SAN FRANCISCO - If the Giants are going to make a serious run at winning a third World Series title in five years, theyll have to do it starting on the road.Thats perfectly fine with manager Bruce Bochy, whose ballclub has played some of its best games away from the comforts of AT&T Park.It is encouraging, the fact that we have done a good job on the road, Bochy said following San Franciscos 4-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Friday night. We wanted (a home game) for our fans but hey it didnt happen. We look forward to going on the road, just having a chance.San Francisco is two games behind Pittsburgh with two to go. The Pirates hold the tiebreaker, giving them home-field advantage. The Giants could also end up in St. Louis if the Cardinals fail to hold onto their one-game lead in the NL Central.Hunter Pence doesnt care where the wild card game is. He just wants the post-season to begin.Theres a driving force to earn a playoff game at home (by winning), Pence said. Its just a little extra motivation.Ian Kennedy pitched seven innings for his third consecutive win while Seth Smith hit a tiebreaking double in the sixth inning to pace the Padres.Rene Rivera singled in a pair of runs and had two hits, and Yasmani Grandal also drove in a run to help the Padres clinch the season series against their division rivals for the first time since 2010.Kennedy (13-13) gave up one unearned run and four hits while going over 200 innings pitched for the third time in his career. Hes the first San Diego right-hander to do that since current Giants pitcher Jake Peavy in 2007.Its a testament to Ian, Padres manager Bud Black said. He knew what was in front of him. He knew he was six innings from 200. He knew that he was one win away from 13-13. Theres some motivation there, no doubt.The Giants managed just five hits and repeatedly came up empty with runners in scoring position. They got four runners to second base with one out and failed to score each time.San Diego, which rallied from a 6-0 deficit to lead the Giants late before losing 9-8 on Friday, led from the beginning this time.The Padres jumped on San Francisco starter Ryan Vogelsong (8-13) for a run in the first then broke the game open with a three-run sixth.Vogelsong had retired 14 of 16 before Jedd Gyorkos leadoff double in the sixth. The Giants right-hander struck out five and allowed four runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings.Kennedy pitched out of two-on, one-out jams three times, striking out Travis Ishikawa and Andrew Susac to end the sixth. He retired the final five batters he faced.Kevin Quackenbush worked the eighth and Joaquin Benoit pitched the ninth for his 11th save.RUNS ON EMPTYVogelsong has inherited Matt Cains role as the Giants pitcher getting the least run support. In Vogelsongs career-high 32 starts this season, San Francisco was limited to one run or fewer 17 times. Vogelsongs 13 losses also matched his career high set in 2004.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: All-Star catcher Buster Posey was held out of the lineup as a precaution after undergoing an MRI on his back. Posey has been bothered by some nagging soreness. Since Aug. 21, Posey leads the majors with a .413 average.UP NEXTPadres: LHP Eric Stults (8-17) is seeking his third win in four starts. A ninth victory would be the second-most of Stults career.Giants: Resurgent RHP Peavy (6-4) will make his first career start against the Padres. Peavy broke into the majors with San Diego in 2002 and spent nearly eight seasons there. Mario Lemieux Jersey . Siddikur, who led on all four days and took a four-stroke lead going into the final day, bogeyed four out of six holes starting at the sixth and continued a forgettable last round in which he returned a three-over 75 to finish with a 14-under 274. Pittsburgh Penguins Shirts . Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, Fiorentina levelled on aggregate in the 14th minute when Joaquin Sanchez Rodriguez headed back a long ball from David Pizarro and Pasqual smashed home an angled volley. https://www.cheappenguinsjersey.com/1431...nguins.html.com) - Jimmy Butler made four key free throws down the stretch to lift the Chicago Bulls over the Boston Celtics, 109-102, on Friday. Chris Kunitz Jersey . The third-ranked Lewis, a three-time winner this year on the LPGA Tour, had a 9-under 135 total at Emirates Golf Course in the Ladies European Tours season-ending tournament. Dave Schultz Jersey . -- Top-ranked Stacy Lewis birdied the last three holes and five of the final six Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a share of the lead with Mi Jung Hur in the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.Sky will this week unveil global sports icon David Beckham as you have never seen him before - in Virtual Reality (VR). To celebrate 25 years of Sky Sports, Beckham has filmed a special interview in VR with Kirsty Gallacher, selecting his top three Premier League goals. The five-minute piece will be unveiled on Friday at 1pm exclusively on Facebook 360. Picked from his illustrious Premier League career for Manchester United, Beckham discusses what made the final three so special alongside Kirsty.Shot by the newly established Sky VR Studios, the immersive content will allow fans to feel like theyre sat next to David and Kirsty taking them behind the scenes into the studio. The results are stunning as the viewer will really feel theyre in the studio with us. David Beckham This is the second exclusive with Beckham to celebrate Sky Sports 25th anniversary, following the revelation of his top 10 sporting moments in a special programme, which is now available On Demand.Beckham said: Virtual Reality is incredible and its no surprise that Sky are leading the way in this area. I really enjoyed the interview and the results are stunning as the viewer will really feel theyre in the studio with us.Sky Sports has always set the benchmark for the quality of its sports coverage, and Im very proud to be part of its first moves into VR. Neil Graham, Skys VR executive producer, said: This is David Beckham like youve never seen him before.The final interview is incredible. At Sky, we wantt to create VR content that puts the viewer in places they would never be able to experience.dddddddddddd To celebrate 25 years of Sky Sports, it made sense to bring together one of the biggest icons from the last 25 years with the latest in broadcasting technology.Sky VR Studios over the coming year will drive the creation of cinematic, fully immersive VR content, producing more than 20 individual films, across a unique range of Sky content - from major cultural events in news to some of the biggest sporting events on the planet.Sky Sports in partnership with Manchester City and LiveLike, a VR platform company that allows broadcasters and sports teams to deliver immersive viewing experiences, will broadcast live Premier League football in VR for the first time when Manchester City face Arsenal on May 8. This is the next phase of testing on live VR by Sky Sports.A select number of Manchester City and Arsenal fans will be placed at the heart of the action at the Etihad, simply by donning a Virtual Reality headset.Using VR to give sports fans a new viewing experience is the latest innovation that over the last 25 years of Sky Sports has included widescreen viewing, HD and interactive sports broadcasting, changing the ways sports are watched and covered. Also See: 25 years of Sky Sports Vote: Top moments of 25 years Sky Sports: Lions 97 tour What Sky Sports has done for sport ' ' '