SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and the overcame becoming the first right-handed batter to homer into McCovey Cove with a 4-3 win over the on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep. Ramos hit a 394-foot, opposite-field drive into the water behind the right field stands in the ninth off (9-3), tying the score 2-2. There have been 167 by left-handed batters since the ballpark opened in 2000, including 104 by Giants hitters.
“It looks impossible just by looking at the wall and the weather here,” Ramos said, adding that the feat was “insane” to him. The 25-year-old said he was always aware that no right-handed hitter had a Splash Hit and wanted to be the first. “We lost, obviously, but it’s a special day because I did that,” Ramos said.
“It’s a good accomplishment for me.” (85-65) is in the top NL wild card position with two weeks to play, 1 1/2 games ahead of (83-66). “This team is on a mission.
We definitely want to get there," said , who had a pinch-homer in the eighth. San Francisco has lost four straight. With the score 2-2, Peralta drove in automatic runner with an opposite-field single to left leading off against (5-3).
Peralta took third on 's double and scored on 's groundout for a 4-2 lead. hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half against Adrián Morejón, who retired on a groundout for his second save. The Padres improved to 9-1 in extra-inning games, the highest winning percentage in the big leagues.
Manager Mike Shildt said his team has a “hunger to win and compete" and players that “do what the game calls for.” “It’s about execution,” Shildt said. “You get into close games, it's about execution.
” Tatís said the Padres have emphasized making contact over going for the power swing, enabling them to succeed in close games. “It’s beautiful,” Tatís said. “It’s amazing.
I haven’t seen nothing like how good we have been this year on those occasions.” The Giants were scoreless in 32 innings, three shy of the San Francisco record set in 1976, before 's solo homer in the sixth against . had hit a sacrifice fly in the top half.
Tatís homered against in the eighth, his fourth home run in five games. Arráez extended his streak to 140 at-bats without a strikeout for the Padres. It’s the longest since Juan Pierre went 147 at-bats without a strikeout in 2004.
Arráez also had two hits to extend his hit streak to 13 games. After calling his players’ defensive effort in an “not major league quality,” Giants manager Bob Melvin had his team go through defensive drills in both the infield and outfield before Sunday’s game. Melvin said with a “completely different group” compared to spring training and some players like and playing out of position, the Giants are working on communication and chemistry.
“It certainly isn’t something that really needs to be punitive,” Melvin said before the game. “But we need to try to stay on top of stuff like this, because it has to look better than it did (on Saturday).” The Giants had one error on Sunday when misplayed a grounder to first by Donovan Solano in the sixth that put runners on first and second with no outs.
sacrificed and Machado's fly brought in the first run. “We make an error today that has an impact, so (it’s the) little things right now and certainly a lack of offense,” Melvin said. TRAINER’S ROOM Giants: INF (lower back tightness) could return on Tuesday after missing the series.
An MRI revealed no structural damage. UP NEXT Padres: RHP (5-3, 3.52) starts Monday night in the opener of a three-game series against visiting , which starts rookie RHP (7-12, 4.
72). Giants: LHP (3-3, 3.52 ERA) is scheduled to start on Tuesday night at , which goes with (8-5, 3.
39) in the opener of a three-game series. ___ AP MLB: Eric He, The Associated Press.
