In the sixth, one night after hitting a ball into the Rogers Centre’s fifth deck, Padres left-fielder Alex Dickerson hit a three-run home run to give the Padres a 4-3 lead.
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Matt Kemp put the Padres in front with a two-run homer off Jesse Chavez (1-2) in the top of the 12th, but San Diego blew the lead.
Padres general manager A.J. Preller said the deal had been in the works for a few weeks.
To Padres manager Andy Green sees it, no one else in the majors has made strides as big as Perdomo has this season.
“That’s exciting because he’s part of our future”, Green said. “The defense at all three positions, speed, base-running, base-stealer, power, versatility and depth”.
The knuckleballer is winless in three starts and has allowed six home runs in that span.
Joe Biagini took over from Dickey with two outs in the sixth and pitched one and a third of scoreless relief, striking out one. After retiring the first eight batters he faced, reliever Jesse Chavez (1-2), the eventual victor, allowed a double to Wil Myers and a home run to Matt Kemp. “He gave up the three-run home run but other than that it was a really good outing”.
Dickerson homered for the fourth time in four games when he connected off Franklin Morales in the eighth. The first of those games lasted 17 innings. “He said ‘Just tell him to keep doing it, he’s doing great. Every time he’s in the batter’s box, you think he’s going to hit a homer”.
Melvin Upton Jr. makes his first start with his new club against the team that traded him when the Toronto Blue Jays wrap up a three-game series against the visiting San Diego Padres on Wednesday afternoon. He went 1 for 4 with a single.
Encarnacion, who went 0-for-2 with a strikeout against Perdomo, asked San Diego catcher Christian Bethancourt for a scouting report on the young hurler.
“What attracted him to us was several things”, Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said. The Blue Jays acquired RHP Joaquin Benoit from Seattle in exchange for RHP Drew Storen and cash.2.
Padres: 3B Yangervis Solarte was placed on the family leave list, meaning he will be out three to seven days.
Blue Jays: RHP Bo Schultz was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo to make room for Benoit.
Dickey is 2-7 in 16 career games, including 13 starts, against the Orioles despite a 3.90 ERA so it was chose to pitch him against San Diego. RHP Edwin Jackson (1-0, 2.92) starts against Reds LHP Brandon Finnegan (5-8, 4.93). He has a career record of 55-43 with 50 saves and an ERA of 3.87 in 687 games, 55 starts while pitching for the Rangers (2001-2008), Rays (2010), Tigers (2011-2012), Padres (2014-2015) and Mariners (2016). He is 2-2 with a 5.86 ERA in 14 road appearances (six starts).Dickey takes the ball instead of scheduled starter Marco Estrada, who gets extra rest for his troublesome back. Estrada is winless in four starts.
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If the Blue Jays were out of the playoff picture then there would be a plausible chance of this trade happening, but Toronto needs Bautista in the lineup as they now hold a half-game lead for the first wild-card spot and sit 2 1/2 games back of the Orioles in the AL East.
