SAN DIEGO -- Pitchers take a lot of pride in shutdown innings, in keeping the momentum going, and getting their hitters right back into the batter's box after a big frame. There was none of that on Wednesday.
The Giants had two big innings at the plate and both times got doubled up in the bottom half. They lost 13-7 to the San Diego Padres, dropping the series and falling 7 1/2 games back of the final playoff spot. All 13 runs came after the Giants had put up a three-spot in the top of the third inning.
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A night after they scored three in the ninth and then allowed three, the Giants scored three in the third and then allowed six. They scored three more in the sixth and then allowed seven more runs.
This one was a mess on both sides. The Giants took an early 4-0 lead, with Juan Soto helping out by whiffing on a bloop to right. But they gave it all back a few minutes later.
After scoring three in the top of the third, the Giants allowed six in the bottom of the inning. The rally started when Jakob Junis walked No. 9 hitter Austin Nola to lead things off, a huge mistake given what the Padres have at the top of their lineup.
The sequence would repeat itself in the sixth. A bad error on a routine grounder to second helped the Giants score three runs to retake the lead, but once again it didn't last long. J.D. Davis threw wide of first on a two-out grounder and a batter later, Brandon Drury hit a three-run homer to left off Junior Marte.
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When Austin Nola added his own homer, the Padres had scored seven runs on seven consecutive hits.
Nightmare Inning
Junis caught a break in the first when a Manny Machado double skipped over the wall and prevented a run from scoring, and he had a quick second inning. He didn't make it out of the third.
The walk to Nola got the Padres going and Jurickson Profar followed with an infield single. That was the first of six hits in the inning as seven consecutive Padres reached base. Machado's two-run double was the big blow and the only extra-base hit of the frame.
Junis was removed with one out and Alex Young gave up an RBI single and a run-scoring fielder's choice before finally getting the Giants back to the dugout. Junis entered the day with a 3.05 ERA and left that inning at 3.78.
Just Dingers
Davis got the Giants on the board with an impressive oppo homer in the second. The blast left the bat at 107 mph and easily cleared the party deck in right, giving Davis two opposite-field homers in his first week in orange and black.
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Davis hit just four homers in 66 games for the Mets but has three in seven games with the Giants. He seems to truly have an all-fields approach; of his seven homers this year, three have gone to right, two to center and two to left.
Saving The Pen
Young came into a hairy situation but ended up having a huge contribution. After taking over for Junis, he pitched 2 1/3 innings, keeping the Giants in the game through the fifth. For a second, it looked like he might end up with a win.
Young threw 40 pitches, just six short of his total from his first three appearances for the Giants. That was nothing new for the lefty, though. He's made 24 starts in his big league career including 15 when he was a rookie with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019.