World News – United States – Giants fall to Padres and miss playoffs on final day of season

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The San Francisco Giants saw their playoff prospects knocked out on the final day of the regular season, losing 5-4 to the San Diego Padres heading to the playoffs

San Francisco finished 29-31 under first-year manager Gabe Kapler, starting the day tied with Milwaukee for last place in the NL playoffs The Brewers hold the tiebreaker, which meant the Giants had to win and lose to Milwaukee in St Louis – Brewers did their part but Giants couldn’t

Now the Giants’ drought has reached four years since they lost a four-division run in 2016 to future World Series Cubs champions The Giants – 2010 World Series winners, ’12 and ’14 – stand will remember costly losses in the home stretch, including Thursday’s 5-4, 11 innings loss at home to the Rockies, then 6-5 to the Padres in Friday’s Match 2 double title

Wil Myers hit the second homer for San Diego (37-23), the NL’s No 4 seeds, as the Padres prepare for their first playoffs in 14 years They will set up a three-game series against St. Louis early Wednesday

Mitch Moreland scored a brace in the fourth Jorge Mateo’s brace in a three-point seventh followed by Greg Garcia’s sacrificed volley provided reassurance

Brandon Crawford had a two-run homerun for the Giants in seventh, then Wilmer Flores hit eighth It just wasn’t enough

Trevor Rosenthal closed it off for his 11th save, pulling out Austin Slater on a third strike to end it Slater put his hands on his head and the Giants players cursed from the dugout to home plate umpire Rob Drake

There was no out of town notice board inside Oracle Park to watch the Brewers-Cardinals game Dozens of boats and kayaks remained hopeful in waiting on the other side of the right field at McCovey Cove on a perfect late September day when the temperature for the first launch was 84 degrees

In fact, even former Giants fan favorite outfielder Hunter Pence watched from a ship called BRAVO a day after announcing his retirement.

Mauricio Dubon pulled off a late second home run for San Francisco, which also failed to give Drew Smyly (0-1) his first win in five starts and seven matches

Smyly struck out 10 strikeouts in five innings for his 11th career double-digit strikeout and the first since September 25, 2019, in Washington with Philadelphia

San Diego starter Adrián Morejón has not had a win in his last four appearances since his relief decision against the Giants in September ten

Fernando Tatís Jr has worked a short day to clear his legs with the upcoming playoffs, as has Manny Machado

Tatís hit a home run Friday and Saturday, and 21-year-old batter Padres finished the shortened season with 17 home runs and 45 RBIs, batting 277

San Diego C Jason Castro removed a fake bullet from the face mask at the bottom of the sixth and watched his jaw for several minutes before taking out Austin Nola replaced him

If he is in good health as the Padres expect, RHP Dinelson Lamet is the expected game opener for San Diego on Wednesday Lamet scared his team coming out of Friday’s game with bicep strain

San Francisco’s first spring training game in the Cactus League is scheduled for February 27 against the Angels

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