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Padres Return Favor Beating Giants 7-3

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San Diego Padres’ Juan Soto, right, celebrates with third base coach Matt Williams after hitting a home run during the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park in San Diego on Fri Sep 1, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Diego Padres (63-73) turned the tables on the San Francisco Giants (70-65) with a 7-3 win on Friday night at Petco Park in San Diego. The Giants clobbered the Padres on Thursday night 7-2 in game one of the series.

The Giants were the first team up on the scoreboard when Wilmer Flores hit a solo home run in the first inning for a 1-0 lead.

The Padres answered in not only the bottom of the first inning but in the second and third innings. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a two-run home run followed by a Juan Soto solo home run in the first inning taking a 3-1 lead and San Diego was off and running.

The Padres added another run in the second inning taking a 4-1 lead. Trent Grisham singled Luis Campusano home. San Diego did not take their foot off the pedal scoring a couple more runs in the third inning extending their lead to 6-1.

San Francisco started to make a bit of noise scoring one run in the fourth inning when Brandon Crawford sacrificed and Patrick Bailey scored. The score now stood at 6-2 and the Giants were hoping to get their offense in this game going.

Through six innings they had six hits and they did load the bases in the sixth inning with 2 outs and were looking at a golden opportunity to tighten up this game. The Giants were unable to take advantage and add a few more runs to the score and the 6-2 score remained going into the bottom of the sixth. Leaving these runners stranded in the sixth could possibly have a lot to do with the outcome of this game.

San Diego added another run in the bottom of the sixth when Thairo Estrada had a fielding error and Tatis Jr. scored from third base. The Padres now led 7-2.

San Francisco was struggling on the mound from the start. Tristan Beck went 2.2 innings and gave up nine hits (two of them home runs) and six runs with no strikeouts. Alex Wood would relieve Beck in the third inning allowing 3 hits and no runs. He had at least stopped the bleeding through the next three innings.

This game would go into the eighth inning with San Diego still leading 7-2 and San Francisco was down to two innings left to make a move in this game. They were running out of time.

The Giants got something going in the ninth inning. Estrada singled followed by a Crawford single and San Francisco had two runners on base with no outs. Pinch hitter Blake Sabol was hit by a pitch and once again the Giants had the bases loaded.

The next at bat LaMonte Wade Jr. was also hit and the Padres walked in a run. San Diego was having a heck of a time closing out this game. After the walk-in run, the Padres pulled a double play and finished off this game 7-3

Giants post game notes: Thursday night the Giants decisively beat the Padres by the score of 7-2. San Francisco led 7-0 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. The Giants put out a great offensive effort and couldn’t get anymore of that same run production as they had in Thursday’s game in Friday night’s game two. The Padres on the other hand were looking for some payback and it was looking much like Thursday night’s game, the only caveat was that it was the Padres this time who took the early lead and after three innings had a 6-1 lead.

In Saturday’s game three the Giants will have two left-handers going at each other. Kyle Harrison will take the mound for San Francisco after a solid game in his debut at Oracle last Monday night. He was dominant in that game striking out the first five batters he faced. He’s 1-0 and ERA is 1.86. The Padres are going with Blake Snell with a 11-9 win/loss record and a 2.60 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 5:40 PM.

Giants Unload On Padres 7-2; SF’s Yastrzemski slugs a HR with two RBIs

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San Francisco Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski, right, celebrates with third base coach Mark Hallberg after hitting a home run during the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (70-64) took on the San Diego Padres (62-73) Thursday night starting a four game series and having had some successful games they kept it going with a 7-2 win at Petco Park in San Diego.

The Giants have a lot on their plate right now. While they are in second place in the NL West and trail the Los Angels Dodgers by 14 games, the Dodgers are not their problem right now. It’s more like the Phillies, the Cubs, the Reds , the Marlins and the Diamondbacks.

Six contenders all vying for a wild card spot. San Francisco has been struggling for awhile now. It wasn’t really that long ago that the Giants trailed the Dodgers by a single game. So the Giants have some work to do and it needs to happen sooner rather than later with roughly 29 games left in the regular season.

