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There's something about San Diego Padres first baseman Jesus Guzman that fires up the Giants. In a good way. Now, if the Giants can just harness that emotion, they might be on to something. Read more Jesus Guzman news

The good and the bad from the Padres' 4-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

1st Inning Chris Denorfia didn't even let the first pitch cross the plate before popping out. Eric Stults let a couple guys get on base, but they got stuck there. 2nd Inning Madison Bumgarner decided that he was going to play tough guy and throw at Jesus Guzman. Well, he missed him. Couldn't even hit him. Well, The Guz was none too pleased with the attempted assault of his hip so he gave Bumgarner a piece of his mind. He took some steps towards the mound. Posey got in the way as Bumgarner walked towards the plate. Benches cleared for a little bit of a kerfuffle. Vocal jabs were thrown, but the players kept their fists in the holster. Guzman then hit a ball pretty solidly that made me get out of my chair because I thought he had a home run. He didn't. He popped out to left. Move in the fences. 3rd Inning Will Venable is such a player. He saw the baseball and said "Hey, you wanna go out?". Ball was just spinning with excitement and said "YES!" So, he took it out to right field and never saw it again. 10th one this year. Poor baseballs. Padres take the lead on Will Venable's home run, but I can't help feeling bad for that ball. PADRES 1-0 4th Inning After 2 singles, Brandon Belt hit a ball to the one part of the outfield that Kyle Blanks could not gun it to 88 and reach the ball in time near the foul line. Bloop single scores a runner. Tie game. Tie Game 1-1 7th Inning Jesus Guzman steps up to the plate. The fire in his belly from Bumgarner targeting him with a pitch still burns. In one swing of the bat, he extinguished Bumgarner's chances of putting him away again. Guzman's 2nd home run in 2 days puts the Padres in THE LEAD. PADRES 2-1 Eric Stults' day ended after giving up a single. He went 6.1 innings with 3 strikeouts and 2 walks to go with giving up 7 hits for 2 ER. Then, the lead ended. Luke Gregerson had a worse line than Stults. He gave up 4 hits for 2 ER in zero innings pitched. He threw for no innings. In his zero innings, he gave up 3 singles and a triple. The triple gave the Giants the lead and a single gave them a 4th run. Tyson Ross came in and struck out 2 guys, then all 3 in the 8th. Should have picked Tyson before Luke. Giants 4-2 9th Inning Nothing happened. Game over. Not a happy flight and technically the Padres have a losing streak. That streak ends tomorrow when they take on the worst team in the NL West. Win tomorrow, Padres! Total comments 465 Total commenters 24 Commenter list A huevo, Axion, Back2SD2006, Darklighter, Drama, Dubsco, EvilSammy, Friar Fever, Ivan Verastica, Sam (sdsuaztec4), The AZ Lurker, TheThinGwynn, Thelonious_Friar, Wonko, Zen Blade, abara, chris.callahan.7777, grizzlysd187, jbox, jodes0405, podpeople, sdchicken, sixpakfrombelgium, soulSD

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Daniel Shirey-USA Today Sports This fantasy baseball season, dynasty leagues owners have finally had the chance to see what Atlanta Braves SP Julio Teheran is truly capable of. The young hurler is currently 5-3 with a respectable 3.36 ERA and 1.20 WHIP. He has pitched like an All-Star this season and has quickly lived up to his lofty expectations. His most impressive start to date was just a couple weeks ago. On June 5th against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Teheran threw eight innings of shutout ball. The former top prospect struck out 11 batters, allowed just one hit, and only issued two walks. He went 7 2/3 innings without issuing a hit and the kid was knocking on the door of his first career no-hitter. Teheran was beat up for five runs against the San Diego Padres in the start following his one-hit performance though. He served up two homers and tied his season-low with just three strikeouts. It was obviously not his best performance. The next outing, though, Teheran turned in another gem. The righty threw six more scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants this past Sunday. He also struck out eight batters, while walking only one. He showed that he has the ability to forget about a bad outing and get right back to work. Not all pitchers have this type of short-term memory, but Teheran has proven that he is not your average fireballer. Many fantasy fans thought Teheran would be an ace, but not many thought he would dominate the majors so soon. He has outpitched several All-Star pitchers from last season and has already matured into a reliable mid-level hurler in all fantasy formats. Adam McGill is the Senior Fantasy Sports Writer at Rant Sports. Follow him on Twitter @adammcgill83, like him on Facebook, or add him to you networks on Google here or here.

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