A 6-5 loss to the Padres sent the Giants 8.5 games back of the final wild card spot, the widest gap of the season.
SAN FRANCISCO — The opening game of the Giants’ home stand was interrupted for nearly an hour by separate stoppages Monday night, but not even lighting malfunctions or injured umpires could delay the inevitable.
Joc Pederson provided the Giants’ only offense for most of the night with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, then afterward squarely summed up the state of affairs at the corner of Third and King.San Francisco mounted a threat in the eighth, with RBI singles from Austin Slater and J.D. Davis pulling the Giants within one run.
It took another 40 minutes for play to resume between the third and fourth innings when the lights at Oracle Park failed to properly illuminate the field once the sun set on the clear, 64-degree day. Pederson, who has never missed the postseason in his seven previous seasons, has turned things around after a midseason slump and is playing like someone who doesn’t want to make October plans.
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