Thursday game recap: San Francisco went into this game with purpose and determination. Neither team scored in the first two innings but the Giants were first up on the board in the third inning scoring not only early but often. When the dust had settled San Francisco had a 6-0 lead. The Giants hit a slew of singles in the inning.

Joc Pederson singled LaMonte Wade Jr. home for the first run of the inning taking a 1-0 lead and the hits just kept on coming. Mike Yastrzemski singled Thairo Estrada home. Joc Pederson scored on a Padre error followed by another single, a bunt single off the bat of Wade Meckler and Yastrzemski scored.

Blake Sabol got another run on the board when he doubled and J.D. Davis scored. They would finish off the inning when Casey Schmitt sacrificed and Meckler scored for an amazing offensive inning leading 6-0. San Francisco would add one more run when Mike Yastrzemski homered in the fifth inning, a solo shot and a 7-0 Giants lead.

Through four innings the Padres were looking for their first hit. Starting pitcher for San Francisco Jakob Junis went four innings not allowing a single hit with three strikeouts. Sean Manea would relieve Junis in the fifth inning.

Through six innings the Padres had only managed two hits. Manea did get into a bit of trouble in the bottom of the sixth loading the bases. Manea made the pitches when he needed to striking out Garrett Cooper for the third out of the inning and it was on to the seventh inning.

The Padres got a couple of base runners in the bottom of the eighth inning threatening to deny the shut out. San Diego did get on the board in the inning, a single run. Garrett Cooper doubled and Juan Soto scored for a 7-1 Giants lead.

Scott Alexander came to the mound to try and close out this game. The Padres were able to score one run but that would be all they got. San Francisco will be back on the field in game two Friday night with first pitch at 6:40 PM.

Starting pitchers for San Francisco TBA and for San Diego Michael Wacha (10-2 ERA 2.84) first pitch 6:40pm PT.

San Francisco Giants Lose 4-1 To Cincinnati Reds Wrap Up Six Game Homestand At Oracle

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Cincinnati Reds’ Christian Encarnacion-Strand, right, hits a two-run home run in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey during the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Aug 30, 2023 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

By Troy Ewers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a day game coming off of Alex Cobb’s almost no-hitter, the San Francisco Giants faced the Cincinnati Reds to complete their series and the Giants are wrapping up their six game homestand. Logan Webb takes the mound for San Francisco and Hunter Greene for the Reds. This game for the Giants was to hold a spot for the NL wild card, especially after the D-Backs loss the night before. 

 A pitcher’s duel between Webb and Greene for five innings as we saw a scoreless game with seven hits total, but in the top of the sixth, the drought ended as Spencer Steer and Eddy De La Cruz got on base from singles.

Smart baserunning play got the first run as De La Cruz attempted to steal second and Patrick Bailey tried to throw him out, but was unsuccessful and as the ball left Bailey’s hand, Steer was successfully home, 1-0 Reds.

The very next run came from an RBI single by Christian Encarnacion-Strand which scored De La Cruz, 2-0 Reds with one out. Webb escaped the inning with a beautiful double play where he stopped the ball on a dime, threw to second, and then a play at first, but the damage was done and in the bottom of the sixth for the first time in this game, the Giants played from behind.

They started this at bat with Casey Schmitt hitting a lead-off double and carried on with a Thairo Estrada single. This rally caused Cincinnati to make a pitching change and bring in Ian Gibaut, but the rally continued as a wild pitch, moved the lead-off Schmitt who was on third score at home and Estrada to second, 2-1 Reds. Gibaut was able to get out the inning, but the energy in the park was still high as we entered the seventh. 

The Giants decided to sit Webb down after six innings, seven hits, six strikeouts, and two runs, so they brought Ryan Walker in the seventh and he got back to back strikeouts, but after a single they switched him with Taylor Rogers to provide relief.

After the seventh inning stretch, the Reds brought in Fernando Cruz and he didn’t crack under the pressure, upholding that lead for Cincinnati. The eighth came and the Giants swapped one Rogers brother in for another as Tyler Rogers took the hill.

