Preview the Aug. 20 matchup between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

The San Diego Padres took the series over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, winning three of four games despite playing the entire set without star centerfielder Jackson Merrill. The 22-year-old exited Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers early with a bone bruise in his left ankle, after initially tweaking it a couple of games prior.

Bob Melvin did not hold back on how frustrating Thursday night was for the Giants in their loss to the Padres.

Giants manager Bob Melvin speaks to reporters after San Francisco’s 8-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday at Petco Park.Bob Melvin assesses Giants' struggles, Joel Peguero's debut after loss to

The Padres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Giants to make this four-game series a little more interesting. San Diego is now 4-1 versus San Francisco over the last 10 days, but 1-4 since the three-game set with the Giants.

Through three innings, the Giants positioned themselves to at least salvage a series split. Verlander retired the first nine batters he faced, and rare shoddy defense from right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. paved the way for San Francisco to take a 2-0 lead.

Manny Machado drove in three runs against Justin Verlander and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 8-4 in a sloppy game.

Nick Pivetta allowed a leadoff homer by Jung Hoo Lee and then settled down to tie his season high with 10 strikeouts in six innings and lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants.

Compared to some of their NL West adversaries, the Giants and president Buster Posey have a lot of work to do when it comes to the bullpen.

Petco park erupted in boos after a security guard brutally tackled a San Diego Padres kid who ran out on the field.