SAN DIEGO -- The Padres played without the top three hitters in their Opening Day lineup this weekend against San Francisco. But the way Christian Villanueva and Jose Pirela are swinging the bats, it didn't seem to matter.
Manuel Margot and Wil Myers are on the disabled list, and Eric Hosmer was scratched with an ailing back. But the Padres rode another homer from Villanueva and three more hits from Pirela -- the Major League leader -- to a 10-1 victory over the Giants on Sunday afternoon.