It looked Tyler Rogers was holding his own, but Encarnacion-Strand got his second RBI of the game with a two run shot to center field that scored De La Cruz making this game 4-1 Reds. 

The ninth inning started off with Luke Jackson shutting down the Reds to hopefully spark some type of comeback for San Francisco. Patrick Bailey was the leadoff guy and was walked, so the hopes for a comeback rally began to fill Oracle Park.

Yastrzemski popped out for the first out, but the energy was still hovering around the park. J.D. Davis grounded into a fielder’s choice for the second out and that’s when fans began to try to beat the traffic. Wade Meckler being the last hope to keep this comeback alive and on a full count he was struck out and that’s the ball game, 4-1 Cincinnati. 

Even though the Giants didn’t sweep the series, they walked away with a series win and their homestand ended here. San Francisco has no time to think about this loss, because they find themselves headed to San Diego the very next day to face the Padres.

The Giants haven’t announced who will start in this four game series at Petco Park in San Diego, but they know they will face Pedro Avila (0-1, 2.63) of the San Diego Padres and hopefully the Giants can go in to the month of September with momentum to secure their spot in the playoffs.

Troy Ewers is a beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: MLB The Three biggest Failures are the three biggest Payrolls

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Baltimore Orioles third baseman Gunnar Henderson is unable to stop an RBI double by Colorado Rockies’ Elias Diaz that scored Charlie Blackmon from first base during the third inning at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Fri Aug 25, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

With approximately 30 to 35 games left for most teams this season, here are the three teams with the biggest payrolls this year and their records today.

1-New York Mets 60-71 in the cellar, 2-New York Yankees, 62-69 in the cellar, 3-San Diego Padres, 61-70 in penultimate place. The chances of any of these teams for the postseason is at best slim and none for real, as they would have to play at an .800 winning percentage clip the rest of the way. Can we say that money is not the key for a winning team?

Yes and No, because at the end is a combination, a balancing-act for front offices to draft, trade and buy players at the same time. A team most draft and develop well, make trades to improve their roster and in some cases open the bank and pay the huge salaries. But money alone is not the solution in the most difficult sport.

The Baltimore Orioles are leading the American League East, with the #29 payroll, only the Oakland A’s have a smaller payroll, the A’s do not really count because their owner has “De-funded the Team” . But, how have the Orioles done it?

They have the best minor league system today. As a matter of fact, this 2023 season the Orioles have the best minor league system for the fourth consecutive year. The best example is Gunnar Henderson, which was one of the eight total guys in the Top 100 prospects, Henderson is a regular in the young and exciting Baltimore Orioles lineup this season.

They have players waiting in the minors, like the highly rated Jackson Holliday, the son of ex major league All Star Matt Holliday. Jackson Holliday is the #1 prospect in Major League Baseball, currently playing shortstop and second base at AA level affiliate, Bowie Baysox in Maryland.

The Birds from Baltimore success was not instant. Here are the last three years record:

2021: 52-100, 2022: 83-79, today the Orioles have a 81-49 record. which is the second best record among all 30 MLB teams, only the Atlanta Braves with 84-45 leading the NL East by miles have a better record in baseball.

The Yankees, Mets and Padres will have a very interesting off-season, the Padres might just tweak their roster, my hope is they keep their manager Bob Melvin, but the two New York teams, only God knows what their management is going to do.

Mets owner Steve Cohen is the richest owner in baseball, but he could not buy the title this year, he is insatiable for high prize talent, and will make a run at Shohei Ohtani. The Yankees? Well there is always next season for their 28 World Series title.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network on 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: No Baseball in the Southland due to Hurricane Hilary on Sunday

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Hurricane Hilary moving up the west coast from Baja California to the San Diego and Los Angeles areas is expected to be a Category 1 tropical storm that could pack wind speeds up to 60 MPH. The Padres, Dodgers, and Angels have moved their games to Saturday for day night doubleheaders. (Axios still photo of Hurricane Hilary)

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#1 Major League Baseball has been encouraged to change it’s Sunday schedule a day ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Hilary which is expected to be a Category 1 tropical storm in the San Diego and Los Angeles areas. Hilary is expected to bring winds of 60 MPH. The forecast has forced the three teams in the Southland to move all games to Saturday.

