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SAN FRANCISCO - At the end of a long and sporadic regular season for the San Francisco Giants, Hunter Pence held the microphone to his mouth and gave fans at AT&T Park a pep talk.The right fielder, whose profanity-filled speech in a celebratory clubhouse a few days earlier made national headlines, kept his words clean this time as teammates and coaches surrounded him in the infield. He led the crowd in a chant and asked, Do you guys want to see another game here at home?Yes! Yes! Yes! fans responded.Whether there will be is up to the Giants now.The Giants geared up for the NL wild-card game by beating the San Diego Padres 9-3 in the regular-season finale Sunday behind home runs from Buster Posey and Adam Duvall.San Francisco will play at Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. The winner will face the NL East champion Washington Nationals in the best-of-five division series.I expect to see a great ballgame and well do all we can to get back here, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.Bochy got just about everything he wanted out of the 162nd game: the regulars tuned up, the bullpen pitched stress-free innings and nobody got injured. Even starter-turned-reliever Tim Lincecum (12-9) tossed two scoreless innings for the win.The Giants (88-74) enter the playoffs on a three-game winning streak. But perhaps the most encouraging sign for San Francisco was Posey starting behind the plate a€” and showing some pop with the bat a€” after dealing with a nagging back over the last few weeks.The 2012 NL MVP hit a tying, two-run shot in the first inning for his 22nd homer this season. He said he felt fine and is ready to go for the post-season.Posey, Pence and Pablo Sandoval all started after getting a day off Saturday to rest. They were replaced in the middle innings along with most of the other starters, including first baseman Brandon Belt, who left with a tight groin that Bochy called a minor injury.Giants rookie Chris Heston tossed four innings in his first major league start. He allowed three runs and six hits.Padres starter Robbie Erlin (4-5) allowed four hits and four runs in 1 2-3 innings. The Padres (77-85) lost their final three games and finished third in the NL West.But everything Sunday was secondary. The only result that really matters is the next one for San Francisco.The Giants won the World Series in each of their last two post-season trips a€” in 2010 and 2012 a€” and many of the teams current players have experience in the kind of pressure-packed game ahead. They won six elimination games before sweeping Detroit for their last title, and theyll need a similar effort to put Pittsburgh away.The guys who have been through it know thats its going to come down to pitching well and playing good defence, Posey said. And I think we have the offence that can get hot and sustain that hotness for a few weeks.UP NEXTGiants: Bochy announced the worst-kept secret in San Franciscos clubhouse: LHP Madison Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98 ERA) will start Wednesday at Pittsburgh. Bochy said he felt comfortable with Bumgarner or Jake Peavy on the mound, but Bums our guy. The last few years, the job hes doing, I dont think there was any question who you pitch that game. If the Giants beat Pittsburgh, Peavy would pitch Game 1 against Washington.Padres: Manager Bud Black said he plans to meet with new general manager A.J. Preller in San Diego and is looking forward to being part of the clubs rebuilding process this off-season.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: OF Michael Morse (strained left side) said hes feeling better but remains doubtful to be activated for the wild-card game.Padres: Black said nobody on his team is expected to have any off-season procedures. Medically, were all doing fine, he said.TRICKY TRAVELThe Giants finally got some clarity on their travel schedule after the Pirates lost 4-1 to Cincinnati, ensuring the NL wild-card game would be in Pittsburgh. The Giants will to travel to Pittsburgh on Monday.BOCHYS BOYBrett Bochy, the son of the Giants manager, pitched a perfect ninth to close out the regular season. Father and son both called the moment special, and the manager said he would keep the lineup card as a souvenir. Miguel Sano Jersey . Juventus announced details of the deal Saturday, saying that Morata signed a five-year contract with the club. 