Flores went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Monday's 4-3 win over the Padres. Flores got the start at designated hitter, and he made an early impact by taking southpaw Nestor Cortes deep in the first inning.

Nestor Cortes gave up three homers in the first inning while pitching for the Padres on Aug. 18, and ... that sounds familiar.

Nick Pivetta survived another Giants ambush. Then he got back to doing what he does best: playing stopper. The fiery right-hander tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts over six strong innings, Manny Machado ended a 14-game RBI drought and the Padres beat the Giants 5-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 40,

The right-handed-hitting Flores will hit the bench for a fourth straight game, with the Giants having faced right-handed pitchers in each of those contests. He appears to have faded into the short side of platoon with the left-handed-hitting Dominic Smith,

DETROIT -- Wilmer Alejandro Flores, the 31-year-old infielder for the San Francisco Giants, took the traditional path to the big leagues for a youngster in Venezuela.

That is not Wilmer.” Two summers after signing out of a junior college, and only a few months removed from walking 16 batters in 12 2/3 fall innings, Wilmer Flores is going to the Futures Game.

Heliot Ramos and Rafael Devers hit back-to-back then Wilmer Flores launches a two-run home run in the top of the 1st