The San Francisco Giants were only able to come up with four hits against the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, but they made sure one of those hits was a home run. Rich Aurilia’s home run in the seventh inning was the only run scored in the game as the Giants beat the Padres 1-0.
In a pitchers duel, Tim Linecum improved to 4-0 on the season as he tossed 6.1 innings and only allowed four hits. Linecum lowered his ERA to 1.23 in the game as well. Jack Taschner, Vinnie Chulk, and Brian Wilson all held the Padres scoreless for the final 2.2 innings of the game. Wilson picked up his seventh save of the season.
On a night where the Giants hitters only got four hits, they only ended up needed the one off Aurilia’s bat in the seventh inning. The home run was Aurilia’s first of the season. It was a pretty poor offensive showing for the Giants.
