Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 30924
Yorvit Torrealba had two run-scoring singles and Clayton Richard pitched seven strong innings to help the San Diego Padres beat the host San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Wednesday night.
San Diego, which has a National League-best 21-12 record, has defeated San Francisco five consecutive times this season.
The Padres took a 3-2 lead in the fourth when Will Venable walked, stole second and scored on a double by Jerry Hairston Jr.
San Diego boosted the lead to two in the sixth when Torrealba singled in Scott Hairston. A seventh-inning sacrifice fly by Scott Hairston made it 5-2.
Richard (2-2) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Mike Adams pitched a perfect eighth and Heath Bell worked the ninth for his 10th save of the season.
Torrealba also singled in a run during San Diego’s two-run second inning. The other run scored on a sacrifice fly by Richard.
San Francisco tied the game in the bottom of the second inning on a run-scoring single by Andres Torres and a balk by Richard that allowed Nate Schierholtz to score.
San Francisco starter Matt Cain (2-2) allowed five runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings.
| San Diego | San Francisco | |
| Clayton Richard | Player | Matt Cain |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 7.0 | IP | 6.2 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 7 | Hits | 6 |
| 2.57 | ERA | 6.75 |
| San Diego | San Francisco | |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | Player | Aubrey Huff |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 3 | TB | 2 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .500 |
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| San Diego | 7 | 0 | 8 | .226 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| San Francisco | 8 | 0 | 8 | .250 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |