SAN DIEGO (AP) — These extra-innings games are getting tough on Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez.

“I hope it changes soon,” Gonzalez said after Ryan Ludwick’s second homer of the night, a 2-run shot with one out in the 13th inning, lifted the San Diego Padres to a 5-3 win against the Braves on Monday night.

“I don’t know if my gut can take it another extra-inning game.”

Atlanta went extra innings for the third time in five games. The Braves are 1-2 in those games.

Ludwick’s winning shot, his fourth of the year, came on an 0-1 pitch from Cristhian Martinez (0-2). It was the fourth game-winning homer of his career.

Nick Hundley, who tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh, was aboard on a one-out walk.

Cory Luebke (1-1) pitched two innings.

Chipper Jones hit his 500th career double leading off the 12th and was replaced by pinch-runner Brandon Hicks. Brian McCann hit a dribbler back to Luebke, who threw out Hicks trying to take third. Dan Uggla singled to put runners on first and second before Freddie Freeman and Alex Gonzalez struck out.

Going into that inning, the Padres had retired 19 of 20 batters since Braves starter Derek Lowe hit an RBI single with two outs in the fifth.

“Any time you play 13 innings, it’s tough to lose,” Lowe said. “It’s not the ideal situation. But we have an off day in two days, so we just have to dig deep.”

Atlanta’s Nate McLouth singled leading off the 13th. Once again the Padres erased the lead runner when Luebke fielded Martinez’s bunt and forced McLouth at second. Right fielder Chris Denorfia made a spectacular, diving, rolling catch of Martin Prado’s fly ball, then got up and doubled Martinez off first to end the inning.

Hundley hit an RBI double off former Padres reliever Scott Linebrink with two outs in the seventh to tie the game at 3. It brought in Cameron Maybin, who opened the inning by walking off Eric O’Flaherty.

Atlanta’s Jason Heyward homered on Dustin Moseley’s fifth pitch of the game, an opposite-field solo shot to left with one out in the first.

The Padres hadn’t scored a run in Moseley’s previous four starts while he was in the game. They finally snapped that streak when Will Venable’s tying groundout brought in Orlando Hudson, who hit a leadoff single and advanced on Brad Hawpe’s double to left.

Ludwick then gave the Padres a 2-1 lead when he homered to left with two outs in the third, his third.

Atlanta came back in the fifth for a 3-2 lead. Freeman doubled down the right-field line with one out and scored on Gonzalez’s single up the middle. With two outs, Lowe singled up the middle to bring in Gonzalez.

Lowe allowed two runs and five hits in six innings, struck out eight and walked three. In his last start, he went only three innings in a 6-1 loss at Los Angeles, allowing five earned runs on nine hits.

Moseley allowed three runs and four hits in six innings, struck out two and walked none. His ERA rose from 1.40 to 1.99.

NOTES: Sidearmer Cory Gearrin made his major league debut by pitching two perfect innings for the Braves. He was recalled Friday from Triple-A Gwinnett. … The Padres recalled RH reliever Evan Scribner from Triple-A Tucson and optioned LH Wade LeBlanc to the same Tucson club. … LeBlanc was recalled from Tucson on Sunday to start against Philadelphia. He took the loss.

SAN DIEGO — Ryan Ludwick’s second home run of the night, a two-run shot with one out in the 13th inning, lifted the San Diego Padres to a 5-3 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Ludwick’s winning shot, his fourth of the year, came on an 0-1 pitch from Cristhian Martinez (0-2). It was the fourth game-winning home run of his career.

Nick Hundley, who tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh, was aboard on a one-out walk.

Cory Luebke (1-1) pitched two innings.

Chipper Jones hit his 500th career double leading off the 12th and was replaced by pinch-runner Brandon Hicks. Brian McCann hit a dribbler back to Luebke, who threw out Hicks trying to take third. Dan Uggla singled to put runners on first and second before Freddie Freeman and Alex Gonzalez struck out.

Going into that inning, the Padres had retired 19 of 20 batters since Braves starter Derek Lowe hit an RBI single with two outs in the fifth.

