Padres play against the Giants and lead the series 1-0

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San Diego Padres (83-65, second in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (72-76, fourth in the NL West)

San Francisco; Saturday, 9:05 p.m. EDT

LIKELY PITCHING PLAYERS: Padres: Joe Musgrove (5-5, 4.54 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 78 strikeouts); Giants: Mason Black (0-3, 7.50 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 22 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Padres -154, Giants +129; Over/Under is 7 1/2 runs

CONCLUSION: The San Diego Padres lead a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants 1-0.

San Francisco has a 72-76 overall record and a 41-35 home record. The Giants' batters have a combined batting average of .394, ranking ninth in the NL.

San Diego has a 43-30 record on the road and an 83-65 record overall. The Padres have a 37-13 record in games in which they hit two or more home runs.

The teams will meet for the 12th time this season on Saturday. The Giants lead the season series 6-5.

TOP PERFORMERS: Heliot Ramos leads the Giants with a .267 batting average and has hit 20 doubles, two triples and 20 home runs. Tyler Fitzgerald has hit 12 of 36 hits and one RBI in the last 10 games.

Jurickson Profar has 26 doubles and 22 home runs with a .280 batting average for the Padres. Manny Machado has hit 12 of 41 with a double and three home runs in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 4-6, .229 batting average, 3.84 ERA, even run differential

Padres: 6-4, .253 batting average, 3.20 ERA, 10 runs more than opponents

INJURIES: Giants: Tyler Fitzgerald: day-to-day (back), Kyle Harrison: 15-day IL (shoulder), Jordan Hicks: 15-day IL (shoulder), Robbie Ray: 15-day IL (hamstring), Wilmer Flores: 60-day IL (knee), Randy Rodriguez: 15-day IL (elbow), Keaton Winn: 60-day IL (elbow), Jung Hoo Lee: 60-day IL (labrum), Tom Murphy: 60-day IL (head)

Padres: Stephen Kolek: 60-day IL (forearm), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-day IL (shoulder), Luis Patino: 60-day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.