SAN FRANCISCO -- In a legitimate offensive eruption for the San Francisco Giants, they scored twice in Wednesday's sixth inning to snap a tie, then added five eighth-inning runs to pull away for an 8-1 victory over the San Diego Padres.
The Giants, who hadn't scored more than five runs in any of their 16 previous games, inched ahead with the score deadlocked at 1-1. Joe Panik walked to lead off the sixth against Padres starter Andrew Cashner and raced home one out later on a double by Buster Posey, who scored on Brandon Crawford's two-out single.