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Xander Bogaerts homered and knocked in three runs as the San Diego Padres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.

After scoring just three runs in its previous 43 innings, going back to a 2-0 win on April 22 in Detroit, San Diego worked over Logan Webb (3-2) and three relievers for 11 hits. It was the Padres’ highest-scoring game since a 10-4 home win over the Chicago Cubs on April 14.

Bogaerts, who had knocked in just five runs in the Padres’ first 28 games, led the charge. His RBI single up the middle started a three-run rally in the first inning, and his two-run homer with two outs in the seventh, his first homer of the year, supplied valuable insurance.

Nick Pivetta (5-1) allowed five hits and three runs over 5 1/3 innings, walking one and fanning nine to post his fourth straight win. Four relievers finished up from there, with Robert Suarez pitching a 1-2-3 ninth for his 11th save in as many chances.

Webb permitted nine hits and five runs in five innings, with a walk and six strikeouts. He was an out away from retiring the side in order in the first when game-shaping trouble arrived. Manny Machado singled and Gavin Sheets walked before Bogaerts produced his run-scoring single. Jose Iglesias made it 3-0 moments later on a two-run single to right-center.

Willy Adames got San Francisco on the board in the fourth with a solo homer, his second homer of the year. But San Diego upped its advantage to 5-1 in its half of the fourth inning. Luis Arraez, one of two players to return off the injured list, scored Jason Heyward with a sacrifice fly. Machado spanked a two-out RBI single.

The Giants chased Pivetta and got back into the game in the sixth with three runs. Adames doubled and scored on Jung Hoo Lee’s single to center, followed by LaMonte Wade’s two-run double into the left field corner.

–Field Level Media