Stephen Kolek and the Padres bullpen pitched 10 scoreless innings, & Jose Iglesias’ sacrifice fly scored automatic runner Jake Cronenworth in the top of the 10th inning, as the Pads squeaked by the Giants 1-0 to win the opener of this very important 4-game series series at San Francisco.
 

The win gives the Padres a 2-game lead over the Giants in the NL West, and it also moves them to within a game of the 1st-place Dodgers, who lost 4-3 to the New York Mets tonight. The Padres are 3-0 against the Giants this season.
 

Cronenworth went to 3rd base on a leadoff sacrifice bunt by Tyler Wade.
 

Pads’ starter Stephen Kolek matched scoreless innings with the Giants’ Logan Webb before giving way to the bullpen after 5 2/3 shutout innings. Kolek- the former reliever making just his 5th career start- allowed just 3 hits while striking out 3 & walking none.
 

The right-handed Kolek escaped a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the 2nd inning, getting a groundout & a double-play ball to keep the Giants off the board. Both plays were made by Iglesias, who was playing 3rd base for Manny Machado, who DH’d tonight.
 

The Padres also dodged a big bullet in the 7th when Adrian Morejon & Jeremiah Estrada walked the bases loaded before Estrada struck out Jung Hoo Lee to leave 3 more Giants stranded on base.
 

Jason Adam struck out the side in a scoreless 8th inning, allowing a leadoff single & an intentional walk around the 3 K’s.
 

Closer Robert Suarez (1-1) got the win after pitching 2 innings of perfect baseball after allowing a leadoff single to start the 9th.
 

Morejon, Estrada, Adam & Suarez combined to throw 4 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up just 2 hits & striking out 7 Padres. This on the heels of yesterday’s equally brilliant performance in their comeback win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
 

Webb went 8 scoreless innings for the Giants, striking out 7 and walking none. The Padres did touch him up for 6 hits, but the tough right-hander made big pitches to get out of innings when he needed to.
 

The Pads went just 1-5 with runners in scoring position, leaving 6 runners on base.

***** ‘LIVE’ Instant Reaction from Jim “GRIES” Grieshaber

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Game 2 of this series between the Padres and Giants is tomorrow, with 1st pitch set for 6:45pm PT.

Ryan Bergert (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will take the mound for the Padres, facing the Giants’ Landon Roupp. (3-4, 2.54 ERA)

Your PADRES POSTCAST- hosted by Jim GIES" Grieshaber- comes your way LIVE' right after the game.

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