Rookie Susac homers again, Ray wins his 7th straight decision as Giants beat Padres 4-1

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Daniel Susac hit a two-run home run and had three RBIs, and Robbie Ray pitched six impressive innings to win his seventh straight decision and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 4-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night.

>The Padres saw their five-game winning streak snapped and dropped two games behind the final NL wild-card spot.

>Susac drove the first pitch he saw from JP Sears (3-4) onto the balcony on the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left field corner for a 3-0 lead with no outs in the second. Willy Adames was aboard on a leadoff single.

>Susac added a sacrifice fly in the fifth for a 4-1 lead. He hit his first two home runs in a 16-3 win against Milwaukee on Wednesday.

>Ray (10-6) held San Diego to one run and four hits while striking out six and walking one. The left-hander is 7-0 in his last 10 starts and hasn't lost since May 18 at Arizona.

>Erik Miller pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

>Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made a spectacular leaping catch to rob Rafael Devers of a three-run home run in the first inning. Devers did get a sacrifice fly, but Tatis added on to his impressive list of home run robberies, which included taking one away from Devers last August.

>Tatis tracked Devers’ fly ball and leaped to get his glove high above the short wall in right-center at Petco Park to make the catch. He landed and tumbled onto his backside, but flipped the ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill, who tossed it into the infield.

>Merrill helped Tatis to his feet and patted him on the chest. Sears raised his left arm in celebration.

Up nextNeither team had announced its starter for Friday night.

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