest installment coming in the form of a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park Wednesday afternoon.

Johnny Cueto, who has solidified the No. 2 spot in the starting rotation, showed his dominance once again on Wednesday. The right-hander with the unique windup gave the entire bullpen the day off by going the distance.

In doing so, Cueto (6-1, 2.70 ERA) gave up only one run on four hits, walking one two against eight strikeouts.

That lone run came in the second inning, when the Padres put together a rally that culminated in an RBI single by Alexei Ramirez. That was short-lived, however, as San Diego would collect only two more singles the rest of the game, as Cueto stayed in his groove.

The Giants helped him out at the plate in the fourth inning. Buster Posey led off the inning with a walk, and Hunter Pence followed that right up by belting a two-run homer off San Diego starter Drew Pomeranz to give the Giants a 2-1 lead that they would not relinquish.

Pomeranz (4-4, 1.96 ERA) went six innings and gave up only those two runs while only surrendering four hits himself, walking two and striking out five.

Of those four hits, leadoff man Denard Span, who improved his batting average to .279, had two of them while Posey and Pence had the other two.