SAN DIEGO -- The San Francisco Giants lost both the wild-card lead and right fielder Dustan Mohr in a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
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Mohr injured his left knee when he tripped over the mound in the Giants' bullpen in foul territory down the right field line just as he caught Mark Loretta's fly ball, which allowed Kerry Robinson to score the winning run with one out.
"A lot of people were yelling at him not to catch the ball," reliever Wayne Franklin said. "That's just pouring salt in an open wound."
Mohr remained on the ground for several minutes after being hurt. His knee was X-rayed at the stadium, but results were not yet known.
"You hate for the game to end that way," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said.
The Padres didn't have a hit in their winning rally, which was aided by two Giants' errors.
The Giants and Chicago Cubs were tied for the wild-card lead going into Wednesday's games but they both lost, allowing Houston to take the lead by a half-game after beating St. Louis.
The Padres are 2½ games back.
San Francisco remained three games behind Los Angeles in the NL West. After playing the Padres on Thursday night, the Giants head to Los Angeles for a season-ending, three-game series.
"We knew we had to win today," Giants manager Felipe Alou said. "The next step is to win tomorrow. We know we have to win out, but we can't panic."
The Padres started the winning rally off Dustin Hermanson (6-8) when Ramon Hernandez reached on third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo's throwing error. Freddy Guzman pinch-ran for Hernandez, and took third when catcher Yorvit Torrealba bounced a throw past first baseman Pedro Feliz for an error on Kerry Robinson's sacrifice. Ramon Vazquez was intentionally walked to load the bases.
With the infield playing in, Guzman was forced at home on Jay Payton's grounder to second. That brought up Loretta.
Trevor Hoffman (3-3) pitched two perfect innings for the win. It was the first time he pitched two innings since Sept. 12, 2002.
The Padres wasted two great scoring chances in the seventh and eighth innings. They stranded runners on first and second in the eighth, and left the bases loaded in the seventh.
Giants rookie left-hander Noah Lowry did not get a decision and remained undefeated in 14 big league starts. Lowry, trying to win his seventh straight decision, allowed Hernandez's two-run homer to straightaway center field with one out in the sixth to tie the game at 3.
"It's not over yet," Bochy said. "We're going on hope here. We're trying to win ballgames and see what happens. The guys haven't given up."
Rich Aurilia homered leading off the fourth, his second. Aurilia singled ahead of Hernandez's homer, which was his 18th.
Lowry allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, struck out four and walked three.
David Wells pitched well in his final home start of the season for his hometown Padres. He went eight innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking one. He held Barry Bonds to an 0-for-3 night, with one walk.
The Giants took a 2-0 lead in the first on Feliz's broken-bat, bloop double down the right-field line. Wells allowed Alfonzo's single with two outs and walked Barry Bonds to bring up Feliz.
After Aurilia's homer pulled the Padres to 2-1, the Giants scored again on Deivi Cruz's RBI single in the fifth.
Notes
- Hernandez has three straight multihit games, with homers in two straight games.
- Giants 2B Ray Durham came out of the game in the bottom of the eighth with what the team believes is a right quad strain.
- Wells gestured in disbelief after plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt called a ball on a 3-1 curveball to Bonds in the eighth. Bonds grounded out to first base.
- Giants closer Dustin Hermanson said the appeal of his three-game suspension won't be heard until after the regular season. He received the suspension Tuesday for intentionally hitting Houston's Jeff Kent with a pitch last week.
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