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SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres opened the second half by beating their nemesis, the San Francisco Giants, who happen to have baseballs best record.All-Star slugger Wil Myers hit his 20th home run and Adam Rosales also connected off Madison Bumgarner, powering the Padres to a 4-1 victory Friday night.The Padres snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Giants, their longest against San Francisco.They owned us in the first half, manager Andy Green said. Theres no doubt about that. They beat us handily, consistently. Its a lot better being on this side of things.Bumgarner (11-4), also an All-Star, didnt appear Tuesday in the Midsummer Classic at Petco Park because he pitched on Sunday, throwing a one-hitter and striking out 14 in a 4-0 victory against Arizona.Rosales homered off the side of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner leading off the fourth, his sixth.Myers, eliminated in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, homered to right-center in the fifth.I saw him well tonight, Myers said. Obviously, hes had some success off me. I saw some good pitches tonight. I felt like he left some mistakes over the plate. I was just able to put good swings on them.Andrew Cashner (4-7) won for the first time in four starts by holding the Giants to one run and four hits in six innings, striking out nine and walking none.It was vintage Cashner, Green said. It was really good. I dont remember him ever ripping off sliders like that. Thats as hard as Ive ever seen him throw a slider. ... It was a top-of-the-rotation type start today.Bumgarner just wasnt quite as sharp, manager Bruce Bochy said. Weve gotten pretty spoiled with him. Six innings, four runs, thats an off night for him, obviously. A couple of balls left the ballpark. He just wasnt quite as sharp and they took advantage of it. Still, he keeps you in the game. We just couldnt do anything offensively.Brandon Maurer worked the ninth for his second save.Brandon Belt was ejected for arguing with umpire Mike Estabrook after striking out in the ninth, and Bochy also was tossed.Bumgarner allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out nine and walked one.Yangervis Solarte hit an RBI double in the first and Matt Kemp had an RBI single in the third for San Diego.Conor Gillaspie singled home the Giants run in the second.FUNNY MOMENTSolarte, the Padres third baseman, tumbled into the stands to catch a foul pop in the ninth inning. When he emerged, the ball was covered in what appeared to be nacho cheese.It was a great catch, Green said. He mightve gotten a hot dog and some mustard on it over there. I dont know what he went into over there. I dont think you want to go into the ground in the first row too often. You get a lot of peanut shells and beer and everything else.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: OF Hunter Pence, on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. 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Josh Gordon should see his first preseason action Friday night when the Cleveland Browns visit the?Tampa Bay BuccaneersBrowns coach Hue Jackson made it clear without explicitly stating that Gordon and first-round draft pick Corey Coleman will play in a game for the first time. This means the Browns will see their top receiving trio of Gordon, Coleman and Terrelle Pryor catching passes from quarterback?Robert Griffin III for the first time as well.That sounds good, Jackson told the media in Tampa after the Browns second day of practice with the Bucs. That sounds really good. Im looking forward to that. ... I think we have a good chance for that to happen.After an impressive first two weeks of practice, Coleman missed the first two games of the preseason with a strained hamstring. He was active in practices in Tampa and said there are no lingering hamstring issues.We took it slow easing me back in, but now Im full speed, full go, Coleman said.Gordon missed the first two weeks with a quad injury, and Jackson has eased him in slowly. This week, though, Gordon got starters reps as Jackson said he needed to see him before preseason ended.ddddddddddddordon is suspended the first four games of the season, so Jackson wants the best impression of him he can get now so that when the season starts he can step right in.Josh if you look at him, hes a physical specimen, Griffin said. Its fun to see him go out there, a man that big, that strong, that fast, and play wide receiver. So ... its incredible.Gordon led the NFL in receiving yards in 2013, Coleman is a highly touted first-round pick and Pryor has emerged with what Jackson has called an excellent camp and preseason.Weve got a lot of talent on the field, Coleman said. Its kind of scary. So many guys can do different things. Im just excited to see where were going to go.Griffin, who had a good second game after a mediocre first, said he simply needs to get the ball to the right guy based on the coverage read for the play thats called.Theres a lot of fish in the tank, and its up to us to feed them the right way, Griffin said. ' ' '