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SAN FRANCISCO -- Pablo Sandoval belted a season-ending home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday afternoon, giving the San Francisco Giants a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres. The win allowed the Giants to salvage the final series from the Padres after San Diego had taken the first five…
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Austin Hedges lashed a two-strike, two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning Saturday, sending the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants and ruining right-hander Matt Cain's on-field retirement party. Hunter Pence drove in runs with a second-inning fielder's choice and a seventh-inning single, handing the…
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SAN DIEGO -- Pitching for the first time in 19 days, Washington right-hander Stephen Strasburg made one mistake Saturday night. But it was one mistake too many. Padres shortstop Yangervis Solarte hit a first-inning, two-run homer off Strasburg to lead the Padres to a 3-1 victory over the San Diego native at Petco Park. Strasburg (10-4),…
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SAN DIEGO -- Howie Kendrick homered and last-minute starter Matt Grace threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings as the Washington Nationals beat the San Diego Padres 7-1 on Friday night. Kendrick christened the game with his seventh homer of his season, giving Washington a lead it never relinquished. Grace was a late replacement for injured Matt Scherzer.…
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SAN DIEGO -- Mike Moustakas drove in four runs with a pair of homers to lead a four-homer assault and Kansas City Royals starter Jake Junis held the San Diego Padres to three runs over seven-plus innings Sunday as the Royals defeated the Padres 8-3 in the rubber match of a three-game series at Petco Park.…
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SAN DIEGO -- Lorenzo Cain had a grand slam among his two home runs and five RBIs as the Kansas City Royals thumped the San Diego Padres 12-6 on Saturday afternoon. Salvador Perez hit the go-ahead homer in the eighth, right after Eric Hosmer's two-run tying blast, as Kansas City scored nine runs in the inning.…
