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Stults does in Giants

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-In his final start of the 2013 season, Eric Stults pitched like he was trying to get the San Diego Padres into the playoffs, depsite the fact they are tied for third place with the San Francisco Giants.

Stults pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, walking no one and striking out three on his way to his 11th win of the season and the Padres defeated the Giants 9-3 before a sellout crowd of 41,201 at AT&T Park.

Hunter Pence, who earlier in the day signed a five-year $90 million contract, slammed a two-run home run off of Stults in the bottom of the third inning that gave the Giants 3-1 lead over the visitors from “America’s Finest City.”

Chris DeNorfia gave the Padres a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as he took the second pitch he saw from Yusmeiro Petit over the centerfield wall for his 10th home run of the season.

The Padres took the lead for good in the top of the fourth inning, as they scored four runs off of Petit and batted around against Petit and George Kontos.

Former Giants outfielder Jesus Guzman gave the Padres the elad for good, as he hit a three-run home run off of Petit.

After getting the first two outs in the fourth inning, Petit gave up six consecutive hits, with the last one coming against Stults, who drove in Alexi Amarista.

Mike Kickham came on to finish the game, but DeNorfia added a run-scoring single in the top of the ninth inning, and then Reymond Fuentes added a run-scoring single of his own and then Jedd Gyorko added a two-run home run.

Kickham pitched one inning, allowing four runs on six hits and striking out one.

Petit lasted just 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits, walking no one and striking out two.

With the victory, the Padres move one game ahead of the Giants for third place in the National League West.

Giants pounce on the Padres

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By Jeremy Harness

The last time Pablo Sandoval hit three home runs in a game, he was leading the Giants past the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of last year’s World Series.

Lest to say that we are far removed from those days, even though it was only less than 11 months ago. Nonetheless, every win should be taken as a positive, no matter how meaningless it is now, and Sandoval’s three-bomb outing Wednesday night helped the Giants breeze past the San Diego Padres, 13-5, at PETCO Park.

In hitting the trio of homers, Sandoval drove in a total of six runs, giving the Giants all the runs they would need to pull out the victory.

Well, this game did have some meaning, in the fact the Giants are no longer in the cellar of the National League West. Now they have company, as they dropped the Padres into a tie with them for last place with matching 62-77 records.

Tim Lincecum didn’t pitch great – he gave up five earned runs on seven hits, walking four and striking out five – put he held on long enough to pick up only his ninth victory of the season against 13 defeats.

He was helped out by a bullpen that combined to allow only two hits the rest of the way.

Aside from Sandoval, Hunter Pence had a rather-solid game at the plate for the Giants. He knocked in three runs, including a two-run homer in the fourth inning off Padres starter Eric Stults.