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Machado, Soto power Padres past Giants 7-4

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San Diego Padre Manny Machado flips the bat away after cracking a three run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park in San Diego on Tue Aug 8, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Manny Machado’s tie-breaking three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted San Diego to a 7-4 victory Tuesday over the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park.

The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Padres that included a 26-inning scoreless skid. San Diego is 1-5 since acquiring Juan Soto and Josh Bell from Washington at the trade deadline.

Tim Hill (3-0) struck out Joc Pederson to end the Giants’ ninth and pick up the win in relief. The Padres still remain 16 games behind NL West-leading Los Angeles and hold a one-game lead over Milwaukee for the third NL Wild Card berth. San Francisco trails the Dodgers by 22 ½ games.

After Tyler Rogers (2-4) took the mound for the Giants in the bottom of the ninth, Jurickson Profar singled with one out and Soto reached on catcher’s interference. Machado followed with a 403-foot homer to left to end the game.

San Francisco tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the ninth. Padres reliever Josh Hader walked Mike Yastrzemski, pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores singled and pinch-hitter Austin Slater was hit by a pitch, loading the bases.

Austin Wynns drew an RBI walk, with Yastrzemski scoring and the bases remaining loaded. After J.D. Davis struck out, Brandon Belt was issued an RBI walk, driving in Flores. Evan Longoria’s sacrifice fly to left plated Slater with the tying run.

In the bottom of the eighth, Ha-Seong Kim hit a ground-rule double to center, driving in Josh Bell, who doubled to right two batters earlier, building the Padres’ lead to 4-1.

San Francisco took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on LaMonte Wade Jr.’s solo one-out home run to right. The Padres tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth on Soto’s solo home run to right.

Padres starter Joe Musgrave held San Francisco to one run on six hits over seven innings. He struck out four and didn’t walk a batter, Alex Cobb, the Giants’ starter, gave up three runs on six hits in five-plus innings, striking out seven and issuing two walks.

In Wednesday afternoon’s series finale, the Giants will start right-hander Jakob Junis (4-3, 3.05) against San Diego left-hander Sean Manaea (6-6, 4.74) a 6:45 pm PDT first pitch at Petco Park. 

Giants, Wood catch Padres slumping get 1-0 win at Petco Park

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Alex Wood deals on the mound at Petco Park in San Diego to the San Diego Padres in the bottom of the first inning on Mon Aug 8, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Michael Duca and Morris Phillips

San Francisco Giants pitcher Alex Wood pitched masterfully against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park to pick up a 1-0 win on Monday night in the opening game of a three game series. Wood allowed only three hits all singles in 6.1 innings of work.

The Giants reliever Camilo Doval retired the heart of the Padres order in the bottom of the ninth Juan Soto, Manny Machado, and Josh Bell for his 15th save of the season. The Padres are hitting the skids badly losing their fifth straight game and two of those loses come at the hands of two shutouts which includes Wood’s handiwork on Monday night.

The Padres who obtained Juan Soto and Josh Bell from the Washington Nationals last week Tuesday. The Padres entered this series after getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers which has a familiar tone to it for the Giants who also were swept by the Dodgers in four games the last time the two teams met in Los Angeles.

In spite of getting the help from Washington the Padres have now been shutout for 23 straight innings since last Saturday and it kind of makes Soto wonder what he might have gotten himself into. With the recent loses San Diego now holds just a one game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers for the wild card position.

The Padres Brandon Drury who slid in at home was called safe but the Giants asked for a review and the play was overturned when the officials ruled that Giants catcher Joey Bart tagged Drury on the head for an out and that reversed the tie score from 1-1 to 1-0 Giants that’s how bad the breaks have gone for San Diego and the Giants won their third straight game.

The Giants will start right hand pitcher Alex Cobb Tuesday night Cobb (3-6, 4.08) who will be opposed by the Padres right hander Joe Musgrove (8-5, 3.00) 6:40 pm PDT at Petco Park

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Two game sweep was a pick me up for Giants who were skidding

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San Francisco Giants third baseman JD Davis can’t quite get to the ball that the Oakland A’s Jonah Bride hit in the bottom of the sixth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Aug 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 Sunday afternoon the San Francisco Giants (53-55) won their seventh consecutive interleague road game 6-4 over the Oakland Athletics (41-68). The Giants swept Oakland in this two game series.

#2 The game remained scoreless through the first two innings until the Giants Mike Yastrzemski stepped up to the plate and homered in the third inning, the first of two home runs for the slugger in this game, The Giants would add to their 1-0 lead in the fifth inning.

#3 Austin Slater doubled driving in Brandon Crawford for a 2-0 lead. The A’s would answer in the fifth inning with a single run but San Francisco was just getting started leading 2-1.

#4 Oakland made a valiant effort in the eighth to catch up to San Francisco in the later innings. Seth Brown who has been hitting great since he returned from paternity leave knocked one out of the park with Sean Murphy on base but that was all that the A’s could muster. The final was 6-4.

