Padres Press Clips Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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Padres Press Clips Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Article Source Author Page Puig’s two homers beat Padres U-T San Diego Center 2 Maybin’s homer wins it for Tucson U-T San Diego Maffei 4 On Deck: Padres face Kershaw in L.A. U-T San Diego Center 6 Who would replace Cabrera, Grandal? U-T San Diego Center 7 Losing Cabrera, Grandal would devestate U-T San Diego Lin 9 ESPN: MLB going after Grandal, Cabrera U-T San Diego Jenkins 11 Bad for Cabrera, worse for Grandal, worst for baseball U-T San Diego Calkins 12 Padres hit three homers, but rookie Puig hits back MLB.com Brock 14 MLB eyes penalties for players linked to clinic MLB.com Hagen 16 Marquis draws Kershaw – and Puig, too MLB.com Cassavell 19 Padres, Stauffer enjoying pitcher’s versatility MLB.com Brock 21 Yonder out of starting lineup fourth straight game MLB.com Brock 22 Padres players named in MLB investigation report NBC San Diego Cubbison 23 MLB seeks to suspend A-Rod, Braun ESPN Quinn & Gomez 24 Latest twist in Biogenesis case is bad news for A-Rod, Braun, others Sports Illustrated Verducci 27 MLB’s reported deal with Biogenesis director raises many questions Sports Illustrated McCann 28 Will Bosch’s word be enough? Fox Sports Rosenthal 31 MLB players could soon see flip side to Biogenesis scandal Yahoo! Brown 33 As MLB reportedly seeks Biogenesis suspensions, Yahoo! Passan 35 scandal looms larger than BALCO 1 Puig’s two homers beat Padres By Bill Center, U-T San Diego LOS ANGELES — Dodgers rookie sensation Yasiel Puig beat the Padres with his arm Monday night. Tuesday night he did it with his bat. In his second major league game, the 22-year-old, “five-tool” Cuban refugee rocketed two home runs to defeat the Padres at the end of a very eventful day. Just before the game, Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera and catcher Yasmani Grandal were reported as targets of a Major League Baseball probe into performance-enhancing drugs that could result in suspensions for approximately 20 players, including the two Padres plus superstars Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez. And Carlos Quentin made his first appearance against the Dodgers since the April 11 incident with pitcher Zack Greinke at Petco Park that resulted in the Dodgers ace suffering a broken collarbone and Quentin getting an eight-game suspension. Quentin was loudly booed throughout the game by the 37,544 at Dodger Stadium, although there was no retaliation. Quentin homered in the seventh. That was not enough, however, to prevent the Dodgers from defeating the Padres 9-7 behind a trio of homers – bringing the total allowed by Padres pitchers this season top 73. Seven of the Dodgers runs scored on homers. The win enabled the Dodgers to pull to within a half-game of the fourth-place Padres in the National League West entering Wednesday night’s finale of the three-game series. Puig tied the game at 5-5 with a 439-foot, three-run shot off struggling Padres starter Clayton Richard in the fifth. An inning later, he drove a line drive the opposite way into the right field stands – the blast giving the Dodgers their final two runs. The Padres built an early 3-0 lead on home runs by Chris Denorfia and Kyle Blanks. Denorfia opened the game by drilling Ted Lilly’s second pitch into the left field stands for the sixth game- opening homer of his career and the Padres first since Denorfia connected at Dodger Stadium last Sept. 4. 2 Denorfia is hitting .319 (22-for-69) against left-handed pitchers this season. Kyle Blanks made it 3-0 with a two-run homer in the second. It was his second homer in 16 at-bats at Dodger Stadium this season. After Tim Federowicz pulled the Dodgers to within a run with a two-run homer off Richard in the bottom of the second, the Padres extended the lead to 5-2 in the fourth on a throwing error by Puig and a run-scoring single by Richard. But the rookie sensation made up for the error in the bottom of the fifth with his monster drive to left-center. Richard departed after walking the next hitter, who scored on an Adrian Gonzalez’s double to make it 6-5 Dodgers. The outing was disappointing for Richard, who got a respite from his season-long troubles last Friday night when he pitched two scoreless