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.

The Padres played just eight games against National League West opponents over the season’s first two months. They did not face the Dodgers until June 8, the furthest into a season the two team met for the first time in 25 years.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos was the subject of ridicule on Wednesday afternoon as he made a bizarre throw in the outfield.

Sheets has a .656 OPS against lefties this year, while O’Hearn has a .752 OPS against lefties that’s better than the lefties — Cronenworth (.733), Merrill (.667) and Arraez (.666) — in Tuesday’s lineup.

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the San Diego Padres on Monday to open a three-game series. San Francisco is 59-59 overall and 29-28 at home. The Giants have a 33-18 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

Jackson Merrill slugged his ninth home run of the season in the eighth inning to put the finishing touches on the Giants (59-61) defeat. San Diego improved to 68-52 and pulled into a tie with the Dodgers for first place in the NL West.