by The San Diego Padres backed Yu Darvish in a 4-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night, with Jake Croneworth hitting the game-winning RBI single in the eighth and Freddy Fermin following with a two-run homer off Logan Webb.
In his eighth start of the season, Darvish (2-3) gave up one run on four hits while striking out six and without walking a batter across six innings. Due to elbow problems, the right-hander missed more than three months of the season. It wasn’t until July 7 that he started.
In the end, Robert Suarez recorded his 33rd save, which leads MLB.
San Diego won for the third time in a row as pinch runner Bryce Johnson entered after Gavin Sheets doubled to start the seventh.
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In the sixth inning, Rafael Devers hit a home run to level the score. Jackson Merrill’s RBI double in the top half of his three hits ended a scoreless game.
In his third game against San Diego this season, Webb (10-9) gave up four runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out three and walking one. A day after the Giants were shut out at home by the Nationals 8-0, they were unable to rally behind him.
In the third inning, rookie Drew Gilbert of the Giants blooped a single into shallow left-center, his first major league hit. In the trade that sent Tyler Rogers to New York on July 31, he was acquired from the Mets.
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After the Padres challenged after he was first pronounced safe, he stole second base and was later ruled out at third on replay review.
Dominic Smith of San Francisco started the second inning with a single, extending his hitting streak to 14 games, which was his career-high.
On Tuesday, San Diego’s LHP Nestor Cortes (0-0, 3.86 ERA) will face Giants lefty Robbie Ray (9-5, 2.85), who is looking to snap a six-start losing streak that began on July 3.