#2 MLB has announced on Friday that the games between the Arizona at San Diego, Tampa Bay at Los Angeles Angels, and Miami at Los Angeles Dodgers all will be played as double headers on Saturday. Forecasters have said that this hurricane could rival nothing California has ever seen before with winds, rain and gusts that could do severe damage to the Southland.

#3 Amaury, the Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins know all about hurricanes what all the teams plan to do after Saturday night’s game will they hunker down in a solid building structure in downtown LA or downtown San Diego or will they charter a plane out of town until the coast is clear?

#4 Angels manager Phil Nevin said he’s lived in the Southland for 52 years and has never seen anything like this and says while he’s curious and excited it’s down right scary what could happen. There are millions of people who could get trapped by this hurricane and causalities could be shocking.

#5 Amaury, the last time a tropical storm hit the Southland was on Sep 25, 1939, Joe DiMaggio was in his third year in baseball, no MLB was in the Southland yet and Anaheim wasn’t even a twinkle in Walt Disney’s eye.

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Giants Win Streak Snapped at ten; San Diego clobbers SF 10-0 at Oracle Park

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San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos, middle, and Bryce Johnson, right, watch from the dugout during the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu Jun 22, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Troy Ewers

SAN FRANCISCO–The San Francisco Giants (42-33) looked to complete a four game sweep against the San Diego Padres (36-39) and extend their winning streak to 11 games it was not to be as the Padres had their hitting shoes on snapping San Francisco’s ten game win streak at Oracle Park Thursday 10-0.

Thursday’s game by the bay was beautiful with a 61 degree sunny day as the backdrop with a huge crowd of 38,638 people, but the final score was ugly for the orange and black. Blake Snell (San Diego) and Alex Wood (San Francisco) were on the mound for their respective clubs and to say they had polar opposite outings would be an understatement.

Alex Wood started this game in the first inning by walking the Padres leadoff batter Ha-Seong Kim and then with one out walking Juan Soto. After Manny Machado lined out, with two outs and two men on, Gary Sanchez set the tone with a theee run home run that hurt the confidence of Wood instantly, but it wouldn’t be the only three run bomb Alex Wood would watch go into the stands today.

In the third inning Machado hit the second three run homer which scored Soto and Tatis Jr. making the game 6-0 for San Diego. After the top of the third Wood’s day was over and a pitching change was made. On the opposite end of the spectrum Padre starter Blake Snell was a stone cold stunner, pitching six innings allowing only three hits and throwing 11 strikeouts.

Two of the three Giants hits Snell allowed were by Patrick Bailey, but no offense occurred other than these three hits, not even a walk for the Giants. The scoring wouldn’t stop for the Padres. In the fourth inning Kim hit a homerun with one out on Jakob Junis’s first pitch of the game (Junis replaced Wood) making the score 7-0 and in the fifth inning.

San Diego put the dagger in the heart with a three run rally off four hits from Machado, Sanchez, Jake Cronenworth, and Nelson Cruz, which gave us our . The next four innings would go by quicker than a blink of an eye where each team basically would go down fairly quickly, the Giants ending the game with four straight 1-2-3 innings and by the end of the eighth innings Giants fans wanted to beat the traffic and started popping out of their seats.

Blake Snell was awarded the win (4-6) and Wood would gain a loss (2-2), but the Giants can’t dwell on this loss even for one day, because the next game is the beginning of a three game series with the NL West division leaders, the Arizona Diamondbacks and that game is Friday night.

On the mound for the Giants will be Logan Webb (6-6 ERA 3.11) and he will face Arizona’s Zach Davies (1-3 ERA 7.11) for a 6:45pm PT first pitch at Oracle. For the Giants this next series can really propel them to the top of the division, but the depth of this current roster seems to be in question as the injury bug hits key players in this home stretch.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants go for their 11th straight against Padres today at Oracle

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San Francisco Giants’ Blake Sabol, bottom, reacts after scoring against San Diego Padres catcher Gary Sanchez, top, during the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Jun 21, 2023 (AP News photo)

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#1 Their assembly line approach to pitching earned the San Francisco Giants a hard fought 4-2 victory Wednesday night. Their opener this evening was, right hander Ryan Walker who went an inning with two walks and a strike out did manager Gabe Kapler get what he expected out of Walker as an opener?

