afforded the Padres the opportunity to drink in the atmosphere and, quite frankly, have fun with a lot of kids flocking to clinics staged by Major League Baseball as part of its global outreach endeavors.
On Saturday, it’s back to serious business. Padres begin their first series against the National League West rival San Francisco Giants sitting a game under .500 and in third place in the division, two games behind the front-running Diamondbacks. The Padres took 13 of 19 meetings last year against the Giants but have a minus-20 run differential compared to San Francisco’s minus-11.The Padres are also 5-5 over their last 10 games, while the Giants have won six of 10 and had won five in a row before losing Thursday at home against the St. Louis Cardinals.the details which Giants are hot and not and how they stack up against the Giants.
With a left-hander on the mound and a familiar one at that , the Padres will revert to a lineup that has yet to truly get going.