San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres

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San Francisco Giants

70-73, 30-41 Away

Final
6 - 3

San Diego Padres

81-63, 40-34 Home

Rookie outfielder McCray homers twice and drives in 5 runs as the Giants beat the Padres 6-3

McCray, who made his major league debut Aug. 14, put the Giants ahead 3-2 on his three-run drive deep into the seats in right field off Dylan Cease (12-11) with two outs in the second inning. Patrick Bailey and Brett Wisely were aboard on singles.

Bailey was on with a leadoff walk in the eighth when McCray again went deep to right, off lefty reliever Yuki Matsui, for his fifth homer.

McCray, a lefty hitter who's the son of former big leaguer Rodney McCray, said the homer off Cease probably says more about his development.

“He's a tougher pitcher,” McCray said. "I don't mind hitting off lefties. I actually enjoy hitting off lefties. Honestly, I hit better against them in the minor leagues. Cease is a tougher pitcher, up for the Cy Young almost every year, so to do some damage against him is awesome.”

San Francisco manager Bob Melvin said the Giants didn't anticipate having to call up the center fielder this year. But they've had several injuries, including to prized free-agent signing Jung Hoo Lee, who had season-ending surgery in May after crashing into the wall trying to make a catch.

Melvin, who managed the Padres the previous two seasons, enjoyed watching both of McCray's homers.

“One was a breaking ball, one was a heater. He's got a history of hitting lefties in the minor leagues," Melvin said. "It's about putting the bat on the ball and finding a good pitch to hit. When he does it, you've seen him go to left field, opposite way. There's a ton of power there that we've seen.”

Said McCray: “I feel like I've been doing the best I can as a young kid, first time being up here. Couldn't ask for more than that.

“I've never really been a power hitter until a couple years ago. It's all in the hips, man. All in the hips, I guess. The ball just jumps off, man.”

The Padres opened a quick 2-0 lead against Logan Webb (12-9). They loaded the bases with no outs and Manny Machado hit an RBI single. They seemed poised for a big inning but Xander Bogaerts grounded into a double play, with another run scoring, before David Peralta flied out.

After McCray homered in the second, the Giants made it 4-2 in the fourth when Bailey drew a leadoff walk and scored on a double play.

San Diego closed to 4-3 in the fifth when Tyler Wade hit a leadoff double and scored on Luis Arraez's third straight single.

Webb went six innings, allowing three runs and 10 hits while striking out three and walking two.

Ryan Walker got his ninth save.

Cease also pitched six innings, giving up four runs and six hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: Rookie CF Merrill Jackson wasn't in the starting lineup a day after fouling a ball off his left knee. But he pinch-hit in the ninth, grounding out to third base. San Diego manager Mike Shildt said Jackson will try to start Sunday. ... RF Fernando Tatis Jr. got a planned rest but delivered a pinch-hit double leading off the ninth. He was activated Monday after being on the injured list since June 22 with a stress reaction in his right thighbone.

Giants RHP Spencer Bivens (3-1, 2.86 ERA) and Padres RHP Joe Musgrove (5-4, 4.09) are scheduled to start Sunday's series finale.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 59.4%

Giants: 40.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arraez fouled out to left.
	9th Inning	Solano flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Solano hit for McCoy
	9th Inning	Merrill grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Merrill hit for Wade
	9th Inning	Tatis Jr. doubled to right.

Statistics

SF		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	13
37	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.0	Runs Created	3.8
.242	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.424	Slugging Percentage	.382
.273	Secondary Average	.118
.324	On Base Percentage	.361
.749	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.743
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
36.0	Batter Rating	25.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.22
.182	Isolated Power	.059
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.206
11.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
85.3	MLB Rating	81.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0