Renteria's slam boosts Giants over Peavy, Padres

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04/22/2009 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edgar Renteria belted a grand slam, knocked in five runs, and scored twice to lead the San Francisco Giants past the San Diego Padres, 8-3, in the first game of a short two-game set at AT&T Park.

Travis Ishikawa went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored for the Giants, who have won two consecutive games. Bengie Molina went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.

Matt Cain (2-0) allowed two runs on nine hits with five strikeouts to collect the win for San Francisco. The young right-hander has delivered three straight excellent starts to begin his 2009 season, having surrendered just five runs over 19 innings.

"It was nice, it was good. That's big and sometimes you get into a relaxed state when you get a lead and I talked to a couple other guys and they just said keep harping on yourself to think its a close game and keep getting guys out and go pitch by pitch and out by out. Keep that lead to where the momentum's in our favor," Cain said about getting run support.

Brian Giles went 2-for-5 with two RBI to pace the San Diego offense. Kevin Kouzmanoff had a double and the other RBI for the Padres, who had 14 hits in defeat.

Jake Peavy (2-2) gave up six runs on seven hits during a six-inning start for the Padres. The 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner also walked three and fanned three to drop to 1-1 versus San Francisco this season.

"I thought he (Peavy) had good stuff. It looked like all his pitches were working. That one inning got him," San Diego manager Bud Black said.

The Padres put a run on the board in the first to take an early 1-0 advantage. Giles' single to right field with one out scored Jody Gerut, who singled to lead off.

The Giants tied the tilt in the third frame. San Francisco had the bases loaded and no outs, but Emmanuel Burriss grounded into a double play. Renteria scored on the play, and Randy Winn's fly out ended the inning.

San Diego scored a run in the fourth to take a 2-1 edge. After the first two runners reached base, Kouzmanoff doubled to center to score Adrian Gonzalez. Chase Headley was thrown out at the plate, and the next two batters were retired to end the frame.

The Giants essentially sealed the game in the home half of the inning by plating four to go ahead 5-2. San Francisco loaded the bases with one out for Renteria, who belted a grand slam to left field.

Renteria's two-out single in the sixth knocked in Ishikawa to extend the Giants' gap to 6-2.

The Giants took a commanding 8-2 advantage in the eighth on Ishikawa's two-out double, which plated Molina and Nate Schierholtz.

Justin Miller and Alex Hinshaw shared time on the mound in the ninth to close out the game for San Francisco.

San Diego added a run in the ninth on a two-out RBI single from Giles off of Hinshaw, who got Gonzalez to ground out to end the contest.

Game Notes

The Padres left 10 runners on base, compared to three runners LOB for the Giants...San Francisco won six of nine 2008 meetings with the Padres held at AT&T Park and went 13-5 against San Diego last season...San Diego re-acquired infielder Chris Burke from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for cash considerations on Tuesday.

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