Padres vs San Francisco Giants @ Oracle Park
May 7-9, 2021
Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after an entire year of watching baseball from anywhere other than the ballpark. The occasional memory refresher can come in handy. Here’s a reminder of what we may have missed while most of us were still staying at home.
This is The Hangover.
Game 33
Padres 4, Giants 5
Winning Pitcher: Camilo Doval (1-1, 7.04
Losing Pitcher: Keone Kela (2-2, 5.06)
Save: Jake McGee (8)
The Padres (18-15) were defeated by the San Francisco Giants (19-13) by a score of 5-4 in the first game of three at Oracle Park. Blake Snell (1-0, 4,15) allowed four runs on one hit and six walks with five strikeouts in four and two-thirds innings. Buster Posey hit a two-run home run in the third inning. Evan Longoria‘s single in the fifth inning drove in Austin Slater & Posey. Slater hit a solo home run in the seventh inning.
Anthony DeSclafani (2-1, 2.40) gave up three runs on four hits and a walk while striking out three in five and a third innings. Trent Grisham hit a two-run home run with Jorge Mateo on base and Eric Hosmer hit a two-run home run with Manny Machado on base in the sixth inning.
Austin Nola was hit by a pitch on his left hand and had to leave the game in the sixth inning. Keone Kela left the game in the seventh inning due to forearm tightness.
Media
Slater hits tiebreaking HR, Giants beat Padres 5-4 – Chris Haft, Associated Press
Kela yields HR, exits with forearm tightness – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
Posey ‘on a whole other level’ leading SF – Maria Guardado, MLB.com
