Padres 9, Giants 1
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Diego Padres rebounded from consecutive shutout losses with a 16-hit attack Wednesday afternoon, beating the San Francisco Giants 9-1 to salvage one win in the three-game series.
Right-hander Ian Kennedy helped San Diego end the two-game losing streak with seven innings of six-hit pitching, pushing the Padres (15-14) back ahead of the Giants (14-14) in the National League West standings.
Coming off 2-0 and 6-0 wins the previous two nights, the Giants had been seeking a sixth consecutive win and a third straight series sweep.
The Padres' scoreless streak, which began in the seventh inning of an 8-6 win over Colorado on Sunday, reached 22 before right fielder Matt Kemp's double scored third baseman Cory Spangenberg to ignite a five-run third inning against Giants right-hander Chris Heston.
San Diego, which leads the National League in scoring, also had a 22-inning scoreless stretch in April.
First baseman Yonder Alonso, second baseman Jedd Gyorko, shortstop Alexi Amarista and catcher Austin Hedges capped the Padres' third with consecutive RBI singles. San Diego had six hits in the inning after totaling just six in the first two games of the series.
Hedges' hit was the first of his career. He had been promoted from Triple-A on Monday.
Spangenberg, Amarista and center fielder Wil Myers had three hits apiece for the Padres. Gyorko, Amarista and Hedges each drove in a pair of runs.
Left fielder Justin Upton was the only Padres starter without a hit, but he did walk a career-high four times and score twice.
Myers had an RBI triple for the Padres, increasing their lead to 6-1 in the seventh inning, and Gyorko's run-scoring double highlighted a three-run eighth against the San Francisco bullpen.
Kennedy (2-1) recorded his 10th career win against the Giants. He struck out five and did not allow a walk in seven innings.
The Giants' lone run came in the third inning on a single by left fielder Nori Aoki, scoring third baseman Matt Duffy.
Duffy had two of the Giants' six hits. First baseman Brandon Belt added a double and a triple.
Heston (2-3) was pulled after five innings, having allowed five runs on a season-worst-tying 11 hits. He walked three and struck out four.
Giants pitchers had allowed no runs and four or fewer hits in three straight games, a franchise-best streak.
NOTES: Giants manager Bruce Bochy said that if RF Hunter Pence (broken left arm) looks as good in batting practice on Thursday as he did Tuesday, he likely would be sent on an injury-rehab assignment to the minors by the end of the week. Pence has yet to play this season. ... Giants CF Angel Pagan returned to the starting lineup after having been a late scratch Tuesday night because of a broken fingernail suffered in a slide at second base during the series opener. ... Padres C Austin Hedges made his first major league start. At age 22, he became the youngest catcher to start a game for the Padres since Ben Davis, who was a younger 22 in 1999. ... Despite the fact that the Padres had 22- and 20-inning scoreless stretches, they scored 56 more runs in their first 28 games this season (131) than last year (75). ... Both teams open four-game series Thursday. The Padres continue a nine-game trip with the first of four at Arizona. The Giants wrap up a 10-game homestand with four against Miami.