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San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - Bengie Molina hit a pair of homers, including the winning solo blast off Cla Meredith with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, to boost the Giants to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres.

Randy Winn had two hits and an RBI for San Francisco, which avoided matching its worst start since moving to the Bay Area from New York over 50 years ago.

Tim Lincecum gave up seven hits and a run while striking out seven over six innings in the start for the Giants, who snapped a four-game skid to move to 2-6 on the season.

Brad Hennessey (1-0) fanned three batters over the final two innings to get the victory.

Brian Giles singled four times and knocked in a run for the Padres. San Diego, which recorded 13 hits — all singles — has dropped two of its last three games.

Randy Wolf was charged with five hits and two runs over the first six innings for the Padres, who lost for just the second time in the last 13 games to the Giants.

The Padres tied the game in the ninth inning off Brian Wilson. Josh Bard walked and pinch-hitter Tony Clark had a hit down the left-field line before Brian Giles lifted a sacrifice fly to left.

Eugenio Velez singled to start the bottom of the 10th, but was later thrown out at third base on a ground ball from Winn, which turned into a double play.

The Padres wasted a one-out Giles single in the 11th, and after Meredith (0-1) fanned Aaron Rowand to start the bottom of the frame, Molina clubbed a 1-2 offering over the wall in left field.

“It wasn’t an absolutely bad pitch, I just picked a bad time to let a slider fall out on me,” Meredith said. “It looks like he had made up his mind to swing at anything close.”

It was Molina’s first career extra-inning homer and fifth walk-off blast of his career.

“It was pretty amazing to see those guys waiting for me at home,” Molina said. “When I got to first base I just wanted to turn around and come back.”

Molina led off the bottom of the second with a homer to left and Winn doubled in Brian Bocock in the third for a 2-0 advantage.

San Diego loaded the bases in the sixth and scored once, but missed a chance on more runs. Khalil Greene sent a fly ball to left and it glanced off the glove of a back-tracking Dan Ortmeier near the wall. However, the runners got crossed up thinking that Ortmeier would catch the ball, and the Padres were left with runners at first and second with one out. Scott Hairston then fanned and Bard flied out.

Game Notes

The Padres placed catcher Michael Barrett on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with a strained ligament in his right elbow, while the Giants put outfielder Dave Roberts on the 15-day DL with inflammation in his left knee…Hairston was ejected in the eighth inning after arguing a third strike on a checked swing.

Last updated: April 9, 2008 at 2:27 AM
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