Clevinger, Padres beat Giants 6-0 for 6th straight win

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Mike Clevinger threw a two-hitter for his second career shutout and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0 Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader forced because of a false positive COVID-19 test.

Greg Garcia and Wil Myers each had a two-run single off Johnny Cueto (2-1) for the Padres, who won their sixth straight game and for the 10th time in 12 games.

San Diego entered entered the day three games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. With the playoffs expanded in the pandemic-shortened season, the Padres are in firm control of second place as they close in on their first postseason berth since 2006.

Clevinger (3-2) struck out seven and walked one in seven innings for his second career complete game. He was making his third start since coming over from Cleveland in a blockbuster trade on Aug. 31.

The Giants said Sunday that outfielder Alex Dickerson received news of a positive test result for the novel coronavirus minutes before he was set to play against his hometown team on Friday night. Dickerson was pulled off the field and placed in isolation at Petco Park, and two games were postponed.

Major League Baseball and the players’ union said Sunday morning that it was determined to be a false positive.

Dickerson said the news of the positive test “came as a complete shock and at no point did I ever think it was real.” Dickerson had half-dozen more tests and, despite an emotional and physical ordeal, was back on the field Sunday, getting the first hit off Clevinger in the first inning.

Garcia hit a two-run single in the second inning and Myers had his two-run base hit in the third. The Padres added two unearned runs in the sixth.

Cueto allowed six runs, four earned, and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out two and walked three.

CLOSE CALL

Padres manager Jayce Tingler said he was informed of Friday night’s postponement less than a minute before the national anthem was played.

MLB hasn’t said when the other postponed game will be made up. The Padres finish the season with games at San Francisco Sept. 25-27.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: Placed RHP Trevor Gott on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching elbow. The move is retroactive to Thursday.

Padres: Placed RHP Javy Guerra on the 10-day IL and recalled RHP Taylor Williams from the alternate training site.

ROSTER MOVES

The Giants added IF Daniel Robertson as the 29th player for the doubleheader and recalled RHP Rico Garcia from their Sacramento alternate site. The Padres added LHP Joey Lucchesi as their 29th man.

UP NEXT

Giants: RHP Logan Webb (2-3, 5.23 ERA) was scheduled to start the second game.

Padres: RHP Garrett Richards (2-2, 4.50) was set to go for San Diego. He had been scheduled to start Friday night’s game that was postponed.

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