The San Diego Padres take a 5-game winning streak and a half-game NL wild-card lead into Saturday’s matchup with the San Francisco Giants
The San Diego Padres (79-68) maintained their half-game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final National League wild-card spot with their fifth straight victory on Friday night and can clinch their series with the San Francisco Giants (62-86) on Saturday with another win at Oracle Park in San Francisco. San Diego, with six wins in their last seven games, trails the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies by two-and-a-half games for the top two positions in the wild-card chase while the Giants had their three-game winning streak snapped on Friday night.
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Game Date: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026
Game Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
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The Padres scored five times in the second inning to take a 7-1 lead and held on for a 7-5 victory on Friday night. Robbie Ray weathered five innings, allowing five runs on four hits with five strikeouts for his 100th career win. Freddy Fermin produced RBI doubles in both the second and third innings and Xander Bogaerts slashed a two-run double in the third as part of the big inning. Jackson Merrill finished with three of San Diego’s 12 hits and Dustin Harris drove in two runs with a triple and a single.
Rafael Devers got San Francisco closer with a fifth-inning grand slam to make it a 7-5 game, but the Giants got no closer. Bryce Eldridge opened the scoring with an RBI single in the bottom of the first. Starter Anthony Molina took his first loss of the season, allowing seven runs on nine hits in just three innings. Devers continues a torrid stretch at the plate that includes seven home runs and 18 RBI in his last 10 games.
Rookie left-hander Cesar Perdomo makes his second start for the Giants on Saturday after working six scoreless innings in his first career start on Sunday. He comes in with a 0.90 ERA and 0.800 WHIP in 10 innings over two appearances. Right-hander Michael King gets the ball for San Diego, entering with a 3.00 ERA and 1.167 WHIP in 168 innings and 29 starts.
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