King, Tatis power Padres past Giants at Oracle Park

SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Michael King threw seven innings and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered as San Diego beat San Francisco 7-6 on Saturday evening at Oracle Park. King gave up three earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts and improved to 11-9. Mason Miller recorded the final three outs for his 36th save. San Francisco’s Cesar Perdomo took the loss. Tatis went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Dustin Harris drove in three, and Xander Bogaerts had four hits. Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert each hit two-run homers for the Giants, with Gilbert’s eighth-inning drive cutting the deficit to one. Adrian Morejon struck out two in a scoreless inning. The Padres built an early lead and held on late. San Diego outhit San Francisco 13-8. San Diego, which has won two straight in the series, improved to 80-68. San Francisco dropped to 62-87. The game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes and drew 40,146 to Oracle Park. The teams conclude their series Sunday.