Tatis, Padres end 5-game skid, cut Giants' 9-game win streak

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It took more than four hours and San Diego finally returned to the win column — and the Padres desperately needed this one to stay right in the playoff race.

Fernando Tatis Jr. matched his career high with four hits, Jurickson Profar homered and San Diego snapped a five-game skid, holding off San Francisco 9-6 Wednesday night and ending the Giants' nine-game winning streak.

Manager Jayce Tingler pointed to how his players patiently focus during at-bats and found ways to add on important runs late in the game.

“Up and down the guys were loose, they were locked in,” Tingler said. “You look up and we’re back to four-hour games, but honestly that’s when we’re probably playing more winning baseball and kind of grinding long at-bats, all those things.”

Adam Frazier got four hits and Manny Machado doubled twice for the Padres, who trail St. Louis by one game for the second NL wild-card spot.

San Francisco had its lead in the NL West cut to 1 1/2 games by the Los Angeles Dodgers, with both teams already assured playoff spots. The majors-best Giants (95-51) held the club’s longest winning streak since a 10-game run in 2004.

The Giants hit four solo homers: pinch-hitter Thairo Estrada in the third, Kris Bryant in the sixth, then late lineup addition Steven Duggar and Brandon Belt each connected in the seventh.

“We kept fighting till the very end, that’s all you can ask for,” Belt said.

Duggar struck out against Emilio Pagán to end the eighth with two runners aboard and the Giants trailing 7-5.

Joe Musgrove (11-9) earned his third win in four starts and bounced back from a loss to the Dodgers his last time out, allowing three runs on five hits over six innings.

“Our offense gave me a lot of energy and a lot...

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