#2 Padres pitcher Yu Darvish showed his old brilliance over the first four innings he pitched but fell apart in the fifth, when the Giants batted around and roughed him up for four runs.

#3 Sean Hjelle picked up his second win of the season going four innings giving up three hits, two walks and five strikeouts. Talk about his command and coming in as the second Giants pitcher on Wednesday night.

#4 Comilo Doval picked up the save as the closer for San Francisco shutting the door on the Padres going one inning, one hit, two strike outs.

#5 Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski had to leave Wednesday night’s game with hamstring tightness he’s had the same injury before and hopes to avoid going on the IL. He’s been a crucial part of the teams offensive success.

#6 For this afternoon’s thriller at Oracle Park the Padres will start Blake Snell (3-6 ERA 3.48) going for the Giants lefthander Alex Wood (2-1 ERA 4.11) first pitch slated for 12:45pm PT.

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Giants unstoppable win 10th straight 4-2 over Padres for sweep; SF rallies for 4 runs in fifth

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San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin, right, gestures while talking to umpire Manny Gonzalez during the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Jun 21, 2023 (AP News photo)

San Diego (35-39). 000 000 110. – 2. 8. 0

San Francisco (42-32). 000 040 00x. – 4. 8. 0

Time: 2:48

Attendance: 33,332

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–Going for their tenth win in a row, the surging San Francisco Giants , entering the fray at 41-32, opted for the 11th time this season, to play a bullpen game. In the those earlier games, the Giants’ hurlers went 7-3, 2.93.

Their assembly line approach to pitching earned the Giants a hard fought 4-2 victory tonight. Their opener this evening was, right hander Ryan Walker. It was his second stint in that role. The other other start for the youngster came in the first of this three game series against the Padres on Monday, when he threw 28 pitches over 1-2/3 scoreless innings, giving up three his but no walks. Sean Hjelle replaced Walker after he had thrown another goose egg but, triue to his name, issued a pair of bases on balls.

San Diego went with the veteran Yu Darvish, now in the twilight of his distinguished international career. The native of Osaka, came into tonight’s contest at 5-5, 4.74 for 2923. The Giants last saw him on April 30, in the gut wrenching series the Giants and Padres played in Mexico City.

He showed his old brilliance over the first four innings he pitched but fell apart in the fifth, when the Giants batted around and roughed him up for four runs. In all, Darvish went six innings and gave up four runs, all earned on seven hits and two walks, He struck out six . His pitch count reached 101, 68 counted a strikes. He was charged with the loss, and his record now stands at 5-6, 4.84.

Hjelle blanked the Pads over two innings, helped by a couple of pitcher’s best friends, The more interesting one came in the fourth and enforced The Curse of the Leadoff Double. Manny Machado deposited a fly in the right field corner in start the frame. He tried to advance on Jake Cronenworth’s foul fly to left, but a Michael Conforto rifled a throw to Brian Crawford, who shot a perfect relay to JD Davis to nab the Manny You Love to Hate at third for the inning ending twin killing, allowing Hjelle to return to the mound in the top of the fifth in a game that still was tied at zero.. Hjelle was somewhat wild in. that inning, allowing a walk and throwing a wild pitch, but he kept San Diego. off the board to complete a very successful four inning stint.

San Francisco unknotted the tie in the bottom half of the inning. Luis Matos lead off by beating out Xander Bogaerts’ throw to first of his grounder to deep short the rookie center fielder’s second infield single in a many. at bats. He stole second on the next pitch, which was to Blake Sabol, who smacked a single off Bogaerts’ glove into left field, putting runners on the corners.

After David Villar walked, Crawford drove Matos home with a sacrifice fly to left.. With two down, Pederson singled to right, and Sabol tried to core from second. Home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott called him out. The Giants claimed that catcher Gary Sánchez had blocked the plate.

