Hunter Pence, meet Kirk Gibson. Johnny Cueto, say hello to Vida Blue. Brandon Belt, Javier Lopez is going to demand payment for using his outfielder's glove.
It was that kind of a Monday night at AT&T Park. It's been that kind of run for the majors' best team in May. The Giants are winning with great pitching, a smattering of big hits and any piece of good fortune that lands at their feet.
In the first of three against the Padres, they won their second consecutive 1-0 game. Pence schlepped his gimpy leg to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning of a scoreless game, hit a high fly to shallow right that looked like the third out then got mobbed when Matt Kemp could not catch it and Belt raced home from first base for the win on the double.