San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado, right, hits a two-run home run in front of Giants catcher Andrew Kizner, left, during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
By Maggie Akins
The San Francisco Giants have now been swept nine times this season. Their second against the San Diego Padres.
The Padres sealed it with a final score of 6-4 at Oracle Park on Sunday evening.
The Padres added to their resume, keeping themselves in playoff contention in the current sixth wild-card spot. Since the Giants are out of playoff contention, for the rest of the season they will be trying not to have 100 losses and are giving their young guns experience.
The Giants did have positives from start to finish besides the loss. They did not make it an easy win for the Padres and were fighting for runs on the board and continuously had batters in scoring position till the last pitch.
OF Scott Bandura made his MLB debut after getting called up from Sacramento earlier today, following the news that Rafael Devers will be out for the remainder of the season due to a core muscle injury.
“Just getting to be here is outstanding for him,” Manager Tony Vitello said. “He can tell his grandkids it was the hardest hit line drive of all time, and he ended up scoring on it too.”
Devers was put on the 60-day injury list and is expected to be back for spring training. Vitello noted pregame that Devers has been battling with this injury all year.
“He wanted to keep playing, but this was mapped out a while ago,” Vitello said.
Bandura secured his first major league hit in the sixth inning after hitting a single down center field. Christian Koss hit a single and brought home Bandura. His two previous strikeouts didn’t matter anymore to him and his parents in the crowd.
RHP Logan Webb started on the mound this afternoon with a 8-8 record and a 4.10 ERA.
Webb’s first inning was not what Giants fans were hoping to see from their ace. The Padres tallied up five runs in the first two innings with their attacking offense led by Fernando Tatis Jr. Jackson Merrill carried the big weight with a double bringing home Tatis and Dustin Harris.
Webb still managed a good outing, only allowing one run in the fourth inning.
“For today, he was, I thought, really good, if not exceptional, for three ining and not very good for two innings,” Vitello said. “Just for the series, the one continual theme was they were good at preparing for our starters, so takes two to tango.”
With the Padres’ early lead, it was enough to carry over the win, not scoring again after the fourth inning.
Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson came in for relief in the sixth inning. He walked onto that mound and did his thing, shutting out the Padres’ scoring throughout his outing. Trent Harris came in to close out the game in the ninth inning.
RHP Nick Pivetta made his return for the Padres, starting on the mound with a 2-2 record and a 3.43 ERA. Pivetta was recently activated off the injured list, missing five months with a right elbow flexor strain.
Up next, the Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis on Monday, first pitch at 4:45 p.m. Giants starting pitcher will be RHP Landen Roupp (9-13, 4.00 ERA) against Cardinals LHP Quinn Matthews (1-3, 4.11 ERA)
In other news
Jackson Flora, the Giants’ fourth overall pick, was promoted to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels today.
The Giants announced that Rafael Devers will be lost for the rest of the season due to a core injury. Devers before the injury was having quite a run agianst the Padres in this last series which included a grand slam home run on Friday night at Oracle Park. Devers for the season hit .258, 36 home runs, 143 hits and 96 RBIs.
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