The Padres remained a game ahead of the Phillies for the No. 5 seed in the National League playoffs.
SAN DIEGO — Joe Musgrove pitched six shutout innings in a potential postseason tune-up and Wil Myers homered to cap a seven-run eighth that carried the San Diego Padres past the San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Monday night.
The fifth seed will play a best-of-three series on the road this weekend against the Mets or Braves — whichever one does not win the NL East. The sixth seed will play its best-of-three set at NL Central champion St. Louis. Shelby Miller allowed five runs in 1 1/3 innings. Sean Hjelle had an impressive outing in relief for the Giants, pitching five scoreless innings while striking out eight.
“It’s pretty easy to forecast what those three are going to look like but I’m reluctant to say that right now,” he explained.
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