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Giants host the Padres on 3-game home win streak

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

San Diego Padres (20-14, second in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (14-21, fourth in the NL West) San Francisco; Tuesday, 9:45 p. m.

EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Walker Buehler (1-2, 5. 40 ERA, 1. 56 WHIP, 24 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (2-3, 4.

30 ERA, 1. 36 WHIP, 38 strikeouts) LINE: Giants -132, Padres +111; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the San Diego Padres aiming to extend a three-game home winning streak. San Francisco is 14-21 overall and 8-9 at home.

The Giants have the ninth-ranked team batting average in the NL at . 242. San Diego has gone 9-6 on the road and 20-14 overall.

Padres hitters have a collective . 377 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the NL. The teams meet Tuesday for the fifth time this season.