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Joe Mauer Jersey .C. - Phoenix Suns coach Jeff Hornacek says guard Goran Dragic will return to the starting lineup against the Charlotte Hornets after missing the last two games with a strained back.SAN DIEGO -- The best score belonged to Stewart Cink. The best round belonged to Pat Perez. Tiger Woods didnt come close to claiming either Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, where the seven-time champion failed to break par in the opening round for first time in his career. Cink ran off three straight birdies late in his round on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines for an 8-under 64. That gave him a one-shot lead over Gary Woodland, who also was on the North, which is more than 600 yards shorter. Perez was on the South Course, host of the 2008 U.S. Open and with greens so firm this year that it felt like a major. Perez had a 67, the best score on the South by two shots, and even more astounding is that he played bogey-free. The South played nearly four shots harder than the North. Woods, making his 2014 debut, failed to birdie any of the par 5s and had to settle for a 72. "Even par is not too bad, but I didnt play the par 5s worth a darn today," Woods said. "Obviously, thats (tantamount) to try to get any kind of scoring on the South Course. Youve got to take care of the par 5s because theres not a lot of holes you can make birdie here. Subsequently, I didnt finish under par." Even at eight shots behind, he wasnt worried about a chance to win at Torrey for the ninth time -- including a U.S. Open. The courses are so different than its difficult to gauge where anyone stands until everyone has had a crack at both courses. The weekend rounds are on the South. "Im going to have to go out there and get it a little bit tomorrow to not be so far behind come Saturday or Sunday," Woods said. Cink did what he was supposed to do. The rough is up on the North, too, so it was important to get the ball in play. He did that, allowing him to take on some pins. "You want to really take advantage of the North Course because it will yield to you a little bit, and the South Course will not," Cink said. "I did a great job of going out there, just playing shot-by-shot, not really getting too caught up in, I have to birdie these holes. As a consequence, I actually made a few birdies and it felt great." Phil Mickelson, meanwhile, felt awful. He was coping with a back locked up on him, unusual for Mickelson because he doesnt have a history of back pain. It got so bad at one point that Mickelson thought about withdrawing from his hometown event, especially after his 4-iron on the par-5 18th at the North Course nearly went out-of-bounds. Mickelson used his short game to make birdie, and then made another birdie on the next hole and he scratched out a 69. "Never thought aboout not starting, but around the turn I thought about maybe taking this week off and seeing if I could get a little bit better," he said.dddddddddddd "I kind of fought through the back nine and gave myself a chance." He described it as a muscular problem and was hopeful treatment would help. Mickelson swung easy on the North. Players have to swing for the fences on the 7,698-yard South Course, where the average score Thursday 74.45. Not many would have predicted a 67 on the South, though Woods wasnt surprised when he heard who did it. "Why? He grew up here," Woods said. "This was his home course. Hes playing it more times than any tour pro certainly." Perez has such a history at Torrey that his father, Tony, continues to announce the players on the first tee at the South Course. And heres even better history -- Perez won a Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines, by beating some Orange County kid named Tiger Woods. "Best day of my life," Perez said. "Ive known him forever. Hes always been great to me. He gives me advice here and there, but to beat him that year was fantastic. ... Ive got to hold onto that, so thats about all that I got over him. But it hurts him. Ill you tell, it hurts him." Perez was joking. He is full of bluster and always fun, a favourite among the players. Thats what made Thursday so enjoyable. The weather was close to perfect, with hang gliders filling the sky left of the fourth fairway on the South. Perez had no bogeys on his card, and he cant remember if that ever happened since the South was stretched out to prepare for the U.S. Open. It was only one round, but it was a great for Perez -- and for Cink, who hasnt won since his British Open title at Turnberry in 2009. The test for Cink is Friday on the South, especially considering that only three players broke 70 on the South -- Perez, Charley Hoffman (another San Diego native) and rookie Kevin Tway, whose father (former PGA champion Bob Tway) won this event in 1986. Ottawas Brad Fritsch opened with a 3-under 69. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., carded a 70. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., shot an even par 72. Riley Wheeldon of Comox, B.C, who qualified on Monday, signed for a 4-over 76. Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., was another shot back. DIVOTS: Jordan Spieth, who missed the cut at Torrey Pines last year as a 19-year-old making his pro debut, played with Woods and Jimmy Walker and shot 71. ... Fifty of the 62 rounds under par were on the North Course. ... The worst score on the North Course was a 77 by Brandt Snedeker and Derek Ernst. 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