The reviewing umpires in New York agreed with them, and the call was reversed, giving SF a 2-0 lead. This displeased Padres manager Bob Melvin enough to get him thrown out of the game by Wolcott. The Giants’ onslaught continued. Mike Yastrzemski singled Villar home. Davis singled Pederson, who had gone to second on the previous play home, upping the SF lead to four.

Tyler, the left handed Rogers brother, defended that cushion in the top of the sixth. His successor in the seventh, Luke Jackson, allowed the Padres their first run, scored by Hae-Seong Kim after he had reached first on a force out, duly challenged and confirmed, and stolen second. Grisham’s single to center brought him home.

Brent Honeywell, Jr., kept it. a 4-1 game in the bottom of the seventh.

Tyler, the right handed submariner, Rogers came to pitch the top of the eighth and immediately gave up back to back singles to Juan Soto and Manny Machado. Soto ended up scoring the Padres’ second run. Croneworth’s sacrifice fly to center brought hit home.

Adrián Morejón was the third Padres hurler, He set the Giants down in order in the eighth, which set the stage for Camilo Doval – who else – to attempt the save. He earned it, his 20th of the year and brought his ERA down to 1.87.

The win went to Hjelle. His record now stands at 2-1, 7.79.

The series. will be wrapped up tomorrow, Thursday. Game time is 12:45. Blake Snell (3-6, 3.48) will be on the mound for San Diego. San Francisco will counter with Alex Wood (2-1, 4.11)

Giants extend win streak to 9 with a walk off walk to defeat Pads 4-3

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San Francisco Giants’ Joc Pederson, right, is congratulated by third base coach Mark Hallberg (91) after hitting a home run against the San Diego Padres during the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jun 20, 2023 (AP News photo)

San Diego (35-38). 002 010 000 – 3. 10. 0

San Francisco (41-32). 000 100 111 – 4. 8. 1

Time: 2:40

Attendance: 32,060

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–When the Giants finally salvaged one win out of their three game series against the Chicago Cubs that closed out that last home stand, the 12-2 win still left the home team one game under .500. Many of us were willing to write off their chances of being a contender.

Baseball is, as Joe Garagiola says, a funny game; all we know about la pelota is that, as the Cubans put it, it’s round and comes in a square box. San Francisco woke up this morning at 40-32, in second place in the NL West, three and a half games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The San Diego Padres, who many expected to be the Dodgers’ chief competition in the division were the victims Monday night of the Giants’ eighth consecutive win, a 7-4 10 inning thriller, that left the Pads in fourth place at 35-37, eight and a half games behind Arizona.

The orange and black sent Anthony DeSclafani to the mound. His game time ERA of 4.31 is unimpresssive, but. his four wins was second to only Logan Webb’s six on the Giants staff. His six losses tied him with Webb in that department. The Giants picked up their ninth consecutive win over the Padres 4-3 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tuesday night.

Tonight, DeSclafani was, at best, mediocre. He lasted five innings, in which he surrendered three runs, all earned, on eight hits, one of them for the distance, and a walk. He struck out a half a dozen San Diegans. He threw 88 pitches, 61 for strikes. He ended up with a no decision, but his ERA crept up to 4.38.

The Pads went with 3-3, 4,10 Seth Lugo, making his first start since coming off the injured list, where he’d dwelled since straining his right calf on May 16. The Padres’ game notes inform us that his two, four bases on balls per nine innings put him on the top of the Friars’ list in that category.

Like DeScalfani, he went five frames, but they were more effective than his rival. Lugo held the Giants to three hits, which produced one run, which was earned. He struck out five and walked one, leaving the game with a 3-1 lead. He, too, ended the day with a no decision, but he reduced his earned run average to 3.86.

For the first two innings the only base runner for either team was Fernando Tatís, who lead off the action with an infield single. The Padres changed the nature of the game in the top of the third. Trent Grisham singled to center, and ex-Giant Austin Nola bunted him over to second.

Juan Soto sent a liner to left that plated Grisham and sent Tatís to third. Manny Machado shot a grounder to David Villar at first. His throw home was late. The Manny You Love to Hate had his 29th RBI of the season, and Melvin’s Monks had a 2-0 lead.

