Padres take down Giants, Bumgarner
SAN DIEGO -- Right-hander Andrew Cashner and three relievers held San Francisco to five hits, and solo homers by Adam Rosales and Wil Myers capped a four-run assault against Madison Bumgarner on Friday night as the San Diego Padres defeated the Giants 4-1 at Petco Park.
The win was the Padres' first this year in 10 games against the Giants, who entered the second half of the season with a major league-best 57-33 record. The Padres are 19-18 in their last 37 games.
Cashner, left-handed relievers Brad Hand and Ryan Buchter and closer Brandon Maurer retired 22 of the last 25 Giants they faced.
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was ejected for the first time in his career by plate umpire Mike Estabrook in the ninth inning after striking out for the fourth time in the game -- and the third time on called third strikes. San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy was also ejected by Estabrook.
Myers paced the Padres offensively, going 2-for-3 with a walk, his 20th homer and two runs scored.
With Cashner making his strongest start of the season, the Padres built a 4-1 lead against Bumgarner after six innings.
Cashner (4-7) allowed one run and four hits and a hit batter with nine strikeouts in six innings. He retired 14 of the last 16 Giants he faced, including eight in a row at one point. The nine strikeouts was a season high for Cashner.
Bumgarner (10-5) allowed four runs, seven hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in six innings. He alsao gave up his 13th and 14th homers of the season.
The Padres drew a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Myers drew a one-out walk and raced home from first when Yangervis Solarte drilled a full-count, two-out pitch from Bumgarner into the left-field corner for a double to end the Giants left-hander's streak of 15 straight scoreless innings.
The Giants evened the score in the second, partially because reserve catcher Christian Bethancourt was starting in left for the Padres with Melvin Upton Jr. away from the team on bereavement leave.
Brandon Crawford opened the San Francisco second with a drive to left that eluded the leaping Bethancourt for a double. Conor Gillaspie followed with a run-scoring single.
But the Padres scored in the third on three straight one-out singles by leadoff hitter Derek Norris, Myers and Matt Kemp, who drove in his 59th run of the season.
Then the Padres turned to the long ball against Bumgarner.
Rosales made it 3-1 with his sixth homer of the season leading off the bottom of the fourth against Bumgarner. His drive down the left-field line traveled 358 feet and hit the side of the first balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co. building.
Myers made it 4-1 with a 409-foot drive to right center off Bumgarner in the fifth. The homer was his 20th of the season.
NOTES: San Diego LF Melvin Upton Jr. was placed on bereavement leave Friday and is scheduled to rejoin the Padres on Monday in St. Louis. The Padres recalled INF/OF Alexi Amarista from Triple-A El Paso to replace Upton. ... San Diego purchased the contract of LHP Buddy Baumann from El Paso. Baumann replaces LHP Drew Pomeranz, who was traded to Boston on Thursday for 18-year-old prospect RHP Anderson Espinosa. ... Padres 2B Cory Spangenberg suffered an additional tear to his left quad muscle, an injury that has kept him on the disabled list since April 19. Padres manager Andy Green said Spangenberg could miss the rest of the season. ... San Francisco RF Hunter Pence (right hamstring strain), who has been out since June 2, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Friday. He will remain with the River Cats for at least 30 at-bats. ... Giants INF Joe Panik passed his concussion tests Friday and will start a rehab assignment Sunday or Monday. ... San Francisco RHP Matt Cain made his final rehab start with Single-A San Jose Friday and is scheduled to start July 19 or 20 at Boston.