“I saw that (Bailey) would turn his back on a lot of close calls”, Myers said.
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Padres: Paul Clemens (1-1, 4.82) will make his second start for the Padres after being claimed off waivers on July 1. He pitched fairly well, allowing two runs on four hits with six strikeouts and three walks over 5.2 innings, and he picked up a win to boot.
“It was six innings, 90 pitches and it was a feel-good game”, Price said of Finnegan’s outing. Rookie left fielder Alex Dickerson, who had homered in four straight games, collided with centerfielder Travis Jankowski on Cozart’s drive into left-center and was forced to leave the game with a right hip contusion.
It was the fourth walk-off homer by a Padre this season.Padres relievers Jose Dominguez, Ryan Buchter, Brandon Maurer and Brad Hand (3-2) each worked a ideal inning as San Diego pitchers retired the final 13 Cincinnati hitters in the game.Meanwhile, Reds right-handed reliever Raisel Inglesias allowed a hit in three scoreless innings before giving way to Diaz to start the 10th.Left-hander Christian Friedrich of the Padres and right-hander Anthony DeSclafani of the Reds were locked in a 1-1 pitcher’s duel before they departed after six innings.The Reds scored first.
Before Rosales’ walk-off homer, a second quiet night at the plate threatened to waste Christian Friedrich’s first quality start since June 12. The only damage he allowed crossed the plate on Billy Hamilton’s third-inning single. “I left a couple of balls over the plate when I had chances to put people away, and I paid for it”. Dickerson is not expected to land on the disabled list, according to manager Andy Green. OF Jay Bruce didn’t start for the Reds on Sunday amid speculation he was about to be traded. Suarez notched a two-RBI single that scored Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips, both aboard via hits. But Derek Norris lined out to Suarez at third to end the threat.
With the departing Matt Kemp removed from the lineup before a 2-1 victory earned on Adam Rosales’ 10th-inning, walk-off homer, last-minute juggling had Wil Myers shifting from first base to right field for the second time this season, Brett Wallace moving from third to first and temporarily into Kemp’s clean-up spot and Rosales sliding into the lineup at third base.
“One of the things you like about Friedrich is that he is competitive”, said Green.
“We messed around with it and the one I’m throwing now is working”, he said.
Finnegan, Michael Lorenzen and Blake Wood shut out the Padres on six hits Friday night at Petco Park – meaning the Padres didn’t get a home run, ending San Diego’s National League record-tying streak of games with at least one homer at 25 straight.
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Friedrich, who has now made the most starts for the Padres this season (14) since Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea were traded, is coming off his shortest game this season.
