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- Updated: September 13, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Former Giants catcher Hector Sanchez hit a two-run homer and Paul Clemens turned in his best pitching performance of the season as the Padres halted San Francisco’s three-game winning streak with a 4-0 win at AT&T Park on Monday night.
The Padres, who lost nine straight against the Giants to begin the season, have now won four consecutive games against the club. The loss dropped San Francisco to four games behind the Dodgers in the National League West. However, the Giants remained 1 1/2 games in front of the Mets and two games ahead of the Cardinals in the NL Wild Card standings.
Clemens, who was battling the flu, stymied the Giants’ bats while throwing five scoreless innings. Yangervis Solarte helped his cause with an RBI single in the fourth and an RBI groundout in the fifth, before Sanchez provided a comfortable cushion for the Padres bullpen with a two-run shot into the right-field arcade in the sixth.
Giants right-hander Jeff Samardzija cruised through the first three innings. However, he labored through the …
