SAN FRANCISCO — The month of May was good to Robbie Ray.

So far, June looks no different.

Ray matched his season-best strikeout total, passed Paul Skenes on the National League leaderboard and powered the Giants to a split in their four-game series with the Padres on Thursday. In his first start since being named the National League’s pitcher of the month, Ray struck out nine over seven innings in a 3-2 win.

Newcomer Dom Smith knocked in a pair with a ground-rule double that capped a three-run third inning to give San Francisco the lead, and Camilo Doval bounced back from his blown save in Tuesday’s loss by stranding the tying run on third base for his eighth save in 11 opportunities.

All four games of the series were decided by one run, with the Giants picking up their 13th such wi

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