Atlanta’s Nate McLouth singled leading off the 13th. Once again the Padres erased the lead runner when Luebke fielded Martinez’s bunt and forced McLouth at second. Right fielder Chris Denorfia made a spectacular, diving, rolling catch of Martin Prado’s fly ball, then got up and doubled Martinez off first to end the inning.

Hundley hit an RBI double off former Padres reliever Scott Linebrink with two outs in the seventh to tie the game at 3. It brought in Cameron Maybin, who opened the inning by walking off Eric O’Flaherty. Full Story

Reds 9, Brewers 5

MILWAUKEE — Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer, Bronson Arroyo pitched effectively into the seventh and Cincinnati used a six-run third inning.

Already ahead 1-0, the Reds sent 11 batters to the plate in the third, holding Chris Narveson (1-1) to his shortest outing in 38 career starts.

Cincinnati had eight hits in the inning one night after managing only four in a shutout loss to St. Louis.

Bruce homered and Brandon Phillips, Jonny Gomes, Ryan Hanigan and even Arroyo (3-2) drove in a run each to give Cincinnati a 7-0 lead.

Phillips added a two-run single in the ninth as Arroyo got all the support he needed to snap his two-game losing skid.

Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun continued his torrid stretch with a two-run homer in the ninth.

Pirates 4, Nationals 2

PITTSBURGH — Brandon Wood’s two-run double in his first game for Pittsburgh was part of a four-run fourth inning.

Paul Maholm (1-3) retired the final 13 batters he faced in seven strong innings as Pittsburgh made up the original series opener that was postponed by rain on Friday.

Wood, picked up on waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, gave the Pirates their first lead with a two-run double.

Announced paid attendance was 12,457, but only about 2,600 made it through the turnstiles on what wasn’t originally a scheduled game night. Also contributing to the poor showing was rain that caused a 21-minute delay and a Penguins playoff game at the same time.

Joel Hanrahan struck out pinch-hitter Rick Ankiel looking with runners on first and third and two outs in the ninth to finish his sixth save.

John Lannan (2-2) allowed four runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

SAN DIEGO, April 26 (UPI) — Ryan Ludwick’s second homer of the game, in the bottom of the 13th inning Monday, handed the San Diego Padres a 5-3 victory over Atlanta.

After Nick Hundley drew a one-out walk from Cristhian Martinez (0-2), Ludwick lofted a fly to left field. The Braves’ Martin Prado scaled the wall in an attempt to nab it but it fell just beyond his reach for a walk-off game-winner.

Cory Luebke (1-1) hurled two scoreless innings to earn the victory and six Padres relievers teamed up to shut out the Braves over seven frames as San Diego won the first of a three-game series.

Ludwick also connected for a solo shot in the third inning. The Padres forged a 3-3 tie in the seventh on Hundley’s RBI double.

Justin Heyward smacked a bases-empty homer while Alex Gonzalez added two hits and an RBI for Atlanta.

SAN DIEGO – Ryan Ludwick’s second homer of the night, a 2-run shot with one out in the 13th inning, lifted the San Diego Padres to a 5-3 win against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Ludwick’s winning shot, his fourth of the year, came on an 0-1 pitch from Cristhian Martinez (0-2). It was the fourth game-winning homer of his career.

Nick Hundley, who tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh, was aboard on a one-out walk.

Cory Luebke (1-1) pitched two innings.

Chipper Jones hit his 500th career double leading off the 12th and was replaced by pinch-runner Brandon Hicks. Brian McCann hit a dribbler back to Luebke, who threw out Hicks trying to take third. Dan Uggla singled to put runners on first and second before Freddie Freeman and Alex Gonzalez struck out.

Going into that inning, the Padres had retired 19 of 20 batters since Braves starter Derek Lowe hit an RBI single with two outs in the fifth.

Atlanta’s Nate McLouth singled leading off the 13th. Once again the Padres erased the lead runner when Luebke fielded Martinez’s bunt and forced McLouth at second. Right fielder Chris Denorfia made a spectacular, diving, rolling catch of Martin Prado’s fly ball, then got up and doubled Martinez off first to end the inning.

