The San Diego Padres entered last weekend in first place in the NL West. The Padres, however, then proceeded to lose four straight, including three to the current NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.

Preview the Aug. 20 matchup between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

Nick Pivetta allowed a leadoff homer by Jung Hoo Lee and then settled down to tie his season high with 10 strikeouts in six innings and lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

P adres security hit a child with a crunching tackle in the back after the kid ran onto the field during Tuesday's game against the San Francisco Giants.

Compared to some of their NL West adversaries, the Giants and president Buster Posey have a lot of work to do when it comes to the bullpen.

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres face the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. San Diego has a 70-56 record overall and a 39-21 record at home. Padres hitters are batting a collective .251, which ranks fourth in the NL.

It probably happened again for thousands of fans in San Diego's Petco Park on Monday night. Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts sent a deep fly to left field that ended up in the seats and was initially ruled a home run. It appeared to have slipped out of Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos ' glove and into the seats.

The San Francisco Giants lost 5-1 to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday at Petco Park after a first-inning home run from Jung Hoo Lee.

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