Mon Apr 7 20:03:06 2008

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Padres win as Maddux foils Giants again

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San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Khalil Greene went 2-for-3 with three RBI and Greg Maddux hurled seven strong innings, as San Diego topped San Francisco, 8-4, in the Giants' home-opener at AT&T Park.

Maddux (1-0) scattered three hits and one run, striking out five and walking a pair en route to his 348th career victory. In typically efficient fashion, he needed only 93 pitches to record his 15th win with San Diego, after a 14-11 year in 2007, his first with the club.

Adrian Gonzalez finished 4-for-5 with two runs batted in and scored four times for the Padres, winners in three of five. Jim Edmonds added two hits and two RBI in the first contest of a three-game set.

Bengie Molina went 2-for-4 with a run scored and three driven in for the Giants, who have dropped four straight.

Matt Cain (0-1) suffered the loss, charged with seven hits and five runs -- four earned -- with five walks and five strikeouts over 4 1/3 frames.

Already ahead by one, the Padres scored three times in the third and effectively wrapped up the contest.

Tadahito Iguchi started things with a single and moved up on a Gonzalez base hit. Kevin Kouzmanoff followed with a bloop to center that loaded the bases, and Edmonds dropped one into center to plate Iguchi. Greene followed with a sacrifice fly to left for a 4-1 game, and Jose Castillo muffed Scott Hairston's grounder, allowing Kouzmanoff to cross the plate.

Gonzalez led off the seventh with a single and scored on Greene's triple to push the visitors' lead to 6-1. San Diego pushed across two more in the ninth on an Edmonds RBI single and another Greene sacrifice fly.

The Giants picked up three in the ninth off Enrique Gonzalez on Molina's two-run double and Jose Castillo's double-play groundout.

San Diego gave Maddux an early cushion as Gonzalez lifted his second homer of the season, a two-run shot, into the stands in left. The boost was valuable as Molina's two-out RBI single put the Giants on the board in the home half.

Game Notes

The Padres won 14 of the 18 meetings last season...Cain is 0-4 in his last seven starts against San Diego...Maddux has won six straight games over the Giants...Attendance was 42,861.