• Tuesday: 6:40 p.m. (Padres.TV)
• Wednesday: 1:10 p.m. (Padres.TV)

In the standings

San Francisco Giants (19-10, 1st in NL West)

The Giants took two of three from the Rangers over the weekend to move into first in the NL West, tied with the Dodgers atop the division and 1½ games ahead of the Padres. The Giants are also tied for the second-best record in the majors and rank sixth with a plus-28 run differential. The Padres won last year’s series, 7-6.

San Diego Padres (17-11, 3rd in NL West)

The Padres were just swept for the first time and have lost seven of their last nine games to lose their grip on both baseball’s best record and the top spot in the NL West. The Padres’ plus-23 run differential ranks seventh in the majors.

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San Francisco Giants: The Giants rank in the bottom third of the league in batting (.229, 22nd) and slugging (.377, 21st) but second in bullpen ERA (2.30). They have a .663 OPS over the last week, with only two regulars above .800: DH Wilmer Flores (.895) and OF Heliot Ramos (.839). OF Jung Hoo Lee is hitting .250/.314/.344 over that stretch, 3B Matt Chapman is hitting .114/.303/.269 and SS Willy Adames is hitting .233/.314/.233.

San Diego: The Padres have lost four games in a row and seven of their last nine. They’re hitting .208 over their last nine games. Take away Fernando Tatis Jr. maintaining his MVP pace, and the shorthanded Padres are hitting .189 over that stretch. SS Xander Bogaerts has not driven in a run since April 8 and does not yet have a home run this season. DH Gavin Sheets has just one hit in his last 19 plate appearances and 3B Manny Machado has a .419 OPS over his last nine games.

San Francisco Giants’ Logan Webb pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Sunday, April 13, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Pitching matchups

Tuesday

Giants RHP Logan Webb (3-1, 1.98 ERA)  |   The Giants’ ace has a 3.22 ERA while collecting NL Cy Young votes over the last three seasons, which includes finishing as the runner-up in 2023. His strikeout rate this year (10.9 per nine innings) is well above his career rate (8.2 per nine innings). Webb has a 2.90 ERA in 80⅔ career innings against the Padres, but he allowed 10 earned runs in 23 innings (3.91 ERA) last year.

Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (4-1, 1.20 ERA)  |   The Padres have won five of his six starts and all three at Petco Park, where Pivetta has a 0.45 ERA and is holding opponents to a .306 OPS over 20 innings. Pivetta has a 5.40 ERA in 13⅓ career innings against the Giants, but he has not faced them since 2019, when he allowed five earned runs over three relief appearances.

Wednesday

Giants RHP Landen Roupp (2-1, 4.56 ERA)  |   The second-year starter has two quality starts in five trips to the mound so far this season, but he allowed five runs — three earned — in 3⅔ innings in his last start. Roupp turned in eight scoreless inning across four appearances against the Padres last year, including five shutout innings in a start in September.

Padres RHP Michael King (3-1, 2.18 ERA)  |   King’s lone quality start this year was the shutout he completed on April 13. He’s since allowed three runs—two earned—over 10⅔ innings over two starts, both losses for a team that’s struggling to score runs. King struck out 18 over 17 innings (1.59 ERA0) across three starts last year against the Giants.

Team leaders

• OPS: Giants—OF Jung Hoo Lee (.930), OF Mike Yastrzemski (.888), 2B Tyler Fitzgerald (.789); Padres—OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (1.040), 3B Manny Machado (.761), 1B Luis Arraez (.755).
• Homers: Giants—DH Wilmer Flores (7), 3B Matt Chapman (5), Yastrzemski (4); Padres—Tatis (8), OF Jackson Merrill (3), Arraez (3), DH Gavin Sheets (3).
• RBIs: Giants—Flores (28), Chapman (16), Lee (16); Padres—Tatis (18), Sheets (12), Machado (11).
• Steals: Giants—Fitzgerald (5), Chapman (4), Lee (3), OF Heliot Ramos (3); Padres—Tatis (7), Machado (6), SS Xander Bogaerts (4).
• Saves: Giants—RHP Camilo Doval (5, 2.08 ERA), RHP Ryan Walker (5, 5.91 ERA); Padres—RHP Robert Suarez (10, 0.75 ERA), LHP Adrián Morejón (1, 1.98 ERA).
• Holds: Giants—RHP Tyle Rogers (7, 0.63 ERA), LHP Erik Miller (4, 1.00 ERA), RHP Hayden Birdsong (3, 1.13 ERA); Padres—RHP Jason Adam (9, 0.60 ERA), RHP Jeremiah Estrada (5, 1.32 ERA), Morejón (2), LHP Wandy Peralta (2, 0.77 ERA).

Training room

San Francisco: 2B Tyler Fitzgerald is day-to-day with a chest contusion. 1B Casey Schmitt (oblique) is on the 10-day injured list, while OF Jerar Encarnacion (hand) and C Tom Murphy (back) are on the 60-day injured list.

San Diego: RHP Logan Gillaspie hit the injured list after straining his left oblique on Saturday. OFs Jackson Merrill (hamstring), Brandon Lockridge (hamstring) and Jason Heyward (knee) and 1B Luis Arraez (concussion) could return this week and 2B Jake Cronenworth (rib) could be a week behind them. RHP Sean Reynolds (foot) has made two rehab appearances for Triple-A El Paso, while RHP Yu Darvish (elbow) is throwing regular bullpens as he progresses toward live batting practice.

Originally Published: April 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM PDT