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By Jeremy Kahn

Tyson Ross did all the damage by himself, both on the mound and the plate for the San Diego Padres.

Ross, who grew up in Oakland and went to Bishop O’Dowd High School hit an RBI single to snap a scoreless single in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-1 at Petco Park Friday night.

The right-hander also pitched six strong innings, as the Padres snapped a 10-inning hitless streak.

Prior to an Austin Hedges hit in the fateful fifth inning, that saw the Padres score the only run that they would need, their last hit came in the bottom of the third inning by pitcher Clayton Richard, who came on as a pinch hitter for Bryan Mitchell, who pitched just three innings in a 7-0 Giants win.

Jose Priela added a RBI single in the fifth, and then the Padres added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to end Ty Blach’s night.

The Richard hit off of Chris Stratton was the only hit that Stratton and Derek Law would allow in the game.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Richard became the first pitcher that did not start a game to get the lone hit in the game since June 28, 1935, when reliever Mace Brown of the Pittsburgh Pirates picked up a hit against the Chicago Cubs.

Ross gave up an unearned run in six innings on seven hits, walked one and struck out one and won for the second time this season.

Joe Panik drove in the only Giants run on the evening in the top of the seventh inning that led to the end of Ross’ evening.

Ross allowed a single, then a fielding error by Freddy Galvis and then Panik singled to end Ross’ night on the mound.

Franchy Cordero hit his second home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh inning for the Padres.

Brandon Crawford picked up three hits for the Giants.

Blach went six innings, allowing four runs, three of them earned, and seven hits. He also walked just one and struck out three.