Giants beat Padres 4-3 in 10 innings, 13th win in 14 games

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Crawford’s alert baserunning in the second inning gave the Giants an early lift. His long single in the 10th capped another walkoff win.

Crawford singled in Matt Duffy with two outs in the 10th inning, and the surging Giants beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 Wednesday for their 13th win in 14 games.

It was the fourth game-ending hit of Crawford’s career and the major league-high fifth walkoff win this season by San Francisco.

“We’re playing good baseball,” Crawford said. “Really good pitching and defense, and found the bats a little bit these last couple of days. We’re kind of putting everything together.”

Duffy singled off Brad Hand (1-2) with one out, pinch-hitter Hunter Pence popped out, Duffy advanced on a wild pitch and Crawford hit a 1-2 offering over center fielder Jon Jay as Duffy scored standing up.

Crawford also singled and scored after some alert baserunning in the second inning. Duffy and Denard Span drove in runs for the NL West-leading Giants.

San Francisco completed a three-game sweep, extended its winning streak to five and improved to 9-0 against the Padres this season. The Giants’ two walkoff wins in the series were against Hand.

“When you’re having fun it makes it a lot easier to come to the park,” Duffy said. “The big thing is it’s saving the bullpen. We’re keeping them from going prolonged extras which is a big thing, especially the way our starters have been going.”

Last-place San Diego was swept for the fourth time this season.

Yangervis Solarte hit a tying, two-run homer off Josh Osich in the eighth, but the Padres stranded runners on the corners in the 10th and lost for the eighth time in 10 games.

“It’s really frustrating to lose games like that,” Solarte said through an interpreter. “I know we have the talent and the potential to come out of it.”

George Kontos (1-1) retired two batters.

Giants starter Jake Peavy, who spent his first eight seasons with San Diego, allowed one run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings and left after Alexei Ramirez’s RBI single in the seventh.

San Diego’s James Shields gave up two runs and five hits in six innings with one walk.

San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Crawford hits a game-winning single off San Diego Padres relief pitcher Brad Hand in the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday in San Francisco. San Francisco won the game 4-3. Looking on at right is Padres catcher...