Padres slug their way to 10-5 win over SF Giants

Q: What was the final score of the Padres vs. Giants game on May 5, 2026?

The Padres won the game against the Giants with a final score of 10-5.

Q: Who hit their first Major League home run in the Padres vs. Giants game?

Jesus Rodriguez hit his first Major League home run during the game.

Q: What significant play did Matt Chapman have in the Padres vs. Giants game?

Matt Chapman went 0-for-4 but was noted for having the longest out of the game.

Q: How did the Padres overcome their early deficits against the Giants?

The Padres overcame early deficits by scoring five runs in the fourth inning.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 05: Jesus Rodriguez #79 of the San Francisco Giants hits a single that scored a run against the San Diego Padres in the second inning at Oracle Park on May 05, 2026 in San Francisco, California. This was Rodriguez' first Major League hit. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) | Getty Images Near the end of Tuesday’s telecast of the San Diego Padres’ 10-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants, broadcaster Duane Kuiper tried to look on the bright side of Matt Chapman’s 0-for-4 night. “If it’s any consolation,” Kuiper said, “Chapman’s had the longest out in this game.” That’s how hard it was to find a positive on a night where the Padres overcame early deficits of 2-0 and 4-1 with a five-run 4th inning off Logan Webb. As the Padres were coming back, starter Walker Buehler (2-2) settled down with three straight shutout innings. By the time a Rafael Devers single and Bryce Eldridge’s first hit of the season chased Buehler in the 6th inning, the Giants were trailing 8-4. Buehler worked 5.1 innings and gave up seven hits and four runs. Three Padres relievers retired 11 of the 12 Giants they faced, with the lone exception being rookie catcher Jesus Rodriguez, who launched an opposite-field blast off for his first big-league home run. Rodriguez got his first big-league hit and first big-league RBI five innings earlier, when he slapped the ball into right field and was rewarded by absolutely blowing through a stop sign at third base to score the team’s third run of the game. After a groundout, 25-year-old came around to score, following his 33rd big-league hit earlier in the inning. The Giants took an early lead on the 29th big-league home run by Casey Schmidt, his sixth of the 2026 season and one that inspired a truly wretched pun from the NBC Sports social media intern. This author contends that the sheer awfulness of “HOTTER THAN SCHMITT GREASE” doomed the Giants to their defeat Tuesday night. Maybe reading that tweet in the dugout made Webb lose focus, leading to Xander Boegarts’ solo homer that halved the Giants’ lead in the 2nd. Aside from the Bogaerts blast, Webb cruised for the first three innings until disaster struck in the top of the 4th. continued his career-long ownage of Webb with a single, and No. 5 hitter Fernando Tatis, Jr., hitting the lowest in the Padres lineup since his rookie year, doubled to right. After an RBI grounder from Bogaerts, Webb brushed back , which woke up the slumping outfielder, and his single to center score Tatis. Then Webb really did hit a Padre, catcher . Sung-Mun Song, in his second big-league at-bat, got his first two big-league RBIs with a double off the wall and scored his first major-league run on a single. Webb’s final line: 4IP, 7H, 6R, 4K, but hey, zero walks! had a miserable, 38-pitch 5th inning, but escaped having allowed only one run on a Castellanos sac fly despite walking the bases loaded twice. Merrill singled, stole second, and scored in the 6th on a (3-for-5) single off . gave up two runs in a mistake-filled 8th inning, where Song reached on an infield single, stole second and took third on a Rodriguez throwing error, a double from Merrill (he went 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs) and a balk. All in all, the Giants’ defense was sloppy all game, with dropped throws, balls bouncing past outfielders, wild throws, and ill-timed balks. But Matt Chapman really did hit that ball a long way when he flew out to right field in the 4th inning.