San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres Box Score on Sep 02, 2023

San Diego's Blake Snell pitched six shutout innings and his teammates hit four homers off San Francisco Giants rookie left-hander Kyle Harrison in the host Padres' 6-1 win on Saturday night.

Juan Soto gave the Padres a quick lead with a solo homer in the first. Xander Bogaerts and Gary Sanchez hit solo homers in the second, and Garrett Cooper delivered a three-run shot in the sixth. The home runs accounted for four of the Padres' six hits.

Meanwhile, Snell (12-9) lowered his majors-leading earned run average to 2.50. He gave up three hits and four walks with eight strikeouts. He is third in the majors with 201 strikeouts.

Harrison (1-1) was making his third start with the Giants. He gave up six runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings and saw his ERA jump to 4.70 from 1.86 ERA.

All four of San Diego's homers traveled at least 400 feet.

With two out in the first, Soto drove a 95 mph fastball 415 feet to center for his 27th homer of the season.

Bogaerts led off the second with his 16th homer, a 402-foot drive to center off a 2-and-1 breaking ball. It was Bogaerts' third homer in his last seven games at Petco Park. Two hitters later, Sanchez hit his 19th homer of the season -- a 430-foot drive to center off a 1-and-1 changeup.

Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the Padres' sixth with a single but was forced at second on Soto's groundout. Bogaerts drew a two-out walk and Cooper, whom the Padres acquired from Miami at the trade deadline, hit a 400-foot bomb to left-center. It was his 15th homer of the season.

The Giants broke up the shutout in the ninth. Left-handed reliever Ray Kerr walked Casey Schmitt, hit Wade Meckler with a pitch and allowed Austin Slater's double to right field to score Schmitt. Kerr then got a strikeout and groundout to end the game.

--Field Level Media