Wil Myers hit a leadoff homer and had four RBIs, James Shields pitched seven strong innings and San Diego Padres jumped on the Arizona Diamondbacks early in a 10-3 rout Monday night. Goldschmidt had 125 in 2013.
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Second baseman Cory Spangenberg had two hits and three RBIs for the Padres (68-77), who snapped a four-game losing streak with two five-run innings.
Padres: Norris had to leave the game in the fifth inning after a foul ball Paul Goldschmidt hit him on the right hand.
“I feel that I haven’t been on the mound my whole life”, Hellickson said.
San Diego Padres’ Derek Norris (3) runs to first base connecting on… Hellickson’s errant pickoff throw as Spangenberg stole second allowed another run to score.
The rain came after that. Ellington suffered a mild sprain of his right posterior cruciate ligament in Arizona’s 31-19 season-opening win over New Orleans.
Shields (12-6) struck out six to reach 200 on the nose while allowing one run and four hits in seven innings.
San Diego Padres’ James Shields throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, September 14, 2015, in Phoenix.
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Fans in two sections behind home plate quickly scrambled to get out of the way as rain soaked them and an area of about 100 seats. Ross is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in three starts against Arizona this season and has a 4-3 mark and 2.75 ERA in 12 career appearances (11 starts).Chacin is making his third major-league start of the season after giving up two earned runs in each of the first two, both of which took place in August. Arizona RHP Chase Anderson is expected to pitch out of the bullpen this week with RHP Jhoulys Chacin going into the rotation, but manager Chip Hale said Anderson would get more starts the rest of the season…. He gave up a combined nine runs through 12 innings of work in those starts. Norris had gone 1-2 with a walk and RBI before the injury and he was replaced by Austin Hedges in the lineup. 1B Yonder Alonso was moved to the 60-day disabled list with a stress reaction to a bone in his lower back, ending his season.
