Giants Lose on Walk-Off for Second Straight Game

Giants starter Madison Bumgarner went seven innings and was charged with three runs, three hits and three walks while striking out nine.

San Diego started the winning rally against George Kontos (4-3) with a one-out double by Matt Kemp and an intentional walk to Justin Upton.

Giants: RHP Mike Leake (10-9, 3.81 ERA) looks for his second win in six decisions with San Francisco as the Giants open a three-game series at Oakland. The Padres won, 5-4.

Pinch-hitter Alexi Amarista’s RBI single in the ninth was the difference.

Frandsen, who grew up a fervent Giants fan, has played for the Angels, Phillies and Nationals since 2010 and was a member of the 2014 playoff club that lost to the Giants in the NL Division Series.

Crawford also started the scoring in the second inning when he connected for a solo homer, his long-awaited 20th of the season to take the team lead away from Buster Posey.

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo works against a San…

San Francisco threatened in the first when Pagan doubled, but he was erased at the plate on a relay from Wil Myers after Duffy’s single. Crawford started abruptly off third base and caused right-hander Ian Kennedy to step off the rubber with the wrong foot; umpires immediately signaled a balk and Crawford trotted the rest of the way home.

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Giants ace Madison Bumgarner pitched well against the Padres again. This time, he had nothing to show for it.

“Yeah, that’s a big deal to me”, Bumgarner said. “It’s a insane game that we play”.

“Bum did all he could to get the win”. Frandsen, a Bay Area native who was drafted by the Giants in 2004, could see time at first base with Brandon Belt (concussion) not expected to return this season. “They get a three-run homer and boom, we’re down”. He was four outs shy of a ideal game in beating them 1-0 on September 12.

The Friars tied it back up in the eighth, when Bumgarner had finally been pulled after 120 pitches. “He had an extra day and he did a great job”. “I know when you get an extra day you have a longer leash”.

“We’ve got to be smart about him”, Bochy said. Norris started the ninth with a double off Mike Broadway, and Alexi Amarista’s pinch hit off Josh Osich sent the Padres scrambling onto the field.

Pinch-hitter Brett Wallace was intentionally walked before Amarista’s hit to left-center. Padres 3B Yangervis Solarte, who came out of Wednesday’s game with a right hamstring cramp, was a late scratch from the starting lineup Thursday with the same problem….

He can play anywhere, said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, acknowledging Frandsen has more versatility than when he was here last.

Matt Duffy had three hits for San Francisco. Brandon Crawford, who walked took second on Byrd’s hit and third on a wild pitch. It was his 20th of the season, one more than he had the last two years combined.