Giants 13, Padres 9
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants took advantage of a San Diego fielding error to score three runs in the first inning and continued to pound out hits in a 13-9 win over the Padres on Wednesday.
Brandon Belt was 3-for-4 with five RBIs and Hunter Pence went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Jeff Samardzija (3-1) was the winning pitcher, allowing five hits and five runs with seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
The Padres had nine hits, including home runs from Matt Kemp, Wil Myers and Adam Rosales.
San Diego starter Andrew Cashner (1-2) lasted just 2 2/3 innings, giving up six hits and four runs.
In the first inning, Denard Span reached base on a popup that Padres third baseman Brett Wallace failed to catch off the heel of his glove. Joe Panik followed with a walk. With runners at first and second, Matt Duffy singled to right, loading the
bases.
Belt and Brandon Crawford each followed with sacrifice flies and Pence capped the inning with an RBI triple to right, scoring Duffy.
The Padres took the lead in the third, scoring four runs to end a 12-inning drought.
Alexei Ramirez singled to right and scored on a booming triple by Jemile Weeks off the wall right center. Cashner grounded to short, but Crawford played the ball at his usual position and that was enough to allow Weeks to score. Kemp capped the inning with a two-run homer.
But the Giants went back in front in the bottom of the third and kept expanding their lead.
The Padres scored in the sixth on a double to right center by Wallace. Myers hit a three-run homer to left in the seventh.
NOTES: The Padres are 3-6 in their last nine games. ... The Giants have won 11 of their past 14 games against the Padres, including eight in a row at home. ... The Giants are now 10-0 this season when they outhit their opponents.