Padres 3 - 9 Giants
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Giants down Padres

Sep 29, 2014 - 4:49 AM San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Buster Posey hit a two-run homer, and the playoff-bound San Francisco Giants finished the regular season with a 9-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

Joaquin Arias doubled home two runs in a four-run seventh inning for the Giants (88-74), who will travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates in the NL wild card game on Wednesday.

"I expect to see a great ballgame," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

San Francisco gave Chris Heston his first big league start and it didn't begin well.

The Padres (77-85) opened the game with four consecutive singles and a Seth Smith sacrifice fly made it 2-0.

Robbie Erlin (4-5) served up Posey's home run in the bottom of the first, then loaded the bases with no outs in the second. Gregor Blanco had a sac fly before Joe Panik drove in a run with a single to make it 4-2 and end Erlin's outing.

"It was a lot of balls in the middle and counts not in his favor," Padres manager Bud Black said of Erlin.

Pinch-hitter Adam Duvall homered in the fourth to give the Giants a 5-3 lead.

The Giants broke the game open in the seventh. Gary Brown hit an RBI single and scored along with Panik on a double by Arias, who came around on a single by pinch-hitter Matt Duffy.

After Heston worked the first four innings, Tim Lincecum (12-9) tossed two frames to earn the win.

Game Notes

The Giants were 5-for-12 with runners in scoring position ... San Diego still won the season series, 10-9.








  • SAN DIEGO: 3
    SAN FRANCISCO: 9
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  • Pinch-Hitter Matt Duffy single to center scored Joaquin Arias with one out. Runner on first and Brandon Crawford due up.

    Padres 3, Giants 9  Bot 7, 1 OutSep 28 6:46 PM


  • Joaquin Arias double to left scored Joe Panik and Gary Brown with one out. Runner on second and George Kontos due up.

    Padres 3, Giants 8  Bot 7, 1 OutSep 28 6:44 PM
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  • Gary Brown single to left scored Gregor Blanco with one out. On the play, Joe Panik advances to second. Runners on first and second and Joaquin Arias due up.

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    Padres 3, Giants 5  Top 7, 1 OutSep 28 6:23 PM


  • Pinch-Hitter Adam Duvall one-out, solo Home Run (3) to left. Gregor Blanco due up.

    Padres 3, Giants 5  Bot 4, 1 OutSep 28 5:35 PM


  • Yasmani Grandal single to center scored Cory Spangenberg with none out. On the play, Jedd Gyorko advances to second. Runners on first and second and Seth Smith due up.

    Padres 3, Giants 4  Top 3, 0 OutsSep 28 5:02 PM


  • Joe Panik single to right scored Brandon Crawford with two out. On the play, Travis Ishikawa advances to third. Runners on first and third and Buster Posey due up.

    Padres 2, Giants 4  Bot 2, 2 OutsSep 28 4:50 PM


  • Gregor Blanco sacrifice fly to center scored Brandon Belt with two out. On the play, Brandon Crawford advances to third. Runners on first and third and Joe Panik due up.

    Padres 2, Giants 3  Bot 2, 2 OutsSep 28 4:50 PM


  • Buster Posey one-out, two-run Home Run (22) to left scored Gregor Blanco. Hunter Pence due up.

    Padres 2, Giants 2  Bot 1, 1 OutSep 28 4:33 PM


  • Seth Smith sacrifice fly to center scored Cory Spangenberg with one out. Runners on first and second and Rene Rivera due up.

    Padres 2, Giants 0  Top 1, 1 OutSep 28 4:17 PM


  • Cory Spangenberg single to center scored Will Venable with none out. Runner on first and Jedd Gyorko due up.

    Padres 1, Giants 0  Top 1, 0 OutsSep 28 4:14 PM


  • SAN DIEGO: 0
    SAN FRANCISCO: 0
    Top 1, 0 Outs

    Sep 28 4:08 PM
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