Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer in the second inning, Jackson Merrill connected in the eighth for insurance, and the San Diego Padres beat the struggling San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Tuesday night. San Diego moved into a first-place tie with the Dodgers in the NL West race after Los Angeles lost to the Angels in 10 innings — a position Padres manager Mike Shildt expected his club to be for the season's stretch run.

The San Francisco Giants' bizarre, error-filled second inning against the San Diego Padres allowed seven runs on Wednesday at Oracle Park.

Outside the stadium, Summer Abella, a longtime fan from Livermore decked out in Giants apparel, wore a wry smile as she relived the day’s sorrows. The game, she said, was the last gasp for the team’s playoff chances.

Nick Pivetta allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings and Ramón Laureano had three of the Padres' 14 hits as San Diego completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with an 11-1 rout.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos was the subject of ridicule on Wednesday afternoon as he made a bizarre throw in the outfield.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the opponent San Diego Padres fans focus on, and for very good reason. Finishing ahead of Los Angeles would allow the Padres to skip the first round of the playoffs — that is,

Jake Croneworth hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh and Freddy Fermin followed with a two-run homer off Logan Webb as the San Diego Padres backed Yu Darvish in a 4-1 win over the San Francisco Giants.

San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin was very frustrated after another one-run game against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.

The San Francisco Giants are on a historically remarkable run of ineptitude at home, and they’ll see if they can change that today. In their Friday night opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Giants suffered yet another creatively awful defeat.