Freddy Fermin hit a two-run home run off Logan Webb in the top of the seventh inning, which helped knock the San Francisco Giants starter out of the game and propelled the San Diego Padres to a 4-1 win at Oracle Park, Monday.

For Fermin, it was his fourth home run of the season and his first as a member of the Padres. He lined the ball into the left field corner and it just cleared the left field wall to give San Diego the second and third runs scored in the inning.

The Padres scored their first run of the seventh inning when Jake Cronenworth singled to score Bryce Johnson from second base. Johnson came in the pinch-run after Gavin Sheets doubled to lead off the inning. The run scored by Johnson gave San Diego a 2-1 lead.

The game was tied heading into the top of the seventh inning because the one mistake made by Padres starter Yu Darvish came in the bottom of the sixth. He left a pitch out over the plate that Rafael Devers hit to left-center field to make the score, 1-1.

San Diego took a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning when Jackson Merrill hit a two-out double to right field to score Fernando Tatis Jr. from second base. Manny Machado was held at third on the play and was stranded there when Xander Bogaerts grounded out to end the inning.

Darvish allowed the solo home run to Devers, but that was it. He won the pitching duel with Webb and allowed four hits with no walks and six strikeouts in six innings pitched.

The bullpen took over for San Diego in the seventh inning. Jeremiah Estrada, Mason Miller and Robert Suarez each worked a scoreless inning. The trio combined to allow one hit and got four strikeouts. Three of those were recorded by Miller in the eighth. Suarez nailed down the win in the ninth inning and got his 33rd save of the season.

Merrill was 3-for-4 in the game for the Padres and recorded three hits off Webb. Tatis Jr. and Sheets each added two hits apiece and joined Merrill to lead the San Diego offense.

The Padres benefited from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim beating the Los Angeles Dodgers and pulled within one game of the NL West Division lead.

The Padres will play the Giants, Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.