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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants bullpen had another tough night and squandered a chance to close in on the NL West lead.Ryan Schimpf hit a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and San Franciscos relievers gave up a lead and chance to gain ground on the division-leading Dodgers in a 6-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.Its a punch in the stomach, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Youve got to bounce back.Hunter Strickland (3-3) started the ninth and allowed two runs, three singles and a bases-loaded walk to Wil Myers, then Steven Okert entered to try to get the final out. Schimpf clobbered the fourth offering and sent it into the center-field bleachers for his 19th homer.Jake Smith (1-0) pitched the eighth for his first career victory after San Diego claimed him from the Giants in July, then Kevin Quackenbush finished for his second save as some Giants fans booed.Schimpf really did all the work. I just threw up a zero, said Smith, who was once on the grounds crew for the Giants Class A Augusta affiliate.Okert offered no excuses. He was ready to go despite the short notice to warm up.Its September, were in the playoff race, youre checked in the whole game, he said.There were two bloopers and a groundball Buster Posey stopped at first base only to have the ball ricochet off his glove on a failed play. The Giants blew their sixth save in 10 September opportunities.Angel Pagan homered leading off the fifth and Gorkys Hernandez also homered for the Giants, who stayed four games back of NL West-leading Los Angeles after the Dodgers lost earlier at the New York Yankees. San Francisco remained percentage points ahead of the Mets for the top NL wild-card spot.Hunter Pence hit a run-scoring double and Brandon Crawford had an RBI single for San Francisco, which will host St. Louis for a four-game weekend set and still must play six with the Dodgers among the final 18 games of the season.Thats just buzzard luck that inning for Strick early, Bochy said. Up until that inning it couldnt have gone better.Albert Suarez, who has bounced between the rotation and bullpen, had been in position to win for the first time since June 23 at Pittsburgh -- a span of six starts and 10 outings. The right-hander gave up one run and six hits, struck out one and walked two in five innings.Shut out on five hits a night earlier, the Giants got a unique lineup from Bochy -- and not all by design, either.Posey had been scheduled to have a night off but Bochy used his regular catcher at first base given all of the other regulars not in the lineup. First baseman Brandon Belt was ill.The Giants lost their fifth straight to San Diego during which they had been outscored 26-14 after winning the initial nine matchups of 2016.Padres starter Clayton Richard surrendered a season-high 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed three runs, struck out four and walked three in his sixth start of the season for the Padres after signing last month following his release by the Cubs.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: Manager Andy Green still hopes RHP Jon Edwards will return from an elbow strain and pitch before seasons end. He had a platelet-rich plasma and stem cell injection a couple of weeks ago then threw at instructional league Tuesday with plans to do so again. That would be followed by live batting practice. ... San Diego hopes RHP Jarred Cosart (hamstring, groin) will be ready to start Sundays series finale at Colorado or at the latest Monday against Arizona.Giants: INF Eduardo Nunez, scratched Monday night with back tightness, was held out again because of soreness in the left side of his back. ... CF Denard Span and 2B Joe Panik had the night off.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Luis Perdomo (7-9, 5.89 ERA) makes his fourth career appearance and second start against the Giants. He is 5-7 with a 4.09 ERA over his last 23 starts.Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (14-8, 2.61) goes for the 100th victory of his career as the series wraps up Wednesday afternoon. He is 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA in his last four home starts vs. San Diego with 38 strikeouts to four walks. Cheap Custom Jazz Jersey . However, he did make them miss him a little less. Cundiff, who had the unenviable job of replacing Dawson last season, agreed Thursday to a one-year, $1. 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The Arizona Coyotes?placed veteran center Antoine Vermette on unconditional waivers Monday and will buy out the remaining $3.75 million on his contract.According to generalfanager.com, Vermettes buyout cap hit will be $1.25 million for next two seasons. It saves the Coyotes $2.5 million this upcoming season.This move also allows center prospects Dylan Strome and Christian Dvorak a chance to make an impact at the NHL level for the Coyotes this season. With Martin Hanzal and Brad Richardson already established centers, theres simply no room for Vermette (or his cost) on the roster, given his decline in play.Vermette, 34, does not fit into the top-six role and the team did not want to pay him.In order to give our team more flexibility, we needed to make this difficult decision, Coyotes general manager John Chayka said in a statement. This move will provide an opportunity for some of our young, talentedd players to step up.ddddddddddddhe Ottawa Senators originally drafted Vermette in the second round (No. 55 overall) in 2000. After five seasons with the Senators, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 4, 2009, for Pascal Leclaire and Columbus second-round pick (Robin Lehner) in the 2009 draft.On Feb. 22, 2012, Vermette was traded to the Coyotes for Curtis McElhinney and second- and fourth-round picks in 2012. Vermette played four seasons for the Coyotes before he was traded to Chicago?at the deadline in 2015. Helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup that season.Vermette re-signed with Arizona as a free agent in July 2015 on a two-year deal worth $7.5 million. He registered 17 goals and 21 assists in 76 games for the Coyotes last season. He was a minus-14. ' ' '