Nestor Cortes gave up three homers in the first inning while pitching for the Padres on Aug. 18, and ... that sounds familiar.

Nick Pivetta survived another Giants ambush. Then he got back to doing what he does best: playing stopper. The fiery right-hander tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts over six strong innings, Manny Machado ended a 14-game RBI drought and the Padres beat the Giants 5-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 40,

Flores went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Monday's 4-3 win over the Padres. Flores got the start at designated hitter, and he made an early impact by taking southpaw Nestor Cortes deep in the first inning.

At PETCO Park on Wednesday, the San Francisco Giants face the San Diego Padres (four consecutive defeats) at 9:40 p.m. ET. The Padres are favored at home (-154) against the Giants (+130). The scheduled starters are JP Sears for the San Diego Padres, and Landen Roupp (7-6) for the San Francisco Giants.

Wilmer Flores wasn't placed on the injured list, but he is absent from the Giants' lineup yet again as they face the Nationals on Saturday.

The right-handed-hitting Flores will hit the bench for a fourth straight game, with the Giants having faced right-handed pitchers in each of those contests. He appears to have faded into the short side of platoon with the left-handed-hitting Dominic Smith,

PORT ST. LUCIE — Doubters can doubt, Wilmer Flores doesn’t care. Truth be told, he doubted himself last year when it came to playing shortstop, but this is a much different gig now. After ...

Heliot Ramos and Rafael Devers hit back-to-back then Wilmer Flores launches a two-run home run in the top of the 1st