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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants bullpen had another tough night and squandered a chance to close in on the NL West lead.Ryan Schimpf hit a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and San Franciscos relievers gave up a lead and chance to gain ground on the division-leading Dodgers in a 6-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Its a punch in the stomach, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Youve got to bounce back.Hunter Strickland (3-3) started the ninth and allowed two runs, three singles and a bases-loaded walk to Wil Myers, then Steven Okert entered to try to get the final out. Schimpf clobbered the fourth offering and sent it into the center-field bleachers for his 19th homer.Jake Smith (1-0) pitched the eighth for his first career victory after San Diego claimed him from the Giants in July, then Kevin Quackenbush finished for his second save as some Giants fans booed.Schimpf really did all the work. I just threw up a zero, said Smith, who was once on the grounds crew for the Giants Class A Augusta affiliate.Okert offered no excuses. He was ready to go despite the short notice to warm up.Its September, were in the playoff race, youre checked in the whole game, he said.There were two bloopers and a groundball Buster Posey stopped at first base only to have the ball ricochet off his glove on a failed play. The Giants blew their sixth save in 10 September opportunities.Angel Pagan homered leading off the fifth and Gorkys Hernandez also homered for the Giants, who stayed four games back of NL West-leading Los Angeles after the Dodgers lost earlier at the New York Yankees. San Francisco remained percentage points ahead of the Mets for the top NL wild-card spot.Hunter Pence hit a run-scoring double and Brandon Crawford had an RBI single for San Francisco, which will host St. Louis for a four-game weekend set and still must play six with the Dodgers among the final 18 games of the season.Thats just buzzard luck that inning for Strick early, Bochy said. Up until that inning it couldnt have gone better.Albert Suarez, who has bounced between the rotation and bullpen, had been in position to win for the first time since June 23 at Pittsburgh -- a span of six starts and 10 outings. The right-hander gave up one run and six hits, struck out one and walked two in five innings.Shut out on five hits a night earlier, the Giants got a unique lineup from Bochy -- and not all by design, either.Posey had been scheduled to have a night off but Bochy used his regular catcher at first base given all of the other regulars not in the lineup. First baseman Brandon Belt was ill.The Giants lost their fifth straight to San Diego during which they had been outscored 26-14 after winning the initial nine matchups of 2016.Padres starter Clayton Richard surrendered a season-high 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed three runs, struck out four and walked three in his sixth start of the season for the Padres after signing last month following his release by the Cubs.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: Manager Andy Green still hopes RHP Jon Edwards will return from an elbow strain and pitch before seasons end. He had a platelet-rich plasma and stem cell injection a couple of weeks ago then threw at instructional league Tuesday with plans to do so again. That would be followed by live batting practice. ... San Diego hopes RHP Jarred Cosart (hamstring, groin) will be ready to start Sundays series finale at Colorado or at the latest Monday against Arizona.Giants: INF Eduardo Nunez, scratched Monday night with back tightness, was held out again because of soreness in the left side of his back. ... CF Denard Span and 2B Joe Panik had the night off.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Luis Perdomo (7-9, 5.89 ERA) makes his fourth career appearance and second start against the Giants. He is 5-7 with a 4.09 ERA over his last 23 starts.Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (14-8, 2.61) goes for the 100th victory of his career as the series wraps up Wednesday afternoon. He is 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA in his last four home starts vs. San Diego with 38 strikeouts to four walks.Malik Monk Hornets Jersey . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. 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Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals.LANDOVER, Md. -- Reality hit the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night: Their season is on the brink after a 42-24 loss to the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field served as the Packers fourth straight defeat.With six games remaining, they are 4-6 and two games behind NFC North co-leaders Detroit and Minnesota.Even if they stop the streak next Monday night in Philadelphia, the Packers will be two games behind in the division because the Lions and Vikings play Thursday in the annual Thanksgiving game in Detroit.We understand clearly whats in front of us, so six losses puts your ass against the wall, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Sunday. And thats where we are.Its an unusual position for a McCarthy-coached team. The Packers streak of seven playoff appearances is in jeopardy. They havent had a losing season since?Aaron Rodgers first year as the starting quarterback in 2008.Obviously coming in here, we knew we needed this game, McCarthy said. This puts us at 4-6, and our backs are up against it. Weve lost four in a row, lost some guys tonight to injury. Its important for us to get back home, hopefully assess where we are, move forward and get reaady for Philadelphia.dddddddddddd Just didnt play well enough.It was another poor performance by the Packers defense, which has allowed 30 or more points in four straight games -- the first time a Packers team has done that since 1953, according to Elias Sports Bureau research. In each of the past two games, coordinator Dom Capers unit has given up 40-plus points.Defense, we didnt stop em, McCarthy said. Our pass defense, we didnt get off the field. It was touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, field goal in the second half. I think that tells the story.Still, McCarthy insisted his team was going to rally, stick together.Weve got a good taste of the reaction of our football team to five losses, so clearly understand its not going to get any better being at six losses, McCarthy said. So thats part of the challenge in front of us, and I have all the confidence in the world. This is a great group of men, so I dont question that part of it. But we all need to perform better, and we did not get it done tonight. ' ' '