Tatís homers, Cease strikes out 10 as Padres blank Giants 5-0

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fernando Tatis Jr.

hit a two-run homer, Dylan Cease struck out 10 in six shutout innings and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Friday night.

The Padres are a half-game ahead of the Diamondbacks atop the National League wild card standings and 1 1/2 games in front of the Mets for the third and final wild card spot.

The Giants have lost three of four.

Luis Arraez had three hits and a walk on Friday, extending his streak to 129 consecutive at bats without a strikeout.

Its the longest since Juan Pierre went 147 at bats without a strikeout in 2004.

Cease (13-11) recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in the third inning when he got Donovan Walton looking.

He held the Giants to four hits and two walks, and also got some help from defense in the sixth when Tatis and Jake Cronenworth combined to cut down Heliot Ramos at the plate on a double by Patrick Bailey.

San Diego scored three times in the first inning off Logan Webb (12-10).

Tatis homered to center field after Arraez led off the game with a single.

Xander Bogaerts drove in Manny Machado with an RBI double later in the inning.

Webb gave up a fourth run in the fourth when he threw wildly to first on a comebacker by Elias Diaz, allowing Jackson Merrill to score from second.

He exited after the fourth after allowing seven hits, striking out four and walking one while throwing 83 pitches.

TRAINERS ROOM Padres: IF Ha-Seong Kim (right shoulder inflammation), whose recovery has been shaky, was scheduled to throw on Friday but manager Mike Shildt said that Kim has gone back a little bit in his throwing intensity.

Giants: IF Tyler Fitzgerald (lower back tightness) has no structural damage in his lower back after undergoing an MRI.

The shortstop is considered day-to-day after leaving Thursdays game early, and manager Bob Melvin said he isnt expected to go on the IL.

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LHP Robbie Ray (left hamstring strain) is scheduled to throw a bullpen this weekend.

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RHP Randy Rodriguez (right elbow inflammation) threw a bullpen on Thursday and is scheduled for another on Sunday.

UP NEXT RHP Mason Black (0-3, 7.50 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the Giants in the second game of the series, opposite RHP Joe Musgrove (5-5, 4.64 ERA) for the Padres.

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