Jackson Merrill had three hits and two RBIs, Xander Bogaerts homered, and Sung-Mun Song recorded his first MLB hit with a two-run double as the San Diego Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants 10-5. The Padres tied season highs with 14 hits and 10 runs, snapping a six-game skid. Jesús Rodríguez and Casey Schmitt homered for the Giants.
San Diego Padres ' Xander Bogaerts , right, is congratulated by Nick Castellanos after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
SAN FRANCISCO — Jackson Merrill had three hits and drove in two runs, Xander Bogaerts homered and the San Diego Padres tied their season highs for hits with 14 and runs in a 10-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Sung-Mun Song had a two-run double — his first MLB hit — with two outs in the fourth, advanced to third on a throwing error and scored on Merrill’s single to cap San Diego’s five-run inning and make it 6-4.
Song, a 29-year-old South Korean infielder who signed with the Padres in December, was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Miguel Andujar singled, doubled and tripled and had an RBI, and Bogaerts and Nick Castellanos each drove in two runs. Walker Buehler gave up four runs and had five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings for the Padres, who snapped a six-game skid on Monday night with a 3-2 win on Monday night.
San Diego is 40-23 against San Francisco, dating to the 2022 season. Jesús Rodriguez homered and drove in two runs for San Francisco. The 24-year-old catcher, who went 0 for 4 in his MLB debut Monday, got his first hit in the second inning with an RBI single and hit a solo shot in the seventh. Casey Schmitt hit a two-run homer in the first.
Padres RHP Matt Waldron starts Wednesday opposite Adrian Houser in the finale of a three-game series.
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