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SAN DIEGO -- San Francisco right-hander Jeff Samardzija will be filling the role of a stopper Saturday night when the Giants take on the Padres at Petco Park.The Padres defeated the Giants -- and ace Madison Bumgarner -- 4-1 Friday night.The one-game winning streak represents the totality of Padres successes against the Giants this season. San Francisco opened the season with nine straight wins against the Padres.Not only did their domination of the Padres help the Giants post the best first-half record in the major leagues (57-33 at the All-Star break), it also tied the San Francisco Giants record for their best season-opening run against one team since the franchise moved west from New York for the 1958 season. The 1998 Giants opened the season by going 9-0 against the Marlins.But now it is up to Samardzija (9-5, 3.91 earned run average) to prevent the Giants from losing a second straight game to the Padres, who are 19-18 since the start of June.Samardzija has several things going for him, including the fact that his opponent is Rule 5 right-hander Luis Perdomo. The 23-year-old is 3-4 with a 7.48 ERA, although he allowed seven runs over 18 innings (a 3.11 ERA) in his last three starts of the first half.Samardzija is 2-1 with a 1.57 ERA in three career starts at Petco Park. The Padres have hit only .177 against Samardzija at Petco Park.I like pitching in San Diego, Samardzija said recently. I like the ballpark. It plays fair. If you make good pitches, you get outs.Samardzija owns a career 6-1 record against the Padres with a 2.90 ERA in nine starts. He is 3-0 against the Padres this year with a 3.10 ERA in three starts covering 20 1/3 innings.While the Giants are looking toward another even-numbered World Series title, the Padres are clearly in a rebuilding mode as evidenced by the Thursday trade that sent their most successful starter (Drew Pomeranz) to the Boston Red Sox for 18-year-old top prospect Anderson Espinosa.The Padres have been stockpiling young pitching prospects through the draft, trades and international signings.But they are also looking to Perdomo to develop into a front-line starter by the time the rebuild starts paying dividends around the 2019 season. Perdomo would be 26 at that time -- and could be the veteran of the rotation.I think were going to see Luis in our rotation for some time, Padres manager Andy Green recently. I like his stuff as well as his make-up. He doesnt rattle.Perdomo is making great strides, said Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley. 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FARGO, N.D. -- North Dakota State, the FCS team known for toppling FBS opponents, was taken down by one of its own -- at home.Taryn Christion threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jake Wieneke with one second left Saturday as South Dakota State rallied from 14 down and stunned the top-ranked Bison 19-17.SDSU (4-2, 3-0) had been inside the Bison 5-yard line three previous times only to come up empty. But on fourth down, Wieneke ran at Jalen Allen and turned in time to catch a back-shoulder pass from Christion.I didnt know if it was coming to me, but I expected it to, Wieneke said. It was single coverage and I had to do everything I could to catch the ball.Wieneke had six catches for 108 yards, while Dallas Goedert hauled in 11 passes for 150 yards and a score.Just to get the win was awesome, Wieneke said. (Taryns) a beast -- such a great player.The Bison (5-1, 2-1) made it 17-3 on a 26-yard run by Eason Stick with 10:16 left in the third quarter.But the SDSU defense took charge after that.Christion hit Goedert from 12 yards out for a touchdown that pulled the Jacks within 17-10, and a defensive stand gave SDSU the ball on its own 20 with 2:28 to play.Christion converted two third-and-long runs on the drive. He hit Goedert on third-and-10 that took the ball down to the NDSU 2 with 5 seconds left to set up the game-winner.We played our tails off, NDSU coach Chris Klieman said. They made plays. Lets give them credit. They made more plays than we did. Well bounce back.THE TAKEAWAYNorth Dakota State: The Bison, who stretched their winning streak to FBS opponents to six after beating Iowa in Iowa City last monnth, will still make the FCS playoffs barring an unfathomable collapse.dddddddddddd. Saturday served as a reminder that theyre not infallible.South Dakota State: The Jackrabbits, who hung 41 on TCU in a road loss last month, likely punched their playoff ticket by beating the No. 1 team in the FCS on the road. SDSU outgained the five-time defending FCS champions 523-304 in total yards -- even though the Jackrabbits came into play giving up 36 points per game.FOURTH-AND-NOPEPerhaps the most remarkable thing about SDSUs upset win is that it converted just 2 of 6 fourth-down tries, including two inside NDSUs five-yard line. It feels super, SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. Im proud of our team and of our program. This is a tough place to play.BY THE NUMBERSChristion completed 24 of 42 passes for 303 yards and two scores. He also ran 20 times for 141 yards, helping the Jacks to 220 yards on the ground. The Bison (5-1, 2-1) had allowed 101 rushing yards in its previous three games. ... Stick was 14 for 20 for 143 yards passing and ran for a team-high 86 yards and two scores. ... The loss was the first for the Bison since a 24-21 defeat to South Dakota on Oct. 17, 2015.UP NEXTNorth Dakota State: Travels to face Western Illinois next week. Hosting the Bison after a loss might not be such a good thing for the Leathernecks.South Dakota State: The Jackrabbits host Youngstown State on Saturday. Theyll be celebrating Hobo Day at Dykhouse Stadium.---Online: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '