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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 7, San Francisco 5
When: 10:15 PM ET, Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Alan Porter, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 41288

Alberto Gonzalez and Will Venable singled in runs in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres defeated the host San Francisco Giants 7-5 on Tuesday for their fifth straight win.

The Giants have lost 17 of their last 24 games and dropped two games behind Arizona in the National League West.

After the Giants rallied with three runs in the eighth to tie the game 5-5, Nick Hundley led off the ninth with a double off Ramon Ramirez (2-2).

Hundley scored the go-ahead run on Gonzalez’s single, and Venable followed with a run-scoring single to right field.

Erik Hamren (1-0) retired one batter in the eighth for his first major league win.

Heath Bell worked a scoreless ninth for his 35th save. The Padres used six pitchers in relief of starter Mat Latos, who gave up two runs - one earned - over six innings.

Kyle Blanks’ two-run blast in the second was the first home run allowed by Giants starter Matt Cain since June 14. Cain allowed five runs - three earned - on six hits over seven innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   San Francisco
Mat Latos Player Matt Cain
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 5
3 Hits 6
1.50 ERA 3.86
Hitting
San Diego   San Francisco
Will Venable Player Orlando Cabrera
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.400 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 9 1 15 .257 11 6 6 3 2 2
San Francisco 8 0 10 .222 17 4 3 4 0 3