The San Diego Padres have a chance to end the season strong, but Mike Shildt needs to make small adjustments to make it happen.

Since the trade, the A's have had all of one save situation on their schedule, which came last Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. Trailing 2-1 entering the top of the ninth, the A's scored twice to take a 3-2 lead, and decided to leave right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the game since manager Mark Kotsay liked how he was throwing the ball.

Giants: Landen Roupp (7-6, 3.54 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 100 strikeouts); Padres: JP Sears (0-0) BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres face the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. San Diego has a 70-56 record overall and a 39-21 record at home.