San Francisco Giants’ Austin Slater, below, safely advances to third on a wild pitch as San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado is late with the tag during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 8, 2022, in San Diego. (AP News photo)

Padres Dominante Giants In Game Two 6-3

By Barbara Mason

Friday night the San Francisco Giants (41-41) took on the San Diego Padres (49-36) in game two of their four game series and later took one on the chin in a 6-3 loss to the Padres at Petco Park in San Diego. Thursday night the Padres took game one in ten innings 2-1.

San Diego got off to a quick start in the first inning of this game. Manny Machado slugged one out of the ball park with Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth on base for an early 3-0 lead.

In the fifth inning the Giants got on the board when David Villar hit a solo home run. The Padres answered in the sixth inning off a Nomar Azara single that drove Jose Azocar home and extended the Padre lead 4-1.

San Francisco had the bases loaded in the fourth inning but couldn’t take advantage and the Padres got out of a shaky situation.

Going into the seventh inning San Diego maintained their 4-1 lead looking for a W in game two of this series.

Giants pitcher Sam Long came out after 2.1 innings and was relieved by Tyler Rogers who went two innings. Long allowed four hits and the homer putting the Giants behind the eight ball from the start of this game. Zack Little relieved Rogers and John Brebbia relieved Little.

The Padres Blake Snell pitched through six innings having a great outing allowing only three hits and the Villar homer. He was relieved by Nick Martinez in the seventh inning. Martinez would finish the game.

This whole game came apart for San Francisco when they began walking far too many players (seven walks) and San Diego began stringing hits together. The Padres extended their lead in the eighth inning. Nomar Mazara singled bringing CJ Abrams home, and Cronenworth singled driving Mazara home. Going into the ninth inning San Diego had a healthy 6-1 lead. San Francisco was running out of outs and was three away from dropping game two of this series.

With two outs in the ninth inning Brandon Belt would knock one out of the park driving Brandon Crawford home but San Francisco came up short losing 6-3.

Notes: San Diego Padres announced that left fielder Jurikson Profar who collided with shortstop CJ Abrams on Thursday night has been placed on the seven day IL. Profar sustained neck and concussion injuries when he and Abrams went after a San Francisco Giant Tommy LaStella pop up to shallow left field and Abrams knee met Profar’s left cheek as both players were laid out. Abrams remained in the game while Profar was carted off and sent to the hospital for a further look by doctors.

First pitch Saturday is scheduled for 4:15 PM. Carlos Rodon will take the mound for the Giants. He has a 2.87 ERA. The Padres will send Yu Darvish who also has a solid ERA of 3.53.