Will Myers and his San Diego teammates sure have enjoyed playing their rivals to the north this season.
Myers homered for the third consecutive game and the Padres clinched a series win with a 5-2 victory over San Francisco Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park.
San Diego (43-55) snapped a 1-1 tie thanks to a barrage of hits in the top of the fourth.
Hunter Renfroe ripped an opposite field double into the right field corner, which sent Myers (one-out walk) to third. Jabari Blash followed with a nearly identical hit into the corner, sending Myers and Renfroe around to score and put the visitors on top 3-1.
The hits kept coming against losing pitcher Ty Blach as Hector Sanchez laced a run-scoring double to left and Cory Spangenberg's single up the middle scored Sanchez and the Padres led 5-1. The four consecutive hits came on a total of eight pitches from the left-hander, who struck out seven, but allowed five earned runs in seven innings and took the loss.
"A couple bad pitches they ambushed me early in the count," Blach told the Associated Press.
Myers had given San Diego its first lead with a mammoth home run in the first, continuing his excellent season at AT&T Park.
The 26-year old's solo shot was his fifth at the stadium in 2017, tied for the most by any player, and six of his team-high 20 home runs have come against the Giants.
San Francisco tied things up a half-inning later. Lead off man Denard Span started things off with a double, and though Dinelson Lamet picked up a pair of strike outs, clean up man Buster Posey lined a single to center and it was 1-1.
Lamet had just one other blemish - a Miguel Gomez double followed by a Gorkys Hernandez single int he fourth - in 6 2/3 innings of work. The 25-year old rookie had gone through a rough July before Sunday as his previous two appearances in the month resulted in four-inning, five-run outings against Cleveland and Colorado.
San Diego has won all four series against its National League West rivals this season, including taking three of four during this weekend set.
At 38-62, the Giants are off to their worst 100-game start since the 1985 team was 39-61 on its way to a 100-loss season.
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