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On Monday night, lefty Alex Wood and three relief pitchers teamed up to shut out the Padres as the visiting San Francisco Giants secured a 1-0 victory in San Diego in the opening game of a three-game series.
Wood (8-9) went 6 1/3 innings where he struck out 5 and he got 3 hits and no walks. He was followed by John Brevia, Tyler Rodgers and closer Camilo Doval, who made a perfect ninth inning with his 15th save.
The Padres successfully challenged the Giants' manager Gabe to his coupler to take the tying run off the board in the seventh inning.
With the Giants leading 1-0 with him, Brandon Drury hit a one-out single from Wood. Drury was the last hitter Wood faced.
Ha-Seong Kim greeted Brevia with a double on his down on the left. Drury tried to score from the beginning of the play and was called safe by home plate umpire Sean Barber for a head-to-head slide at the plate. However, Kupler contested the plate call and it paid off.
Replays showed a relay from left fielder Luis Gonzalez to shortstop Brandon Crawford to catcher Joey Burt arriving at home at the same time as Drury. However, when Bart applied the swing tag, Drury's hand was on the plate, not on it.
The Giants' lone run-off starter, Blake Snell (4-6), moved into his fourth spot.
Evan Longoria, J.D. Davis, and Crawford hit his third consecutive single to start the inning and the bases loaded. Tyro Estrada then drove Longoria on a sacrifice fly. A walk to Bart reloaded the bases, but Snell struck out Gonzalez and retired Austin Slater with a sharp ground ball to Drury at first.
The Giants also had runners in the corners, and he didn't have a single first out. However, Snell beat Mike Yastrzemski, Longoria and Davis.
Snell had his only six hits in the game. He gave up his two bases in his 5 2/3 innings and recorded eight strikeouts.
The Padres have been shutout in consecutive games, losing five in a row, while the Giants are on his third straight win.
– Field Level Media
