Final
Giants try to build on recent win over Padres
Aug 18, 2012 - 12:25 PMVideo
The Giants pounded the Padres, 10-1, Friday night to kick off the set and registered a 15-4 advantage in hits. Angel Pagan led the charge with three hits, two RBI and a run scored, while Marco Scutaro went deep for San Francisco, which took back the NL West lead from Los Angeles. The Giants are one-half game ahead of the Dodgers after they lost to Atlanta.
Starting pitcher Matt Cain drove in a run and held the hosts to a run and four hits in eight innings with six strikeouts and no walks. George Kontos hurled a scoreless ninth to close it out.
"That's always going to be a plus when the guys put up a big lead like that," said Cain. "We have a great team and we have a good group of guys. It's just a matter of us putting it together."
San Francisco opened a six-game road trip on a high note and has won nine of its last 14 games. It will open a big three-game set at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
Barry Zito will try to pitch the Giants to a series win when he takes the mound Saturday night. Zito is only 1-2 in his last five starts, however, and did not record a decision in Sunday's 9-6 victory over Colorado. He allowed four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings to remain 9-8 on the season in 23 starts with a 4.29 earned run average.
"I lost my rhythm kind of through the middle innings," Zito said afterward. "But in the front and back of the outing, I felt pretty good about eliminating the timing issues that make the command go away."
Zito, the 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner with Oakland, is 5-3 in 11 road assignments this season and 4-9 with a 4.65 ERA in 20 career games (19 starts) against the Padres. The southpaw is just 1-4 with a 4.93 ERA in nine career appearances at Petco Park.
The Padres have lost four in a row and five of six games since winning six straight, and couldn't get much going offensively last night.
Everth Cabrera plated the lone run for the Padres, who have scored just two runs in their last four games. Padres starter Russ Ohlendorf was tagged for eight runs on six hits and two walks over 2 1/3 innings to absorb the loss.
"He just couldn't really stop any of the momentum that the Giants had," said Padres manager Bud Black of Ohlendorf. "Nothing in particular, just the ball not really driven down in the zone."
Eric Stults will take the mound for Black's ballclub tonight and has won consecutive trips to the hill. He delivered 5 1/3 shutout innings in a 2-0 win over the Cubs on Aug. 6, then held Atlanta to a run in 7 2/3 frames on Monday at Turner Field. He is 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA in 10 games (6 starts) in 2012.
Stults, a left-hander, is 2-2 with a 4.32 ERA in eight career games, six of which have been starts, against the Giants.
The Padres have lost seven of 10 matchups with San Francisco this season and went 6-12 in the season series a year ago.
- SAN FRANCISCO: 8
SAN DIEGO: 7
Final
Aug 18 11:49 PM - Chris Denorfia single to right scored Alexi Amarista with two out. Runner on first and Logan Forsythe due up.
Giants 8, Padres 7 Bot 9, 2 OutsAug 18 11:44 PM - Alexi Amarista advances to second on defensive indifference. Runner on second and Chris Denorfia at the plate.
Giants 8, Padres 6 Bot 9, 2 OutsAug 18 11:43 PM - Joaquin Arias flied out to center. Runner on second with two outs and Brandon Belt due up.
Giants 8, Padres 5 Top 9, 2 OutsAug 18 11:28 PM - Joaquin Arias single to right scored Pablo Sandoval with one out. On the play, Hunter Pence advances to second. Runners on first and second and Brandon Belt due up.
Giants 7, Padres 5 Top 7, 1 OutAug 18 10:41 PM - Buster Posey sacrifice fly to right scored Marco Scutaro with one out. Runner on first and Hunter Pence due up.
Giants 6, Padres 5 Top 7, 1 OutAug 18 10:37 PM - Carlos Quentin lead-off Home Run (13) to left. Yasmani Grandal due up.
Giants 5, Padres 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 18 10:15 PM - Joaquin Arias single to left scored Buster Posey with two out. Runner on first and Brandon Belt due up.
Giants 5, Padres 4 Top 5, 2 OutsAug 18 9:58 PM - Hunter Pence sacrifice fly to center scored Pablo Sandoval with two out. Runner on second and Joaquin Arias due up.
Giants 4, Padres 4 Top 5, 2 OutsAug 18 9:57 PM - Pablo Sandoval safe on a fielder's choice to third scored Angel Pagan with one out. Runner on first and Buster Posey due up.
Giants 3, Padres 4 Top 5, 1 OutAug 18 9:53 PM - Chase Headley one-out, three-run Home Run (20) to left scored Eric Stults and Logan Forsythe. Carlos Quentin due up.
Giants 1, Padres 4 Bot 3, 1 OutAug 18 9:23 PM - Cameron Maybin grounded into a fielder's choice, second to short scored Carlos Quentin with one out. Jesus Guzman out at second. Yasmani Grandal advances to third. Runners on first and third and Everth Cabrera due up.
Giants 1, Padres 1 Bot 2, 1 OutAug 18 9:07 PM - Joaquin Arias lead-off Home Run (2) to left. Brandon Belt due up.
Giants 1, Padres 0 Top 2, 0 OutsAug 18 8:53 PM - SAN FRANCISCO: 0
SAN DIEGO: 0
Top 1, 1 Out
Aug 18 8:38 PM
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