Padres close home stand with 5-3 win, second straight over division-rival Giants

const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe- XNipChnZtgA const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId Elias D az homered and scored twice for the Padres and Fernando Tatis Jr had three hits in a - win Wednesday over the Giants With the sweep of the quick two-game series the Friars leapfrogged the Giants for second place in the ultra-competitive NL West The Dodgers lead the division D az homered on a line shot to left leading off the third for a - lead A fan in the front row wearing a Giants T-shirt reached his glove over the fence but the ball caromed off his wrist After a lengthy review leaders determined it wasn t fan interference so the catcher had his second homer Tatis had three singles and scored on Manny Machado s single to right in the two-run fifth Jose Iglesias beat out a dribbler for a two-out infield hit that scored Luis Arraez Arraez who returned from the seven-day concussion list Tuesday after an on-field collision in Houston had his first triple of the season to bring in D az with two outs in the sixth Michael King - held the Giants to one run and three hits in innings He struck out six and walked one Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his major league-leading th save D az doesn't waste any time pic twitter com YgQ zTVgSD San Diego Padres Padres April The Giants got late homers from Heliot Ramos and Mike Yastrzemski Landen Roupp - took the loss Machado has been consistent if not spectacular at the plate though he collected three hits in the wins over the Giants but his defense remains stellar With runners on first and second and one out in the sixth the third baseman dived to his left to field Willy Adames one-hopper and while on his back threw to second to force Yastrzemski King called Machado s play in the field the safety blanket Whenever I m in trouble just gonna throw a sinker down and in and let Manny do his thing the pitcher noted Padre hurlers also contained San Francisco s Matt Chapman in the wins He struck out three times in both games Dylan Cease - is expected to start Friday as the Padres hit the road First stop Pittsburgh The Pirates starter is TBD