Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 5, San Francisco 2
When: 6:35 PM ET, Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 14906

Jon Garland pitched seven solid innings and the San Diego Padres moved into sole possession of first place in the National League West with a 5-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

The Padres (9-6) have won six consecutive games and swept the three-game series from San Francisco. The Giants have lost four straight.

Adrian Gonzalez homered in the bottom of the first inning and Nick Hundley hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give the Padres a 4-1 lead.

Garland (1-2) allowed one run and six hits with two walks and one strikeout.

San Francisco’s lone run off Garland came on an infield groundout in the fifth inning. The right-hander recorded 14 groundball outs.

Pablo Sandoval hit a ninth-inning homer for the Giants, who scored four total runs in the series.

San Francisco starter Todd Wellemeyer (0-3) was charged with two runs on three hits in four innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   San Diego
Todd Wellemeyer Player Jon Garland
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 1
3 Hits 6
4.50 ERA 1.29
Hitting
San Francisco   San Diego
Mark DeRosa Player Adrian Gonzalez
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 7 1 12 .226 11 1 2 2 0 2
San Diego 9 2 17 .281 20 3 5 4 2 0
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