SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. lofted a ball to proper discipline, watched it simply clear the wall after which raised his arms, virtually in reduction as a lot as celebration.

Tatis, who has pushed quite a few balls to the wall or the warning monitor at Petco Park this season, and Juan Soto hit consecutive house runs within the first inning, and the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 7-3 on Friday night time to drop the Giants right into a tie with Arizona for the ultimate NL wild card.

“I hit it and said, ‘I don’t know,’” Tatis stated of his two-run shot. ”I don’t know, man. I hit balls 109, 108 (mph) to the warning monitor, and I’m simply glad that one went out.

“Oh my God, it was amazing,” he stated. “It’s baseball and you’ve got to keep grinding.”

San Francisco had received 4 of 5 coming in, together with 7-2 within the opener of this collection Thursday night time. Arizona beat Baltimore 4-2.

Michael Wacha (11-2) held the Giants to 2 runs and 6 hits in six innings, with six strikeouts and two walks, to win his sixth straight choice. San Diego bounced again from a sloppy, lackluster efficiency Thursday night time to win for simply the second time in eight video games.

PHOTOS: Tatis and Soto hit consecutive house runs and the Padres beat the Giants 7-3

The Padres entered the night time 8 1/2 video games out of the final wild-card spot and a season-high 11 video games below .500. They’ve been an enormous disappointment after reaching the NL Championship Series final fall after which rising their payroll to about $250 million, the third-highest within the majors. They’ve been below .500 since May 12.

With Ha-Seong Kim aboard on a leadoff stroll from Tristan Beck (3-3), Tatis lifted an opposite-field shot simply over the right-field wall. It was his twenty first of the yr and first since Aug. 18 towards Arizona, a span of 52 plate appearances. Soto adopted with a shot into the shrubbery in entrance of the batter’s eye in straightaway middle, his twenty sixth.

“It’s big,” Tatis stated. “It’s what we needed to do, especially after yesterday’s game, and bouncing back like that is just a good way to play baseball and also a good way of telling ourselves that we are capable of doing that.”

It was the seventh time the Padres went back-to-back this season and the primary since doing it towards Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels on July 4.

Manager Bob Melvin stated it was necessary to have an impactful inning, particularly after Wilmer Flores hit a formidable drive off Wacha within the first, after which have a bounce-back win.

“We had to, right? That hasn’t been the problem this year. We’ve bounced back quite a bit. That’s not the problem. It’s sustaining it afterward,” Melvin stated.

Trent Grisham hit an RBI single within the second and Luis Campusano and Matthew Batten had consecutive RBI hits with two outs within the third.

Wacha’s solely massive mistake was permitting Flores’ house run into the highest balcony of the brick warehouse within the left-field nook with one out within the first. It was his twentieth. Brandon Crawford, activated off the injured listing earlier than the sport, hit a sacrifice fly within the fourth.

Wacha loaded the bases with two outs within the sixth earlier than getting Wade Meckler to pop up. LaMonte Wade Jr. was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to herald a run within the ninth.

“A little uncomfortable with the pitch count, but I had to give him an opportunity to get out of that inning,” Melvin stated of Wacha, who threw 108 pitches.

Beck lasted simply 2 2/3 innings, permitting six runs and 9 hits.

FAMILIAR FACE

Jurickson Profar, who performed with San Diego for 3 seasons earlier than signing with Colorado within the offseason, signed a minor league take care of the Padres and is because of report back to Triple-A El Paso. He was launched by the Rockies final week.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: Crawford had been on the 10-day injured listing with a left forearm pressure. The Giants additionally recalled RHP Keaton Winn from Triple-A Sacramento as rosters expanded.

Padres: Reinstated LHP Tim Hill (sprained left ring finger) from the 15-day injured listing and recalled C Brett Sullivan from Triple-A El Paso.

UP NEXT

Giants LHP Kyle Harrison (1-0, 1.86 ERA) and Padres LHP Blake Snell (11-9, 2.60), the massive league ERA chief who is among the main contenders for the NL Cy Young Award, are scheduled to begin Saturday night time.

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