The San Diego Padres entered last weekend in first place in the NL West. The Padres, however, then proceeded to lose four straight, including three to the current NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Padres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Giants to make this four-game series a little more interesting. San Diego is now 4-1 versus San Francisco over the last 10 days, but 1-4 since the three-game set with the Giants.

Nick Pivetta allowed a leadoff homer by Jung Hoo Lee and then settled down to tie his season high with 10 strikeouts in six innings and lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

Compared to some of their NL West adversaries, the Giants and president Buster Posey have a lot of work to do when it comes to the bullpen.

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BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres face the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. San Diego has a 70-56 record overall and a 39-21 record at home. Padres hitters are batting a collective .251, which ranks fourth in the NL.

P adres security hit a child with a crunching tackle in the back after the kid ran onto the field during Tuesday's game against the San Francisco Giants.

The San Francisco Giants lost 5-1 to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday at Petco Park after a first-inning home run from Jung Hoo Lee.

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After dropping four straight, the Padres found their spark at Petco Park, rallying past the Giants behind Nick Pivetta's dominant outing and clutch hitting notch their 70th win of the season.