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SAN DIEGO -- The reeling San Francisco Giants managed just six hits off Ian Kennedy and three relievers, losing 8-2 to the San Diego Padres on Sunday to fall 4 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West race. The Giants chances of winning the division were dealt a serious blow by the three-game sweep at the hands of the lowly Padres. The Giants open a three-game series at Dodger Stadium on Monday night. San Francisco is still in good shape to clinch a wild-card berth, although it dropped into a tie with Pittsburgh in the race for the top spot. The Giants and Pirates are 4 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee. San Francisco has scored only 14 runs in losing six of eight games. Yasmani Grandal had three RBIs while Rene Rivera and Cameron Maybin each drove in two runs for the Padres, who improved to 9-6 against the Giants this year. The teams will finish the season with a four-game series in San Francisco starting Thursday night. Kennedy (12-13) struck out five, giving him a career-high 201 and making him the fourth Padres pitcher to fan 200 in a season. He held the Giants to two runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings, with one walk. Kennedy retired the first 11 Giants batters before Buster Posey beat out an infield single. Ryan Vogelsong (8-12) held the Padres hitless until Seth Smith doubled into the gap in right-centre leading off the fifth. Smith advanced on Riveras single to left and scored on Amaristas sacrifice fly. The Padres piled on in the sixth with four runs, three unearned, off three pitchers. Yangervis Solarte and Will Venable singled opening the sixth and a throwing error by third baseman Pablo Sandoval on Jedd Gyorkos grounder loaded the bases and chased Vogelsong. Javier Lopez allowed a sacrifice fly by Grandal and walked Seth Smith to again load the bases. George Kontos came on and allowed Riveras RBI groundout. Alexi Amarista was intentionally walked and Maybin hit a two-run single. Grandal hit a two-run double in the seventh. Vogelsong allowed four runs, two earned, in five innings while striking out five and walking one. Giants rookie Chris Dominguez hit a two-run homer to left off Kennedy with two outs in the seventh for his first career big league hit. He was called up from Triple-A Fresno on Sept. 1. Brandon Crawford was aboard on a single. TRAINERS ROOM Giants: Manager Bruce Bochy said its doubtful that CF Angel Pagan and INF-OF Michael Morse will be able to play in the Dodgers series. Pagan has a bulging disc in his back and will be examined again on Monday. Bochy said Morse likely will go to San Francisco to get an MRI on his strained side muscle. Padres: Manager Bud Black isnt sure if RHP Tyson Ross will make another start this season due to a sore right arm. Ross last pitched on Sept. 13. 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Krejci tipped in a shot with eight-tenths of a second left in the third period to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over San Jose on Thursday night, sending the Sharks to their first regulation loss of the season. "Actually I thought there might be more than 10 seconds, maybe 15, 20 seconds left," he said, breaking into a smile. "Then we scored it Luc (Milan Lucic) said Look up. I looked up and it was .8. It was even sweeter." Jarome Iginla scored his first goal with the Bruins (7-2) and goaltender Tuukka Rask was outstanding, making 38 saves. "I was pretty excited to get my first in a Bruins uniform and to get it at home, get it in a tough game, and to get it unexpectedly," Iginla said. "Its kind of like you throw it at the net and Wow. That was cool. Its been a while. You always hope its coming." The Sharks dominated the Bruins for most of the night until Krejci sent the fans to the streets happy, looking to watch the end of the Red Sox World Series game about 3 miles away. Patrick Marleau had San Joses goal, his eighth of the season. Antti Niemi stopped 15 shots. Krejci, positioned in the slot, tipped defenceman Adam McQuaids shot from the point between Niemis pads for the game-winner. "There was a guy in front, so I thought just to watch the puck and I thought I had it, but he tipped it kind of back the same way where I was coming from," Niemi said. "Yeah, tough way to lose with just a little bit left in the game." The Sharks (8-1-1) tied the game at 1-all on the opening shift of the third period when Marleau swooped in from the left wing, slipping a rebound past Rask 18 seconds into the period. Seconds later, Rask came across the crease and made a blocker save on Tomas Hertl at the end of a 2-on-1 break. The Sharks kept up the pressure with a flurry of shots over the next 2 1/2 minutes. "I looked up at the clock and was happy there was .8 ," Boston coach Claude Julien said. The Bruins had an excellent chance with 2 1/2 minutes left in regulation when Niemi dropped to make a pad save on Krejcis bid from in close. Rasks play kept Boston in this game. "Their goalie played well tonnight and made a lot of key saves for them," Marleau said.dddddddddddd Iginla had given Boston a 1-0 lead with 1:12 left in the second when he collected the rebound of Dennis Seidenbergs shot near the bottom of the right circle, firing a shot that trickled into the net after hitting Niemis right pad and slipping between his legs. Signed to a one-year free-agent deal that could earn him as much as $6 million with incentives, Iginla had a big smile on his face as he went over to the bench to accept congratulations from his teammates. The 36-year old winger vetoed a trade that would have sent him to the Bruins when they had a deal in place at last seasons trading deadline. He ended up accepting a deal to Pittsburgh, which was swept in the Eastern Conference finals by Boston last spring. Niemi had robbed Patrice Bergeron about 2 minutes before Iginlas goal when he came across the crease to make a glove stop at the end of a 2-on-1 break. Bruins winger Shawn Thornton unloaded a slap shot that caromed off the left post 3 minutes into the second. The Bruins played the first period like many of their fans from the slimmed-down crowd -- like they had something else on their minds. With the Red Sox hosting Game 2 of the at Fenway Park, there were a decent number of empty seats despite the clubs 170th straight sellout of TD Garden. The arena, which was less than a third full about 10 minutes before game time, ended up being only about three-quarters filled, with many open seats in the club and lower sections. San Jose outshot Boston 16-3 in the opening period -- at times, controlling the puck for lengthy stretches in the Bruins zone. NOTES: Bostons GM Peter Chiarelli said in a statement before the game that winger Loui Eriksson was "diagnosed with a concussion and will be out indefinitely" after a hit on Wednesday from Buffalos enforcer John Scott, who was issued a match penalty for charging. Scott was suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Thursday. It ended Erikssons streak of consecutive games played at 148. ... It was the Sharks second game of a season-long five-game road trip. They also play at Montreal, Ottawa and the Los Angeles Kings before returning home to face Phoenix on Nov. 2. ... Boston defenceman Dougie Hamilton faced his brother, Freddie, a centre with the Sharks. ' ' '