#5 San Francisco will continue their west coast road trip heading down to San Diego to take on the Padres Monday night. Alex Wood will take the mound for the Giants with a 4.42 ERA and a 7-9 win loss record. The Padres will send Blake Snell who comes in with a 4-5 win loss record and a 4.16 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 PM PT.

Marko Ukalovic was filling in for Morris Phillips who does the Giants podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Padres win the Juan Soto sweepstakes; Soto addition can help San Diego make a run at Dodgers

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By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

Juan Soto former Washington National after fouling off a pitch in the ninth inning on Sun Jul 31, 2022 at Nationals Park in DC now joins the San Diego Padres in a deal completed on Tue Aug 2, 2022 (image from ESPN)

What happen today is historic as the San Diego Padres picked up Juan Soto for six prospects from the Washington Nationals. Joining Soto is first baseman Josh Bell. The Padres Eric Hosmer has a no trade agreement in his contract and says he doesn’t want to go. Hosmer is a good player to sit on the bench for the Padres. The Nationals and Padres might get cash to settle the deal.

Hosmer has no interest in going to Washington a team that has the worst record in baseball. Hosmer could end up playing for someone whose going to the post season. Soto is hitting .241, leads MLB in walks and is among the home run leaders in home runs with 19.

Soto is happy to join a team that is contending and leaving the Nationals who lost four of their last five games and had no plans to stay in Washington who offered him 15 years for $440 million. No price for Soto has been disclosed yet but it’s speculated that Soto could fetch as much as $500 million.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play announcer on the A’s Spanish radio network and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Tony Renteria: All Star honor Griner with #42 jerseys; A’s Blackburn looking forward to meeting All Star teammates; plus more

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Team Wilson’s Brionna Jones, right, tries to get at the loose ball as Team Stewart’s Alyssa Thomas, left, and Emma Meesseman get after the loose basketball in the second half at the WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago on Sun Jul 10, 2022. The players changed jerseys to #42 for the second half to honor Brittney Griner (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Tony R:

#1 At the WNBA All Star Game in Chicago on Sunday there was a void with Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner missing. The players dedicated the second half wearing #42 jerseys in honor of Griner who has detained in Russia for the last 145 days. Tony the second half dedication meant a lot to the players remembering Griner.

#2 The Oakland A’s named their lone player representative for the 2022 MLB All Star Game for July 19th at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles pitcher Paul Blackburn who started out with a flurry at 6-2 and currently is 6-4 with a 3.36 ERA. Blackburn said he’s looking forward to meeting with his American League teammates and also being able to talk with the Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani.

#3 The San Francisco Giants who are coming off a 2-2 split against the San Diego Padres and opened a three game series last night with the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 4-3 loss. The Giants were 6-14 in their last 20 games and after winning 107 games last season are a different team without the presence of former catcher Buster Posey.

#4 Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman was working on his game in the NBA Summer Leagues in Las Vegas. Wiseman who played only 39 games in the last 15 months. When Wiseman first came on the scene for the Warriors he was expected to be an anchor at the center position for him but he had troubles adjusting to the NBA and also his recovery from knee surgery was slow but is looking forward to working hard to get back with the club for the 2022-23 season.

#5 The Pittsburgh Steelers have renamed their Stadium from Heinz Field to Acrisure Stadium. Acrisure is a top ten global insurance broker with revenue exceeding $3.8 billion. Heinz Kraft Company said in a statement that after concluding a 20 year $57 million naming rights agreement that ran from 2001-2021. Acrisure out bided Heinz for the naming rights. Art Rooney the Steelers owner was hoping that Heinz would stay on as the naming rights holder.

Join Tony for Headline Sports Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: All sorts of hitting for Giants in San Diego on Sunday; San Francisco opens up series with Arizona Monday night

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The San Francisco Giants Wilmer Flores (right) gets the welcome at home plate from Austin Slater (13) after hitting a two run home run in the top of the third inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 On Sunday San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Alex Wood threw shutout ball against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego and the Giants ended up winning in a laugher 12-0 to split the four game series with the Padres.

#2 Wood had his mojo going throwing no hit ball in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Pads until rookie CJ Abrams hit a single to leftfield to end the no hit bid.

#3 The Padres were in a no hit drought going back to Saturday’s game when they last got a hit in second inning going 12 innings without a hit until Sunday’s sixth inning.

#4 Marko knowing Padres manager Bob Melvin as well as you do these last two games have to be a little unusual play of the Padres and losing to the strengths of two strong pitchers for the Giants Carlos Rodon on Saturday and Wood on Sunday.

#5 The Giants open a three game series Monday night with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park. The Diamond backs will be starting Merrill Kelly (7-5, 3.42) and for the Giants Alex Cobb (3-3, 4.74) for a 6:45 pm PDT first pitch at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Marko is filling in for Morris Phillips on the Giants podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants beat up Padres 12-0 in fourth game

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Alex Wood pitches to the San Diego Padres line up in the bottom of the fifth inning at Petco Park in San Diego on Sunday, July 10, 2022. 

