Austin Slater belted an opposite-field homer to open the bottom of the seventh Friday night to break a 4-4 tie and give the San Francisco Giants a 5-4 victory o
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â Austin Slater hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 Friday night.
Slater led off the inning with an opposite-field drive to right against right-hander Keone Kela (2-2). Slater scored three runs despite entering the game in a 3-for-25 slide, including 11 straight hitless at-bats before the homer.
Buster Posey hit a two-run homer and Evan Longoria had a two-run single for the Giants, who improved to 11-3 at Oracle Park this season.
San Francisco moved 1 1/2 games ahead of San Diego for the NL West lead on a night they celebrated Hall of Famer Willie Mays a day after his 90th birthday.
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AJ Pollock of the Dodgers suffered a Grade 1 hamstring strain on Friday, per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register (via Twitter). He’s being re-evaluated today. Pollock has been a force for good in Los Angeles this year, slashing .261/.313/.446 with 4 home runs across 99 plate appearances.
The Padres had a couple of players leave Friday’s game due to injury.
Keone Kela left with forearm tightness, always a scary diagnoses. There has been no update as per his status.
Austin Nola, meanwhile, only recently returned from the injured list, burst a blood vessel in his hand. The Padres are hopeful that he can return to the lineup as early as today, per Dennis Lin of the Athletic (via Twitter).
In the 5th, Snell walked Posey and Austin Slater so Padres skipper Jayce Tingler removed him in favor of Austin Adams, who promptly hit Mike Yastrzemski to load the bases. Evan Longoria followed with a single that brought in two runs, both charged to Snell.
Up to that point the Padres offense had done absolutely nothing against DeSclafani. The bats suddenly woke up in the 6th inning. Trent Grisham hit a 2-run home run to centerfield to cut the lead in half. Three batters later Eric Hosmer smoked another 2-run shot to center to tie it up and get Snell off the hook.