Brandon Crawford, Jeff Samardzija lead Giants to 8-2 win against Padres

SAN FRANCISCO - Brandon Crawford drove in four runs and Jarrett Parker homered to lead Jeff Samardzija and the streaking San Francisco Giants past the San Diego Padres 8-2 on Tuesday night.

Buster Posey and Denard Span each knocked in a run for the Giants, who have won four consecutive games and 12 of their past 13.

John Jay homered for the Padres, who lost their third in a row and fell to 0-8 against the Giants this season. Hector Sanchez also drove in a run.

Samardzija (7-2) has won three consecutive decisions and six of seven after giving up a run and six hits over 62/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked three.

Andrew Cashner (2-4) came off the disabled list and gave the Padres a six-inning start. He allowed three runs and four hits, walked four and struck out one.

Pitching with a 3-1 lead, Samardzija got the first two outs of the seventh and then gave up a hit to Alexei Ramirez and walked pinch-hitter Christian Bethancourt. Josh Osich came on and mishandled Jay’s grounder to load the bases before getting Alexi Amarista to ground out.

Joe Panik drew a walk to open the sixth and was sacrificed to second. Posey, a .400 hitter against Cashner, delivered a sharp liner into left field for a double that snapped a 1-all tie. Posey later scored on Crawford’s single.

Crawford’s bases-loaded triple and Parker’s two-run homer in the eighth against Keith Hessler broke it open.

NOTES

The Giants put outfielder Angel Pagan went on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. He reinjured it running out a grounder in the eighth inning Monday night. “I felt it just before I got to first base,” Pagan said. “It’s a setback and now I want to give it all the time it needs to recover.”

Right-hander Sergio Romo allowed a home run and struck out three in a rehab outing Monday.