Giants Beat Up Padres in Game Four 12-0

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (43-41) were apparently fed up with losing. They came roaring into Petco Park Sunday and plowed through the San Diego Padres (49-38) lineup with ease. They tied up the four game series 2-2 but most importantly they are playing lights up baseball as evidence by the two final games of this series. Lots of hitting with an 11-0 win for the Giants ending their road trip at San Diego’s Petco Park.

The Giants got on the scoreboard in the second inning and never looked back. Nine players in the starting lineup had hits. By the fourth inning the Giants were leading 8-0 and there wasn’t much the Padres could do to stop the assault.

Alex Wood had a great start going seven innings allowing three hits and eight strikeouts, in fact, he was unhittable for five innings. He had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning. The Giants gave up nothing to the Padres. Yunior Marte finished off San Diego in the eighth and ninth innings for the 12-0 win. He also allowed three hits and had four strikeouts.

What a follow-up to the brilliant show that Carlos Rodon put out there in game three. San Francisco has really shown some encouraging signs of completely turning this whole season around. It is only two games but it is certainly looking good for the Giants.

Wilmer Flores had an outstanding game with four hits two of them out of the park with runners on base. This is first time that the Giants have won consecutive games since June 16-17 in Pittsburgh.

The Giants offense was totally on task with 17 hits and walking four times. San Francisco sent three shots out of the yard two of them with a runner on base. It was a near perfect offensive defensive effort by the Giants.

Next up for San Francisco will be the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 PM PT. Alex Cobb will take the mound for San Francisco. He comes in with an ERA of 4.74 with a 3-3 W-L. Arizona will send Merrill Kelly with a 7-5 W-L and a 3.42 ERA.

Rodon goes nine innings for SF win over San Diego 3-1

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San Francisco Giants starter Carlos Rodon expresses his excitement after getting the win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on Sat Jul 9, 2022 (AP News photo)

Rodon Goes Nine Innings for SF Win Over Padres 3-1

By Barbara Mason

Saturday night the San Francisco Giants (42-41) took on the San Diego Padres (49-37) in game three of their four game series. The Giants dropped games one and two and needed a win if they want to have a chance at an even series by game’s end on Sunday and even the series they did with a 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

After a quiet first inning, the Giants scored a run in the second inning. Brandon Crawford hit a sacrifice fly and Brandon Belt scored for the early 1-0 lead.

The Padres tied up the game in the second when Jose Azocar grounded into a fielders choice to first and Jorge Alfaro scored for a 1-1 game.

It was a pitchers duel through the next five innings. Neither team was able to get much offense going until things turned around for San Francisco in the eighth inning. Wilmer Flores belted a rocket out of the yard and with Joc Pederson on base, he gave the Giants a 3-1 lead.

San Francisco pitcher Carlos Rodon had a masterful performance on the mound. He went nine innings allowing only 3 hits, 2 walks with 12 strikeouts. He finished the game with 112 pitches. At one stretch he retired 22 in a row. His fast ball was dominating from start to finish bringing home the 3-1 victory. The win put the Giants just over five hundred still trailing the first place Dodgers and the second place Padres.

This series will wrap up on Sunday in game four. Alex Wood will take the mound for San Francisco coming in with an ERA of 4.83 and a 5-7 win-loss record. The Padres will send Mackenzie Gore who has a 3.18 ERA and a 4-3 win-loss record. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 PM PT.

Padres dominate Giants at Petco Park in game two 6-3; SF drops 14th game out of last 18

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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.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Profar sent to hospital after collision with Abrams; Giants take seventh loss out of last eight games

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The San Diego Padres Jurickson Profar raises a fist acknowledging the crowd after colliding with teammate CJ Abrams in the top of the fifth inning at Petco Park in San Diego on Thu Jul 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar collided with rookie shortstop CJ Abrams left a lot of people concerned at Petco Park on Thursday night in the opening game of the four game series when Profar and Abrams went chasing after a San Francisco Giant Tommy La Stella shallow pop to left apparently neither made a call for the ball and Abrams knee ended up hitting Profar in the left jaw as both players fell down on the field.

#2 The scary part of it was that Profar had to be carted off the field after getting help from the training staff but collapsed when he reach the infield portion of the diamond and the trainers called for a cart and stretcher to assist Profar off the field.

#3 While Jurickson was carted off he had to have his neck and head braced and he received a nice applause from the Padre fans and Profar raised a fist in appreciation. Abrams who was laid out as well was able to continue and was deemed alright. Padres manager Bob Melvin said that Profar will be getting tests in the hospital and will have an update on Friday.

#4 The Padres got good starting pitching from starter Joe Musgrove who went seven innings, gave up only one hit, four walks and six strikeouts. He looked like he could have completed the game if it weren’t for the pitch count.

#5 The Giants and Padres play game two of the series tonight at Petco starting for the Giants Sammy Long (0-1, 1.78) for the Padres Blake Snell (0-5, 5.13) a 6:40 pm PDT first pitch at Petco.

Marko filled in for Daniel Dullum for the Giants podcast heard Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com