Padres Press Clips Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Article Source Author Page Padres notes: Margot's crucial out; Ross better than before; Texas ties SD Union Tribune Acee 2 Padres come back in rare style to beat Rangers SD Union Tribune Acee 5 Josh Naylor homers in Texas League All-Star Game SD Union Tribune Sanders 7 Padres notes: Jordan Lyles will resume throwing with confidence SD Union Tribune Acee 9 Padres bullpen has shouldered load, now beginning to slump SD Union Tribune Acee 11 Shane Peterson helps power El Paso's sixth straight win SD Union Tribune Sanders 14 Padres rally in 8th after Ross' strong outing MLB.com Dotson 16 Green easing Hedges back into Padres' lineup MLB.com Dotson 18 Bullpen struggles under recent heavy workload Padres.com Center 20 Q&A: Padres pitching prospect Cal Quantrill talks about his recovery, The Athletic Lin 22 his mindset and aiming for the next level Padres rally past Rangers 3-2 as Choo extends on-base streak Associated Press AP 24 This Day in Padres History — June 27 FriarWire Center 26 Andy’s Address, 6/26 FriarWire Center 27 #PadresOnDeck: RHP Chris Paddack, LHP Nick Margevicius Lead FriarWire Center 29 Chain of Strong Starts Richard set to start as Padres eye a win in series finale FOX Sports STATS 33 Exiled by the Cubs, Sammy Sosa Is Enjoying the Life He Wants SI.com Buckland/Reiter 35 You to See 1 Padres notes: Margot's crucial out; Ross better than before; Texas ties Kevin Acee He has 10 extra-base hits and a .407 on-base percentage this month. He scored his team’s only two runs Sunday. The Padres had only scored 15 runs in the previous four games, and he’d driven in six of those. Through all that, no one gushed about Manuel Margot as much as they did after his hitless night on Tuesday. “The at-bat of the game,” manager Andy Green said. Down 2-0 in the eighth inning – with the Padres having won just one of the 40 games in which they trailed that late in a game this season – Travis Jankowski drew a lead-off walk against Rangers pitcher Jake Diekman. Margot followed with a pop fly in foul territory caught by Rangers first baseman Jurickson Profar. On the 13th pitch Margot saw and his eighth foul ball of the at-bat. Margot fell behind by watching two called strikes from Diekman before taking two balls and then fouling off three straight fastballs and a slider. The count went full on a ball inside before Margot fouled off three more pitches out of play and then sent the foul into the air that Profar caught in front of the Rangers dugout. “One thing people forget about is the at-bat by Manny,” is the first thing Wil Myers said following the Padres’ 3-2 victory over the Rangers. “That really set up that inning. … Any time you can wear down a pitcher, it really helps the rest of the guys. It was lot easier for Hos and I to have the at-bats we did after that.” It was the longest plate appearance of Margot’s career and the most pitches seen by a Padres player since Carlos Asuaje struck out at the end of a 13-pitch at-bat last Aug. 22. Four pitches later, the game was tied. 2 Eric Hosmer followed with a single on a 1-0 pitch. Myers doubled on the first pitch he saw, bringing home Jankowski. Christian Villanueva sent a first-pitch slider to left field for a sacrifice fly to score Hosmer. Hunter Renfroe got ahead 3-0, took two strikes, fouled off the 27th pitch of the inning straight back and hit the 28th pitch down the left field line for a double that scored Myers. Rangers manager Jeff Banister came out and got Diekman. Margot, who did walk in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to seven games, finished 0- for-3. In his past 27 games, he has as many multi-hit games (eight) as hitless games. On May 23, he was batting .199/.241/.294 and had spent just six days this season with a batting average above .200. He is now at .246/.309/.384. “It’s been fun to watch his at-bats the last (month),” Hosmer said. “He’s in a good place right now. It’s a lot of fun to watch him hit.” Even when he doesn’t get a hit. Even better Before Tuesday’s game, Green recalled what he saw when he’d watch Tyson Ross pitch for the Rangers last season and how far the right-hander has come in a year. Ross made 10 starts for the Rangers last season, allowing 36 earned runs and an average of 1.76 walks and hits per inning over 46 total innings. “He was a shell of his former self at that time,” Green said. “And now he’s better than his former self.” That was a pretty big statement, considering Ross was among the major leagues’ best pitchers over a three-year stretch from 2013-15 before thoracic outlet syndrome and the ensuing surgery and recovery cost him the 2016 season and most of ’17. And it turns out, Green was right. Ross allowed two runs in six innings Tuesday night, his 10th quality start of the season. He did not get the decision and sits at 5-5 with a 3.32 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. Opponents are batting .222 against him. Through 16 starts in 2014, his All-Star season, Ross was 6-7 with a 3.22 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and .240 batting average against. He had made nine quality starts. Follow the connections Ross was with the Rangers for just more than three months during the season after signing with them a few weeks before spring training. He still made a big impression, and the Rangers wish he was still in Texas. 3 A day after Rangers pitching coach Doug Brocail gushed about Ross, Rangers manager Jeff Banister did the same thing. “When we signed him, we had visions beyond last year,” Banister said prior to Tuesday’s game. “It’s no surprise that he’s throwing the ball the way he is. I saw him when he was really, really good before the surgery. It’s more of a testament to how he’s worked to get himself back. I love seeing players that have success, whether they have been with us and have gone on. That’s part of it. You pull for the human being more than you pull for the jersey.” The Padres released Ross on Sept. 12 and promoted outfielder Willie Calhoun, who was the key piece in their trade of Yu Darvish to the Dodgers. Calhoun remained in Triple-A on Tuesday while the Rangers called up Ryan Rua to replace Ronald Guzman. Guzman was placed on the seven-day concussion DL after he took a knee to the head from Padres third baseman Christian Villanueva while diving back to the bag on Monday night. Villanueva, incidentally, was playing in his first game against the team that originally signed him out of Mexico in 2008. 4 Padres come back in rare style to beat Rangers Kevin Acee It felt like this type of inning should have happened sooner. There just hadn’t been many chances. There had, in fact, not been a single game in which the events that transpired Tuesday night at Globe Life Park could have occurred. Wil Myers came to bat with Eric Hosmer on base. The moment felt big. It ended up being big. Myers doubled to start the scoring in a three-run eighth inning that led to a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. “I think everyone, all Padres fans, everybody in the front office envisioned that,” Myers said. “It’s pretty cool when it happens in real time.” In the first game in which Myers hit behind Hosmer and just the 13th game they have started together with the Padres, the team’s two biggest names and two highest-paid players figured prominently in a victory. Perhaps had Myers not missed all but 16 of the season’s 82 games, this wouldn’t have been just the second time in 41 tries the Padres won when trailing after seven innings. “That’s what good teams do,” Hosmer said. “They find ways to win, especially when we’re not clicking on all cylinders offensively. … We needed it a lot. It seemed like it had been a while since we put up some runs. It was big to come from behind and kind of steal this one. It seemed like they had the momentum all game.” The Padres were on the verge of wasting another fine outing by Tyson Ross, their most consistent starter, who they consistently fail to support with runs. Ross allowed two runs – on solo homers, by Rougned Odor in the second and Robinson Chirinos in the fourth – before leaving after the sixth inning. It was his 10th quality start and the 15th time in his 16 starts he went at least five innings. It was the third straight game in which the Padres did not score while he was in the game. 5 They have scored just 33 runs while he has been in games all season, the second-fewest runs of support for any pitcher who has thrown at least 95 innings this season. But for the 11th time, the Padres won a game Ross started because he kept them in it.