San Diego Padres Manny Machado swings at a low pitch for a ninth inning two run RBI single against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jun 3, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (33-28) led 2-0 going into the top of the ninth inning in their matchup with the San Diego Padres (35-24) at Oracle Park in San Francisco. They were on the verge of tying up this series when Manny Machado came to the plate with the bases loaded two outs and hit a double to tie up the game 2-2. San Diego scored a run in the tenth inning and that was the ball game 3-2. The terrific start on the mound for Landen Roupp had been wasted in a painful loss.

Game recap: It was a quiet start for both teams through the first two innings. In the bottom of the third inning, the Giants got some badly needed hits. Patrick Bailey got the inning going in the right direction hitting a double followed by a Heliot Ramos shot that left the park and the Giants had a 2-0 lead. After the home run, Wilmer Flores hit a single followed by a Matt Chapman double. They waved Flores home and he was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.

Neither team would score a run in the next three innings and the Padres were still looking to get on the scoreboard. In the seventh inning with two outs, the Padres had the bases loaded but came up empty and San Francisco had held on going into the bottom of the seventh inning.

Roupp was relieved in the seventh inning by Erik Miller. Roupp pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing only four hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He had a terrific game now with a 3.18 ERA.

This game went into the eighth inning with the score remaining 2-0 in favor of the Giants. Manny Machado started off the inning with a deep hit to the right field followed by a Jackson Merrill single and the Padres had runners on first and second with no outs.

Gavin Sheets hit into a double play and the Giants were one out away from getting out of the inning. San Francisco got the third out and this game went into the bottom of the eighth inning.

The Padres were down to their last three at bats in the top of the ninth inning. With the bases loaded and two outs Manny Machado came to the plate, the Padres last hope. Machado came through tying up the game at 2 apiece hitting a double. San Francisco got out of the inning and once again another game going into extra innings and the Giants having to fight for the win after leading for eight innings

With two outs in the tenth inning the Padres Jake Cronenworth singled Jackson Merrill home from third base giving San Diego a 3-2 lead. The game went into the bottom of the tenth inning needing a San Francisco run to tie or a couple of runs to go home.

It just didn’t go the Giants way. They were unable to score in the inning and suffered a painful loss despite a solid start from Roupp on the mound. San Francisco relief pitcher Camilo Duval came in to close and did not have his best stuff and again the offense struggled with only six hits to San Diego’s ten hits. The final was 3-2, the Padres taking a 2-0 series lead.

Game notes: After losing 1-0 in extra innings Monday in game one, the Giants were back on the field for game two of their series with the Padres Tuesday. Not a run was scored by either team through nine innings Monday and it was the Padres who finally broke through in the tenth inning to win this pitcher’s duel.

San Francisco had their opportunities loading the bases in the latter innings but came away empty in the shutout. The Giants dropped Tuesday night’s game to the Padres after holding a 2-0 lead only to see that vanish when the Padres tied it up 2-2 later to lose it 3-2 and are now down 0-2 with the Padres having a shot at sweeping the series on Wednesday night.

Game three will get underway Wednesday with first pitch at 6:45pm PDT. Starting pitcher for the Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (6-2 ERA 2.74) for the Giants LHP Kyle Harrison (1-1 ERA 2.51)