SAN DIEGO (AP) — come the first San Francisco pitcher to go eight innings this season as the Giants battered the San Diego Padres 13-2 Monday night.It gave the bullpen a nice rest http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , and the big right-hander always expects to go as deep as possible.“It feels good when you’re used to that,” said Samardzija, who scattered five hits and had a double among the Giants’ nine extra-base hits.Article continues below ...He was backed by home runs from Kevin Pillar, Evan Longoria and Austin Slater.“You’ve got to get that threshold up as a starter to where that feels normal to be throwing seven, eight, nine innings. Anything other than that is not necessarily a letdown depending on how the day went, but it’s just what you’re out there for and you should expect yourself to be good enough to do that,” Samardzija said.“You have a good sinker that day, throwing off speed for strikes, you’re going to have a good day,” he added. “When you’re pitching that late in the game it’s house money and it always feels good to keep running out there.”The Giants, who beat Arizona 10-4 on Sunday, are coming to the end of a stretch of 20 straight games.Samardzija “was a big story tonight because we had a lot of guys down there we’re trying to give an extra day’s rest,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “He did that and more; eight solid innings, that was huge. Good stuff, good movement. What a great job he did.”Padres rookie left-hander Logan Allen cruised through three innings before the Giants started hitting him hard. Longoria had an RBI double and Slater an RBI triple in the fourth.Samardzija doubled to left field leading off the fifth and scored on Tyler Austin’s two-run double with the bases loaded. Buster Posey followed with an RBI double to chase Allen.Phil Maton came on and retired the side http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , but allowed Brandon Belt’s RBI single in the sixth and then Longoria’s leadoff homer in the seventh and Slater’s solo shot with one out. It was Longoria’s eighth and Slater’s first.Pillar’s three-run homer off Robert Stock highlighted the four-run eighth. It was his 12th.Allen (2-1) was trying for his third straight win. He gave up six runs and seven hits in four-plus innings.“I made some good pitches but big league hitters do what they should against missed pitches,” Allen said. “I missed a few pitches here and there. I still feel like I competed my butt off, but results weren’t there. I let off the gas pedal a little bit to try to find the heater on the inner half.“It’s a good thing this happened,” he added. “I’m not happy it happened, but you learn the most from situations like this, as does everybody in the clubhouse when they have a bad day. I move on, I figure out what was working, what doesn’t. Five days from now it won’t happen again.”TATIS JR.Padres rookie SS Fernando Tatis Jr. again showed his speed when he tripled leading off the sixth and then scored on Manny Machado’s popup to second baseman Joe Panik in shallow right. Tatis also had some nice defensive plays.“He’s a heck of a player, man,” Samardzija said. “He’s young, so you’ve got to understand he’s going to be aggressive and try to make things happen. He can hit. It’s just a matter of keeping him off the bases because his speed creates problems.”Said Bochy: “He’s having quite the year for a rookie. He’s all that’s been advertised, probably even more. He’s got everything: defense, runs well, good hitter, hits with power. They’ve got a nice young player there.”ROSTER MOVESGiants: Optioned RHP Dereck Rodriguez to Triple-A Sacramento and recalled Slater from their top farm club.TRAINER’S ROOMPadres: RHP Dinelson Lamet threw a bullpen and could make a start during a four-game series at the Los Angeles Dodgers that begins Thursday night. He’s been sidelined after having Tommy John surgery in April 2018.UP NEXTGiants: RHP Tyler Beede (1-3, 6.45 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Tuesday night. The Giants are 5-2 in his starts this year http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , winning three of his last four.Padres: LHP Matt Strahm (3-6, 4.94) is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA in five appearances against the Giants, all last year. PHOENIX (AP) — Greg Holland is back in a familiar role as the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ closer.“I’m comfortable in the ninth inning, so I’m glad I get the opportunity to do it again,” said Holland, who won the job Sunday over Archie Bradley and Yoshihisa Hirano.“That being said, you’ve got to worry about today. Things can change in the course of a series, so you’ve just got to stay locked in mentally and go about your business and get outs whether it’s the seventh, eighth, ninth inning, or extra innings.”Holland, who has 189 saves in an eight-year career, agreed to a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks on Jan. 31 that calls for a $3.25 million base salary and gives him an opportunity to earn an additional $3.5 million in performance bonuses: $1 million for games and $2.5 million for games finished.The 33-year-old Holland had 40-save seasons with Kansas City in 2013-14 and returned from Tommy John surgery to lead the NL with 41 saves for Colorado in 2017. He was 2-2 with a 4.66 ERA with St. Louis and Washington last season, when he earned $14 million. His career ERA is 2.83.“I feel great,” Holland said. “I’m just ready to get the season started. It’s a position I’m excited about and I think we’ll have a really deep bullpen as a whole.”Holland has a 12.27 ERA in four Cactus League appearances this spring and has given up two homers in 3 2/3 innings, but Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said the numbers were irrelevant.“He’s been on the mound in the biggest stage http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey ,” Lovullo said. “His stuff started playing up, as we anticipated, and the command of all of his pitches seemed to develop exactly the way he had planned.”Bradley and Hirano, who will open the season as setup men, had three saves apiece last year. Hirano, a closer from 2013-17 with the Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Pacific League, was 4-3 with a 2.44 ERA in his first season with the Diamondbacks in 2018.Bradley was 4-5 with a 3.64 ERA in 76 appearances last year. Both he and Hirano were among the top six in the NL in appearances.“There’s something to be said about getting the last three outs in a game, but for me, it’s not that big a deal,” said Bradley, who was 3-3 with one save and a 1.73 ERA during his first season in the bullpen in 2017.“I literally don’t care what role I throw in. For me, it’s about getting guys out. When you look at the innings I’ve thrown and the competition I’ve faced, a lot of times I’ve been in bigger situations than the actual ninth inning. For me, I take just as much pride in that as in closing a game.“Greg’s got a lot of experience closing. If I get him the ball and he’s closing, we’re winning games. That’s what we’re trying to do.”Holland would get $50,000 each for 15 http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , 20, 25 and 30 games; $100,000 apiece for 35, 40, 45 and 50; and $200,000 each for 55 and 60. He would earn $50,000 each for 15 and 20 games finished; $150,000 apiece for 25, 30, 35 and 40; $300,000 each for 45 and 50; and $600,000 apiece for 55 and 60.