SAN DIEGO — Kevin Pillar’s eyes did not deceive him.
If it looked like Padres reliever Luis Perdomo was operating in slow motion through his delivery, Pillar didn’t have to wait long for confirmation.
Perdomo tip-toed through his windup, lobbed a ball to the plate and watched as his pitch clanked off the top of Pillar’s left cleat.
If the plunking caused any pain, Perdomo and the Padres were the only ones who felt it. The bizarre hit-by-pitch ignited a four-run sixth-inning Giants rally that gave the club a lead it would never relinquish en route to a 7-5 victory and the team’s first three-game sweep of the season.