Giants Can't Shake Padres

Giants Lose 7th Straight to Padres

SAN DIEGO -- Beating the San Francisco Giants is turning into quite the habit for the San Diego Padres.

Adrian Gonzalez homered off Matt Cain, Clayton Richard and two relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Padres stayed atop the NL West by beating the Giants for the seventh straight time this season, 3-1 on Monday night in a matchup of the division's top two teams.

The Padres haven't trailed against the Giants once this season.

"It's been very similar," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Their pitching looked better. We're not hitting, we're not scoring. It's pretty simple."

Someone wondered if it might be time to switch things up and pick a lineup out of a hat.

"Picking a lineup out of a hat?" Bochy replied. "I know it's been done before. We're right in the thick of things. I don't know if this is the time to start doing that."

The Giants have totaled only nine runs in the seven losses to San Diego.

"Does that even have to be asked?" Cain said when asked about the frustration of going 0-7 against the Padres. "It's obvious. We need to win."

Game notes
Padres RHP Mat Latos, scheduled to start against Giants LHP Jonathan Sanchez on Tuesday night, was signed by scout Joe Bochy, older brother of the Giants' manager. Bruce Bochy managed the Padres from 1995-2006 before jumping to the Giants. ... Latos will face the Giants for the third time this season and for the second straight start. ... Latos and Sanchez matched up on April 20 in San Diego, when the Padres had only one hit but won 1-0. ... Bruce Bochy, who still has an offseason home in suburban Poway, was bummed because he might have to have his 16-year-old Labrador euthanized.

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