The San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 8-1 Wednesday night at Petco Park Plenty of power, plenty of pitching and great glove work… those were the keys to a Padres win Wednesday night at Petco Park.

These two weeks in which the Padres are playing only the Giants and Dodgers have provided some mood swings. The Padres moved into first place in the National League West with a sweep in San Francisco last week and fell back into second place when they were swept in Los Angeles over the weekend.

The Padres’ four home runs Wednesday — including three from Sheets and O'Hearn — were their most since they crushed five on May 10.

After San Diego acquired Ramon Laureano and Ryan O'Hearn at the trade deadline, Sheets saw his playing time drop dramatically -- he got a second straight start Wednesday, but prior to that, the veteran slugger had been out of the starting lineup for six straight games.

500, would be scary with some power. “Makes it really dangerous,” Gavin Sheets said. “I think we put a ton of pressure with our baserunning, with the way we make contact, drive the ball gap to gap. But I think the power is contagious too.”

In the 2nd, Gavin Sheets cruised an 0-1 hanging curve over the right field wall. Roupp had been getting some nice run on his sinker, using its backdoor movement against righties to exploit the outside corner, but command of his breaking ball since his ...

Gavin Sheets hits a three-run home run to right field, his second homer of the game, to give the Padres a 6-0 lead in the 3rd

Joey Lucchesi replaced Roupp and allowed a three-run homer by Gavin Sheets that gave the Padres a 6-0 lead. Thanks to the best reading lights, you no longer have to worry about blue light before bed, bothering a sleeping partner, or straining your eyes in ...

San Francisco Giants starter Landen Roupp was taken from the field on a cart after being struck by a line drive in the third inning of Wednesday's 8-1 loss to San Diego.

Gavin Sheets homered twice, Ryan O’Hearn and Manny Machado also homered, and JP Sears + the bullpen held the Giants down as the Padres took a 2-1 series lead.