MLB

San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball
San Diego Padres
84-65, 44-30 Away
Final
8 - 0
San Francisco Giants
72-77, 41-36 Home

Musgrove goes 6 innings as Padres hand Giants their 3rd straight shutout in 8-0 win

Donovan Solano had four of San Diego's 17 hits and Xander Bogaerts homered for the Padres, who hold the top National League wild card. They clawed within 3 1/2 games of the first-place Dodgers — who have lost four of five — in the NL West.

Musgrove said the Padres are “chasing right down their backs right now.”

“We’re playing really good baseball,” he said. “Our confidence is high. The approach is right on both sides of the baseball. So I think we’re in a really good spot to make a push at this thing.”

The Giants have lost four of five. They've been shut out in three consecutive games for the first time since 1992 and just the fourth time in the San Francisco era (since 1958).

Frustrated manager Bob Melvin said his team is focused, running hard down the line and preparing for games, but “it just looks awful when you’re not hitting and you’re playing awful defense.”

He added the Giants did not display “major league quality” on Saturday.

“It’s the big leagues,” Melvin said. “It looks like the instructional league at times.”

San Francisco has only 14 hits over the last three games, and is the first MLB team to be blanked in three straight games this season.

“I feel like every team struggles, but not this bad,” second-place hitter Heliot Ramos said. “We’ve got to be better as a team and individually as well.”

Luis Arráez extended his streak to 135 at-bats without a strikeout for the Padres. It’s the longest since Juan Pierre went 147 at-bats without a strikeout in 2004.

Before the game, Melvin said the approach to pitching to Arráez is “carefully, and hope he hits it at somebody.”

“The issue is what you've got coming behind him,” Melvin said. “So, you just have to deal with him and try to make good pitches on him."

Musgrove (6-5) rebounded after allowing six runs in a loss to the Giants last week, holding San Francisco to three hits without a walk this time.

Giants starter Mason Black (0-4) yielded two runs and six hits in four innings, losing to the Padres for the second consecutive start.

“It’s just been, continue to attack,” Black said of what he's learned from facing San Diego twice in a row. “It’s almost like I just want to go out there, prove to myself and see what I can do and let them hit the ball."

After Black exited, the Padres gave Musgrove a 5-0 cushion with a three-run sixth against Sean Hjelle. Arráez had a two-out RBI single, also extending his hitting streak to 12 games. Later in the inning, Machado drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single. San Diego added three more in the eighth, including a two-run double by Merrill.

Padres manager Mike Shildt said having Solano, who entered the game batting .288, hitting eighth is a testament to the strength of San Diego's lineup.

“Sometimes you look to the bottom as a breather, and there’s no breathers at the bottom of our lineup,” Shildt said. “Having Donovan Solano — if he’s down there hitting eight for us — says quite a lot about the length of our lineup.”

Machado gave the Padres an early lead with a double that scored Jurickson Profar from first after an error by Ramos on his throw from center field. Bogaerts’ homer in the fourth made it 2-0.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: INF Ha-Seong Kim (right shoulder inflammation) played light catch and plans to ramp up his throwing intensity in the next few days. … LHP Martin Pérez, the scheduled starter Sunday, was reinstated from the paternity list. LHP Tom Cosgrove was optioned to Triple-A El Paso.

Giants: INF Tyler Fitzgerald (lower back tightness) could return as soon as Tuesday after an MRI revealed no structural damage. … RHP Jordan Hicks (right shoulder inflammation) was reinstated from the injured list, and RHP Austin Warren was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. … LHP Robbie Ray (left hamstring strain) threw a bullpen.

UP NEXT

Giants RHP Landen Roupp (0-1, 3.44 ERA) starts Sunday in the series finale opposite Pérez (4-5, 4.46).

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Matchup Prediction

Giants: 41.1%
Padres: 58.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Wade Jr. lined out to right.
9th Inning Walton grounded into fielder's choice to second, McCray out at second, Ramos to third.
9th Inning McCray singled to center, Ramos to second.
9th Inning Conforto lined out to first.
9th Inning Ramos singled to left.
9th Inning McCoy at shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
16 Ground Balls 10
5 Strikeouts 10
8 Runs Batted In 0
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
17 Hits 5
1 Stolen Bases 1
4 Walks 0
0 Catcher Interference 0
8 Runs 0
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
44 At Bats 32
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
19 Runners Left On Base 14
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
7 Doubles 0
23 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
166 Pitches 132
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
27 Total Bases 5
48 Plate Appearances 33
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
8 Extra Base Hits 0
11.2 Runs Created 0.0
.386 Batting Average .156
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.614 Slugging Percentage .156
.341 Secondary Average .031
.438 On Base Percentage .182
1.051 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .338
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
11.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 0.0
67.0 Batter Rating 6.0
44.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.46 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.00
.227 Isolated Power .000
0.80 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.00
.083 Walks Per Plate Appearance .000
-.045 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.125
16.0 Runs Produced 0.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.0
0.7 Patience Ratio 0.2
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.2
112.3 MLB Rating 60.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oracle Park

Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 31,243 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
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