SAN DIEGO -- Whether it’s a veteran in search of his swing, a newcomer looking to make his mark or a backup suddenly getting a bunch of at-bats, Giants batters are having their best stretch of the season.

The Giants continued their offensive surge Tuesday night in a 10-4 victory over the Padres at Petco Park. After collecting 17 hits, including eight extra-base hits, they have a chance Wednesday to claim their first sweep of 2019 in a series longer than two games.

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“Sometimes, you get hot, and you get hot right down the line,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “That’s what’s happened. We have a lot of guys swinging the bats well.”

Veteran Evan Longoria homered twice and went 4-for-5 with three runs, five RBIs and a double Tuesday. He’s 6-for-9 with three homers, six runs, seven RBIs and two doubles in the series.

Newcomer Austin Slater had a pair of doubles and a walk in four plate appearances. He has four extra-base hits in two games since his first 2019 callup.

Backup Donovan Solano has started at shortstop the past three games as Brandon Crawford deals with right hamstring tightness. Solano was 3-for-6 Tuesday and hit the first leadoff home run of his career. He’s 6-for-17 in the past three games with four runs scored.

Solano is riding a nine-game hitting streak, something difficult to put together for a player who isn’t in the lineup regularly. Bochy said he’s impressed with Solano’s quick swing.

“Hitting is not easy,” Solano said through an interpreter. “So you just have to try to make it simple, keep it simple, have a good approach. Everything that I’ve been practicing, everything I’ve been doing when I’m not playing, I’ve kept it simple. It’s paying off in the last three games.”

Longoria led off the second inning with a 418-foot line drive to left field on a 1-0 changeup from left-hander Matt Strahm. That blast had an exit velocity of 107.5 mph, per Statcast.

In the fifth inning, Longoria came to the plate against Strahm with two runners on base and two outs. He crushed an 0-1, 91 mph fastball off the upper reaches of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left-field corner. That towering three-run shot came off his bat at 109.7 mph and traveled an estimated 412 feet.

That gave him 10 homers this year, with nine of those coming on the road -- and four total at Petco Park.

“I feel good at the plate right now,” Longoria said. “It’s nice to take the confidence to the plate and see it in the results.”

Longoria came to San Diego with a .222/.300/.371 slash line. On Monday, he said he has been tinkering with his swing in the batting cage on a daily basis, trying to get the right combo of rhythm, timing and feel. There was no tinkering on Tuesday after he found something that clicked.

“My hand position and timing, I was kind of struggling with repeating this year,” he said. “I’ve tried to open up a little more and load into my backside and feel a little more fluid as I’m getting ready to start my swing. It’s something I’ve done before, but I haven’t done for a while.”

The Giants also got a four-hit game from center fielder Kevin Pillar. The beneficiary of the run support, right-hander Tyler Beede, pitched seven innings of one-run ball while allowing four hits and walking none.

The Giants have scored 33 runs in their past three games, winning 10-4 on Sunday vs. the D-backs and 13-2 on Monday in the series opener vs. the Padres. Before this stretch, they had not reached double digits in either hits or runs in three straight games. They now have achieved both.

“It makes for a much happier ballclub,” Longoria said. “Winning is always much more fun than losing."