Petco Park’s packed house filled the Gaslamp Quarter with a symphony of boos. Ramos proceeded to troll the Padres fans sitting in the left-field bleachers, pointing and laughing at the Friar faithful. The rest of the night, Ramos was greeted with boos every time he stepped to the plate or fielded a fly ball.

The San Francisco Giants got their daunting road trip off to a strong start with a 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres on Monday at Petco Park.

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San Diego Padres center fielder Jackson Merrill is out of the Padres lineup against the Giants on Monday after suffering an apparent left ankle injury in Sunday's series finale against the Dodgers.

Dominic Smith hit a three-run single and Drew Gilbert and Tyler Fitzgerald added solo homers as the San Francisco Giants beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1.

Nick Pivetta allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings and Ramón Laureano had three of the Padres’ 14 hits as San Diego completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with an 11-1 rout.

The Giants came into the week with a prime opportunity to try to claw back into the National League Wild Card race and gain some ground on one of the teams they were trying to chase down in the standings.

SAN FRANCISCO — As the season started to collapse on the last homestand, the Giants at least could lean on one fact. They had seven games left against a San Diego Padres team they were hoping to chase down.