Hundley hit an RBI double off former Padres reliever Scott Linebrink with two outs in the seventh to tie the game at 3. It brought in Cameron Maybin, who opened the inning by walking off Eric O’Flaherty.

Atlanta’s Jason Heyward homered on Dustin Moseley’s fifth pitch of the game, an opposite-field solo shot to left with one out in the first.

The Padres hadn’t scored a run in Moseley’s previous four starts while he was in the game. They finally snapped that streak when Will Venable’s tying groundout brought in Orlando Hudson, who hit a leadoff single and advanced on Brad Hawpe’s double to left.

Ludwick then gave the Padres a 2-1 lead when he homered to left with two outs in the third, his third.

Atlanta came back in the fifth for a 3-2 lead. Freeman doubled down the right-field line with one out and scored on Gonzalez’s single up the middle. With two outs, Lowe singled up the middle to bring in Gonzalez.

Lowe allowed two runs and five hits in six innings, struck out eight and walked three. In his last start, he went only three innings in a 6-1 loss at Los Angeles, allowing five earned runs on nine hits.

Moseley allowed three runs and four hits in six innings, struck out two and walked none. His ERA rose from 1.40 to 1.99.

NOTES: Sidearmer Cory Gearrin made his major league debut by pitching two perfect innings for the Braves. He was recalled Friday from Triple-A Gwinnett. … The Padres recalled RH reliever Evan Scribner from Triple-A Tucson and optioned LH Wade LeBlanc to the same Tucson club. … LeBlanc was recalled from Tucson on Sunday to start against Philadelphia. He took the loss.

Washington Depot native and Shepaug High graduate Evan Scribner was promoted to the San Diego Padres’ active roster Monday. Scribner had spent all of this season as a member of the Padres Triple-A affiliate in Tucson. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks following his senior season with the Blue Devils in 2007.

Scribner, 25, was 0-1 at Tucson with three saves in four opportunities. He had a 5.63 ERA. Scribner was 4-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 57 appearances with Double-A San Antonio last season.

Scribner made 74 appearances, including 33 starts, during his four-year college career at Central Connecticut. He compiled a 23-16 record and collected a school-record 14 saves. Additionally, Scribner, who is among the all-time wins leaders in school history, recorded 20 complete games, five shutouts and a combined shutout. He totaled 288 innings, striking out 224 while walking just 57. He had a 3.34 earned run average.In 2004, Scribner won Northeast Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player honors for his efforts in helping lead Central to an NCAA Tournament appearance as a freshman.

April 25, 2011 – Pacific Coast League (PCL) Tucson Padres

The San Diego Padres announced today they have recalled right-handed pitcher Evan Scribner from the Tucson Padres and optioned left-handed pitcher Wade LeBlanc to the Triple-A club.

Scribner, 25, has gone 0-1 with three saves in four opportunities, a 5.63 ERA (5 ER/8.0 IP) and five strikeouts against no walks over six relief appearances for the T-Pads this season. The right-hander’s first appearance with San Diego will be his Major League debut. He worked four scoreless outings this spring for the Padres before being optioned to Triple-A Tucson on March 11. Acquired by San Diego from the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 17, 2008 in exchange for infielder Tony Clark, he has gone 17-16 with 52 saves, a 2.71 ERA (78 ER/259.0 IP) and 317 strikeouts against 62 walks over 192 relief appearances across five minor league seasons in the Diamondbacks (2007-08) and Padres (2009-11) organizations.

LeBlanc, 26, was recalled from Triple-A Tucson yesterday for his second stint with the Padres in 2011. The southpaw made the start for the Padres against the Philadelphia Phillies, working a career-high 8.0 innings pitched. In three starts for Tucson this season he has posted a 6.87 ERA (14 ER/18.1 IP), a .329 (26-for-79) opponents batting average and 13 strikeouts against just two walks. Originally signed as a second-round selection by the Padres in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, LeBlanc has gone 12-17 with a 4.47 ERA (110 ER/221.2 IP) in 41 career games, 39 starts, over parts of three Major League seasons with the Padres.

The Tucson Padres play Sacramento tonight at 7:05 pm, and next play at home Thursday at 7:00 pm vs. Colorado Springs.

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