Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 5, San Francisco 3
When: 5:05 PM ET, Monday, July 4, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 42300

The visiting San Diego Padres continued to make themselves at home in San Francisco after posting a 5-3 victory over the Giants on Monday for their 10th triumph in 12 games at AT&T Park.

Clayton Richard (5-9) picked up where he left off against the Giants last year, when he went 4-1 with a 2.39 ERA in six starts. He allowed two hits in five scoreless innings.

Heath Bell secured his 25th save of the season despite allowing a ninth-inning run.

The Padres jumped on Giants ace Tim Lincecum (6-7) for two first-inning runs. Chase Headley had a sacrifice fly and Orlando Hudson added an RBI single.

Will Venable launched a solo homer in the ninth for San Diego.

The Giants have averaged just 2.33 runs in their last dozen home games against the Padres.

San Francisco’s Pablo Sandoval smashed a two-run homer and doubled to extend his hitting streak to 15 games.

Giants left fielder Cody Ross left in the sixth inning with a strained hamstring.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   San Francisco
Clayton Richard Player Tim Lincecum
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 5.0
2 Strikeouts 4
2 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 5.40
Hitting
San Diego   San Francisco
Will Venable Player Pablo Sandoval
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
1 HR 1
5 TB 7
.400 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 11 1 18 .297 19 6 5 1 4 0
San Francisco 6 1 11 .200 14 2 3 5 0 1