Padres at Giants
The San Francisco Giants used a 13-hit attack to end their three-game losing streak and look to make it back-to-back wins when they host the San Diego Padres on Saturday. After beginning its six-game homestand with three straight setbacks, San Francisco recorded six extra-base hits en route to an 8-3 triumph on Friday.
Brandon Belt and Buster Posey notched three hits apiece while Evan Longoria went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to extend his hitting streak to six games as the Giants remained seven games back in the National League wild-card race. Belt, who scored three times, launched a two-run homer in the first inning and added an RBI double in the eighth as he improved to 7-for-16 during his four-game hitting streak. Manny Machado registered two of the team's seven hits on Friday as San Diego lost for the seventh time in 10 contests. Machado doubled and scored in the ninth inning after belting a solo shot in the fourth, leaving him two away from his fifth consecutive 30-homer season.
TV: 9:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, FS San Diego, NBCS Bay Area (San Francisco)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres LH Joey Lucchesi (9-7, 4.11 ERA) vs. Giants RH Logan Webb (1-0, 4.66)
Lucchesi has won back-to-back outings following a six-start winless streak, allowing three runs and six hits over 11 innings in the triumphs. The 26-year-old Californian has permitted fewer than four runs in five of his last six turns but hasn't worked more than six frames since a road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 7, when he gave up three runs over 6 1/3 innings. Lucchesi is 2-2 with a 3.90 ERA in six career starts against San Francisco and 1-2 in four turns this season despite yielding two earned runs or fewer in three of them.
Webb will be making his first start at home after beginning his major-league career with a pair of turns on the road. The 22-year-old, who also hails from the Golden State, gave up two runs - one earned - over five innings in a victory at Arizona in his debut on Aug. 17 before escaping Oakland with a no-decision after surrendering four runs in 4 2/3 frames. Prior to being recalled by the Giants, Webb pitched at four different levels in the minors, combining to go 2-4 with a 1.85 ERA in 10 starts and two relief appearances.
WALK-OFFS
1. Machado has notched a hit in 11 of his last 14 games.
2. Longoria has recorded four two-hit performances during his six-game streak and has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 contests.
3. San Diego placed Francisco Mejia (oblique) on the 10-day injured list, recalled fellow C Austin Allen from Triple-A El Paso and sent RHP Jacob Nix (elbow) to the Chihuahuas and OF Franchy Cordero (elbow) to Single-A Lake Elsinore for rehab assignments.