innings to pick up his only win in the 17-inning game against Toronto. The Dodgers had only seven baserunners against Richard. Six scored, including five on the two home runs. “Tonight he was missing his spots,” Padres manager Bud Black said of Richard. “His velocity was up, that’s fine. His location was not good with his fastball. We need to get him working with more off-speed pitches.” “I was disappointed that I was falling behind hitters,” said Richard. Richard has worked 38 2/3 innings this season and allowed 12 homers. Twenty of the 39 runs allowed by Richard have come on homers. Both hitters he walked Tuesday also scored. Richard’s earned run average climbed to 8.38 with Tuesday’s outing and is 8.02 over 12 1/3 innings in three outings since he returned from the disabled list. Richard escaped being the pitcher of record when the Padres tied the game in the sixth on a single by Denorfia. But they wasted a great opportunity to take the lead. They had the bases loaded with one out only to have the slumping Chase Headley ground into an inning-ending double play. Black was ejected for the first time this season for arguing a call at first at the end of the seventh. 3 Maybin’s homer wins it for Tucson By John Maffei, U-T San Diego CF Cameron Maybin isn't far away from returning to the big leagues. Tuesday, in his ninth rehab game with Tucson, Maybin had three hits, including a 10th-inning home run to lead his team to a 5-4 win over Reno. It was Maybin's third homer in nine games. He's hitting .323 (8-for-31). SS Logan Forsythe, who is also on a rehab assignment with Tucson, was hitless in the game, but walked three times. In four games, he's hitting .500 (7-for 14). Around the farm: Triple-A Tucson (33-26): T-PADRES 5, Reno 4 (10 innings) - RHP Miles Mikolas (4.00 ERA) pitched a scoreless 10th inning to pick up his 10th save of the season. RHP Brandon Kloess (3.03 ERA) started for the T-Padres and pitched three scoreless innings. He has allowed just one run on eight hits with 16 strikeouts in his last three starts, covering 13 2/3 innings. RHPs Daniel Stange (4.36 ERA), Nick Vincent (3.80 ERA), who struckout the side in his only inning, and Jorge Reyes (4.30 ERA) combined to throw 2 2/3 scoreless innings before Mikolas entered the game. 1B Brandon Allen (.255) led a 16-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles. 2B Dean Anna (.343), RF Daniel Robertson (.323) and 3B Gregorio Petit (.197) all had two hits. Double-A San Antonio (31-25): MISSIONS 2, Frisco 1 - RHP Matt Wisler (4.33 ERA) rebounded from a rough start, allowing one run on three hits over six innings. He didn't walk a batter and fanned four. Former major leaguer RHP Josh Geer (2-2, 3.45 ERA) earned the win with a shutout inning. RHP Kevin Quackenbush (0.34 ERA) picked up his 11th save with a scoreless ninth. It took him 26 pitches to get three outs. In 24 appearances this season Quackenbush has allowed just one earned run over 26 2/3 innings with 11 hits, nine walks and 36 strikeouts. CF Rico Noel (.263) had two hits and an RBI. C Rocky Gale (.245) knocked in the other run. High-A Lake Elsinore (21-37): STORM 7, Visalia 5 - The Storm had struggled all season, but have now won six in a row. CF Travis Jankowsi (.270) had a pair of hits, including a triple. Yeison Asencio (.292) had two 4 hits, including a double, and drove in two. 1B Robert Kral (.291) and DH B.J. Guinn (.181) both had two hits. C Austin Hedges (.253), who missed a month with an injury, had a double and is 4-for-9 in three games since returning to the lineup. LHP Frank Garces (5-4, 4.38 ERA) started the game, allowing two runs over 5 2/3 innings while recording 10 strikeouts. RHP Johnny Barbato (4.25 ERA) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his eighth save. Low-A Fort Wayne (33-23): Off Day. 5 On Deck: Padres face Kershaw in L.A. By Bill Center, U-T San Diego LOS ANGELES — PADRES at DODGERS Time: 7:10 p.m. Game 3of 3 TV: Fox Sports San Diego Radio: 1090-AM, 860-AM (Spanish) Padres RHP Jason Marquis (6-2, 3.82 ERA) Marquis, 34, has allowed seven runs on 14 hits and eight walks in 8 2/3 innings since his five-start winning streak ended. He started last Friday night’s, 17-inning, 4-3 win over Toronto, allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He has a career record of 7-4 with a 2.53 ERA in 17 games (16 starts) against the Dodgers.