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Padres fire Ready as hitting coach |
The San Diego Padres have fired hitting coach Ready, a former major league utilityman, was hired as Padres hitting coach “I would like to thank Randy for his efforts during his time as hitting coach The Padres retained five other members of manager Bud Black’s staff: bench ©2011 Sports Network. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Leave any suggestions in the comment box. Posted in padres-news | Comments Off
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MLB: San Diego 9, Chicago Cubs 2 |
Published: Sept. 28, 2011 at 11:32 PM
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28 (UPI) — Nick Hundley and Will Venable homered and combined to drive in seven runs Wednesday, sending the San Diego Padres to a 9-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Padres and Cubs ended the season tied for the second-worst record in the National League (71-91) — ahead of only the Houston Astros and their 106 losses. Hundley hit a three-run homer to highlight a four-run third and Venable blasted a grand slam in the sixth. That made things easy for Wade LeBlanc (5-6), who gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings to get the victory. Ryan Dempster (10-14) suffered the loss, surrendering all nine runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
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Padres clinch last place in NL West with 6-2 loss |
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Mat Latos sharp in final start as San Diego blanks… |
SAN DIEGO — Mat Latos took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and struck out nine in seven innings, and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Monday night. It was a strong finish to an uneven season for Latos (9-14) who struggled during the first half. It was the 16th time in his last 17 starts that Latos allowed three or fewer runs. He allowed only two hits before Chad Qualls threw a perfect eighth and Heath Bell a perfect ninth for his 43rd save in 48 chances. It was the 10th shutout for the Padres and the 10th time the Cubs were shut out. Latos was perfect through four innings before issuing his only walk, to Carlos Pena leading off the fifth. Pena stole second but was stranded after Latos retired the side. Latos didn’t allow his first hit until Cubs starter Casey Coleman tripled into the gap in right-center with one out in the sixth. Latos then got a groundout and fly out to strand Coleman. Starlin Castro singled leading off the seventh and reached third with two outs before Latos got Steve Clevenger to foul out. San Diego’s Will Venable homered to straightaway center field leading off the sixth, his eighth. Jesus Guzman doubled with one out and scored on Cameron Maybin’s double, which chased Coleman. Casey Coleman (3-9) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 2-3 innings, struck out seven and walked two. NOTES: Like the Padres, the Cubs have 90 losses. … Castro singled off Latos leading off the seventh to reach base safely in a career-high 38 straight games. … Chicago’s Rafael Dolis made his big league debut when he relieved Coleman with two outs in the sixth. He got Chase Headley to ground out. … The series continues Tuesday night with Cubs righty Matt Garza (9-10, 3.35) facing San Diego rookie righty Anthony Bass (2-0, 1.66). Garza will look to extend his winning streak to season-high four games. In his last start, he threw the eighth complete game of his career and his second this season. Bass will be making his third career start. Gotta run!. Posted in padres-news | Comments Off
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SAN DIEGO – By the time Matt Kemp bats in the last… |
SAN DIEGO – By the time Matt Kemp bats in the last game of the regular season Wednesday night he hopes to be ready to enter some of the rarest territory in baseball. In a quiet way, Kemp catapulted himself toward a possible Triple Crown run with a productive September. But after a tough three-game series against the San Diego Padres over the weekend, Kemp’s quest has become a lot more difficult. Although Kemp has a comfortable lead in RBIs (119) and is tied with St. Louis’ Albert Pujols in home runs (37), the Dodgers’ slugger has fallen nine points behind Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun in the NL batting race. If Kemp is to become the first player to win the Triple Crown since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 and the first NL player since St. Louis’ Ducky Medwick in 1937, he will have to pick up the pace in Phoenix in the final three games. “I know it will take a lot to go past (Braun),” Kemp said. “I’m not going to try for hits, but I’m going to just keep doing what I have been doing and that is take good hacks and stay within myself.” Kemp, who went 3 for 13 against the Padres at pitcher-friendly Petco Park, is at .324 while Braun is at .333. Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly, a former AL MVP and lifetime .307 hitter with the Yankees, thinks Kemp has a shot, although it will take an exceptional combination of circumstances. “One guy has to kind of collapse and the other guy catches fire,” Mattingly said. “You kind of need one of those 5-for-5 days and the other guy has to go 1 for 5. But we have seen Matt get hot before.” Kemp’s torrid six-game stretch of multiple hit games leading into the San Diego series got him back in the Triple Crown conversation. Kemp was hitting .321 on Sept. 1 but trailed New York’s Jose Reyes (.335) and Braun (.331). Two weeks later, his average had dropped to .314. But then on Sept. 16, Kemp began his multihit barrage with 15 hits in six games that culminated with a 4-for-5 performance in the Dodgers’ final home game Thursday. That raised his average to .326, four points behind Braun. “If I have any chance at getting there, my mindset, my approach can’t change,” Kemp said. “I’m not going to be trying to hit home runs or worrying about hits. Once I start to do that, that’s when I lose my focus and I won’t be successful. I have to stay focused and do the same things that have gotten me to where I am at right now.” Through it all, Kemp has kept his sense of humour. “Someone was screaming at me when I went to bat, ‘Braun got two hits. Forget about it, man,’” Kemp said after Sunday’s game at San Diego. “I just started laughing. He’s actually one of my favourite players.” One thing Kemp promises is this: He won’t think about trying to smash the ball. He hasn’t done it all season and won’t do it now. “I’m not going to change it up. I just have to relax. When I try to hit home runs and hit too hard, I’m not too successful.” If Kemp somehow pulls off this Triple Crown, Mattingly thinks the feat will have big implications. “Just look at the game of baseball,” Mattingly said. “The last time it was done was ’67. Right there that tells you a lot. A lot of great players have come through the league and done a lot of good things. But to be able to put this combination together is huge.” Heath Bell, the Padres’ 33-year-old closer, marvels at the difficulty of a Triple Crown. “Think of it this way — 1967. That was 10 years before I was even born, and I’m not one of the young guys in the league,” he said. “He’d be doing something that none of the great players in the last 40-some years did. That’s pretty mind blowing, pretty impressive.” Said Dodgers pitcher Ted Lilly: “It would be an unreal ending to what has already been a great year. Just on its own, this season has been tremendous. Now you add the Triple Crown and that puts it in a completely different category all by itself.” Kemp has hit well at Chase Field, where he has a career average of .304 with seven homers and 19 RBIs in 148 at-bats. “It would be unbelievable if I could do this,” Kemp said. If you like reading our blog, remember to bookmark it. Posted in padres-news | Comments Off
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Padres beaten by Kershaw again |
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