Final
Shields seeks to bounce back against Giants
Jun 25, 2015 - 2:09 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - James Shields attempts to bounce back from his first loss of the season on Thursday afternoon as the San Diego Padres play the rubber match of a three-game set with the San Francisco Giants.Shields went 7-0 through his first 14 outings with the Padres before getting dealt a 4-2 setback in Arizona on Friday. The right-hander gave up all four runs on eight hits and a season-high four walks, adding five strikeouts. His earned run average moved to 3.75.
The 33-year-old Shields has allowed only one run and seven hits over 16 innings in winning his first two career starts against San Francisco. That includes a home victory on April 11 when he allowed three hits -- one a solo homer to Joaquin Arias in the fourth -- over seven innings with seven strikeouts.
Right-hander Chris Heston gets the start for the Giants having split two starts since his no-hitter against the New York Mets on June 9.
Heston followed up with a 4-0 loss to Arizona, charged with three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits and four walks over five innings. He struck out another six batters after fanning 11 a start earlier against the Mets.
The righty then beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, though he lasted only 5 2/3 innings. Heston yielded three runs on seven hits, striking out one without a walk to move to 7-5 on the year with a 3.83 ERA.
Heston was hammered for five runs and 11 hits over five frames of a home loss to San Diego on May 6 and is 0-1 with an 8.00 ERA in two starts against the club.
After losing Tuesday's opener in 11 innings, the Giants rebounded to blank the Padres 6-0 last night. Buster Posey hit a grand slam and Ryan Vogelsong scattered five hits over six scoreless innings.
Catcher Andrew Susac had two hits and scored a pair of runs as San Francisco won for the fourth time in six games.
"Great game by Susac," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Called a shutout ... I thought every at-bat was pretty good."
Ian Kennedy allowed six runs on five hits and four walks with six strikeouts for San Diego, which has dropped seven of its last 10 games. The five runs charged to Kennedy in the third inning were all unearned thanks to Will Middlebrooks' error to open the frame.
Joe Panik plated the first run of the inning with a sac fly for the second out and Posey followed Matt Duffy's walk with his fourth career grand slam and second in five games.
"If you didn't give them those extra outs it's a different game," Padres interim manager Patrick Murphy said of the error.
The Padres are 5-4 against the Giants this season, losing two of three in San Francisco in early May.
- SAN DIEGO: 8
SAN FRANCISCO: 13
Final
Jun 25 6:56 PM - B.Crawford doubled to center, Posey scored, Belt to third.
Padres 8, Giants 13 Bot 8, 1 OutJun 25 6:41 PM - Brandon Crawford doubles to deep center field. Brandon Belt to third. Buster Posey scores.
Padres 8, Giants 13 Bot 8, 1 OutJun 25 6:41 PM - Buster Posey doubles to left field. Matt Duffy scores. Joe Panik scores.
Padres 8, Giants 12 Bot 8, 1 OutJun 25 6:38 PM - M.Duffy singled to left, Arias scored, Panik to second.
Padres 8, Giants 10 Bot 8, 1 OutJun 25 6:36 PM - Matt Duffy singles to left field. Joe Panik to second. Joaquin Arias scores.
Padres 8, Giants 10 Bot 8, 1 OutJun 25 6:36 PM - Solarte singled to center, Amarista scored, Cashner to third.
Padres 8, Giants 9 Top 8, 2 OutsJun 25 6:24 PM - Yangervis Solarte singles to center field. Andrew Cashner to third. Alexi Amarista scores.
Padres 8, Giants 9 Top 8, 2 OutsJun 25 6:24 PM - Wallace singled to center, Alonso scored, Amarista to third.
Padres 7, Giants 9 Top 8, 2 OutsJun 25 6:22 PM - Brett Wallace singles to center field. Alexi Amarista to third. Yonder Alonso scores.
Padres 7, Giants 9 Top 8, 2 OutsJun 25 6:21 PM - Amarista singled to left, De.Norris scored, Alonso to second.
Padres 6, Giants 9 Top 8, 2 OutsJun 25 6:20 PM - Alexi Amarista singles to left field. Yonder Alonso to second. Derek Norris scores.
Padres 6, Giants 9 Top 8, 2 OutsJun 25 6:20 PM - Matt Kemp homers to center field. Clint Barmes scores.
Padres 5, Giants 9 Top 8, 0 OutsJun 25 6:05 PM - Clint Barmes doubles to deep right field. Yangervis Solarte scores.
Padres 3, Giants 9 Top 8, 0 OutsJun 25 6:03 PM - G.Blanco hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Venable, B.Crawford scored.
Padres 2, Giants 9 Bot 7, 2 OutsJun 25 5:57 PM - G.Blanco remained at bat on a foul ballthird baseman Middlebrooks.
Padres 2, Giants 8 Bot 7, 1 OutJun 25 5:56 PM - G.Blanco hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Venable, B.Crawford scored.
Padres 2, Giants 9 Bot 7, 2 OutsJun 25 5:56 PM - Gregor Blanco out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Will Venable. Brandon Crawford scores.
Padres 2, Giants 9 Bot 7, 1 OutJun 25 5:56 PM - Brandon Crawford triples to deep right field. Buster Posey scores.
Padres 2, Giants 8 Bot 7, 1 OutJun 25 5:52 PM - Alexi Amarista singles to right field. Will Middlebrooks scores.
Padres 2, Giants 7 Top 7, 2 OutsJun 25 5:45 PM - Will Middlebrooks triples to deep center field. Will Venable scores.
Padres 1, Giants 7 Top 7, 2 OutsJun 25 5:43 PM - Gregor Blanco singles to right field. Buster Posey scores.
Padres 0, Giants 7 Bot 5, 2 OutsJun 25 5:19 PM - Buster Posey singles to right field. Matt Duffy scores.
Padres 0, Giants 6 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 25 5:12 PM - Pagan singled to right, G.Blanco scored, Heston to third.
Padres 0, Giants 5 Bot 4, 2 OutsJun 25 4:59 PM - Angel Pagan singles to right field. Chris Heston to third. Gregor Blanco scores.
Padres 0, Giants 5 Bot 4, 2 OutsJun 25 4:59 PM - Heston singled to left, B.Crawford scored, G.Blanco to second.
Padres 0, Giants 4 Bot 4, 2 OutsJun 25 4:55 PM - Chris Heston singles to left field. Gregor Blanco to second. Brandon Crawford scores.
Padres 0, Giants 4 Bot 4, 2 OutsJun 25 4:54 PM - G.Blanco singled to right, Belt scored, B.Crawford to second.
Padres 0, Giants 3 Bot 4, 1 OutJun 25 4:50 PM - Gregor Blanco singles to right field. Brandon Crawford to second. Brandon Belt scores.
Padres 0, Giants 3 Bot 4, 1 OutJun 25 4:49 PM - Brandon Belt triples to deep right center field. Joe Panik scores.
Padres 0, Giants 2 Bot 1, 2 OutsJun 25 3:58 PM - SAN DIEGO: 0
SAN FRANCISCO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jun 25 3:45 PM - Matt Kemp singles to center field.
Jun 25 3:45 PM
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