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SAN FRANCISCO — It was a meaningless play in a throwaway game, but for Matt Duffy, the hard chopper was still a bit of a landmark.
Matt Kemp scalded a ball to third late in a 9-1 Padres win and it took an awkward bounce after hitting the sun-scorched dirt near third, but Duffy’s hands took over, easily adjusting as he got his feet in position for a strong throw to first. On a day the Giants had their five-game winning streak snapped, they could take away this positive: Duffy looks more and more like a third baseman, and the Giants may need him.