They threatened in the fourth as well. With one out, Ha-Seong Kim singled to right and went around to third on Grisham’s long single to the base of the right field foul pole. Rookie catcher Patrick Bailey cane to the rescue. With Nola at bat he threw to fellow rookie David Villar at the hot corner, who threw back to Bailey, who returned the throw to Villar, who tagged Kim out. The rest of the frame was anti-climactic.

San Francisco got their first tally in the bottom of the fourth without the benefit of an RBI. Thairo Estrada led off with a double to right center and moved up a base on JD Davis’s soft single to the mound. Michael Conforto bounced into a 4-6-3 double play that enabled Estrada to score, making it a 2-1 game.

Tatís restored San Diego’s two run margin almost immediately. He hit DeSclafani’s second pitch of the fifth inning, a 91.3 mph sinker, 408 feet deep, where it landed in the center field bleachers. DeScalfani managed to get through the rest of the inning without allow another run, but he didn’t come out to pitch the sixth. That task fell to Tristan Beck.

Steven Wilson took over mound duties for the Padres in the sixth. Tim Hill replaced him for the seventh. That’s when the Giants’ bats came alive. Austin Slater led off with a pinch hit walk and went to second on Mike Yastrzemski’s single to center.

Luis Matos singled to left to load the bases. Then the offense stalled. Bailey grounded to Machado at third, starting a 5-2 double play. All, however, was not lost. Crawford singled to center. That drove in Yastrzemski and brought the home team closer to the visitors, 3-2. It also resulted in Nick Martínez coming in to pitch for San Diego.

Martínez retired Villar to end the inning but surrendered a leadoff splash hit into McCovey Cove to tie it all up in the top of the eighth. It was Pederson’s eighth home run and 26th run driven in on the year.

Tyler Rogers, the submarining starboard sibling of Taylor, retired the first two Padres he faced and then yielded a single to Soto. The Manny You Love to Hate beat out a grounder to Crawford, whose throw drew Villar off the bag, putting runners on first and second. Rogers and Xander Bogaerts battled to a full count before the Padres’ short stop bounced out to the mound.

Yastrzemski sent Grisham to the warning track in center to trak down the fly ball with which he led off the bottom of the ninth. Matos and Bailey followed with a walk and a single to left that spelled the end of Martínez’s mound tenure and the arrival of Josh Hader. Right handed Casey Schmitt pinch hit for Crawford against San Diego’s southpaw.

The count went to 3-2, including a pitch clock violation ball, before Schmitt received ball four, which loaded the bases. Hader fanned Villar on three pitches for the second out, bringing up Pederson. The count went full. Pederson fouled off a pitch and then took ball four. A. walk off walk.

The third of this four game series will start Wednesday evening at 6:45pm PT with Yu Darvish (5-5, 4.74) going for San Diego against an as yet not named Giant hurler.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Giants go for 8th straight win tonight against Padres to open series

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Ryan Walker looks for his third win against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on Mon Jun 19, 2023 (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)

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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

#1 The San Francisco Giants swept the Los Angeles Dodgers for the sixth time between the franchises since they both moved to the west coast in 1958.

#2 The Giants turned up the offense in this three game series with a combined 29-8, the Giants clobbered the Dodgers in the second of the series on Saturday night 15-0.

#3 Stephen talk about the two errors committed on the Giants on the same play with five fielders trying to get the runner on a run down at Dodgers Stadium. There was also some bad base running on that play.

#4 The Giants also are on a seven game win streak which started back on Jun 11 against the Chicago Cubs and the Giants went onto sweep the Cardinals in three games in St Louis and Dodgers in Los Angeles in three games.

#5 Giants pitcher Logan Webb said that the Giants couldn’t be more happy with this road trip and they played really good baseball.

#6 The Giants host the San Diego Padres, the Padres Michael Wacha (7-2 ERA 2.89) for the Giants Ryan Walker (3-0 ERA 1.23) a 6:45 pm PT.

Stephen does the San Francisco Giants podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com