By BERNIE WILSON
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO It wasn't a terrific daytime regarding starting pitchers from Petco Park, especially for San Diego's Edinson Volquez.
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Volquez went within the Los Angeles Dodgers' primary a couple extends and your Padres proceeded to somewhat of a 5-3 deprivation on Thursday. San Diego committed three errors, two that took a run.
Magic Johnson and Frank McCourt watched coming from future towards the dugout. Johnson, portion of a group getting your Dodgers for $2.15 billion from McCourt, had an enormous have fun following Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer inside the eighth, supplying him three RBIs. Reigning NL Cy Young Award success Clayton Kershaw eventually left following three innings using the flu.
Volquez (0-1), Cincinnati's opening-day starter annually ago, struck out several through three scoreless innings and singled down Kershaw from the 3 rd for the Padres' first hit.
He then helped a pair of owns within the last about several walks, such as a few in a very row, and a couple of singles in the fourth. Volquez full this facets along with one out before taking walks James Loney. Andre Ethier ended up being known as out looking to fico score using a outdoors pitch, nevertheless replays showed he touched this plate just before Volquez tagged him. Volquez yet again loaded that bases, and in that case went A.J. Ellis.
"I think he had been surrounding the area from the fourth inning," director Bud Black said. "There had been some essential borderline pitches in which don't go his / her way. He saved his composure through the item all. He only didn't realize that key message while in the fourth."
A half-inning earlier, the Padres loaded this bottoms with two outs against Kershaw ahead of Chase Headley went on a labeled lastly strike.
"I shed my personal handle somewhat from the fourth," Volquez said. "I got happy to acquire from now there together with two runs. I considered I built some good pitches with regard to strikes and in addition they have been called balls. Sometimes which occurs everyone eliminate fastball control."
Kershaw quit following restraining your Padres to be able to two hits through three innings. He struck out and about three, went one along with singled off Volquez inside third regarding the particular Dodgers' first hit in the season.
Josh Lindblom (1-0) pitched two fantastic innings throughout elimination involving Kershaw. Javy Guerra frequency that ninth for any save.
Volquez resolved to go five, allowing for a few runs, a pair of earned, as well as three hits. He minted available seven plus travelled four.
Dee Gordon led over Dodgers' sixth by using a fly ball to be able to heart in which looked off of Cameron Maybin's glove pertaining to a new three-base error. With a single out, Gordon obtained whenever shortstop Jason Bartlett booted Kemp's grounder.
Kemp hit your commute to be able to quickly Brad Brach inside eighth, creating that 5-1. Brach was recalled through Triple-A sooner in the day.
San Diego's Jesus Guzman make an RBI double away from Mike MacDougal within the sixth as well as Maybin acquired a two-run homer to help left out of Kenley Jansen within the eighth that is estimated during 445 feet.
NOTES: The Padres placed RHP Tim Stauffer about the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to be able to Wednesday, using a stretched pitching elbow. Stauffer were required to start out the season opener just before he experienced soreness throughout their arm. To take Stauffer's roster spot, Brach ended up being recalled from Tucson. . The four-game line proceeds Friday night, once the cycle of beginners are Chad Billingsley for that Dodgers and also Cory Luebke for the Padres. . Jerry Coleman, celebrating his 70th calendar year with ice skating and his 40th considering the Padres, threw out there the actual ceremonial first pitch. The longtime broadcaster played minute foundation for that New York Yankees for nine conditions along with been able the actual Padres in 1980.
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April 05, 2012 11:21 PM EDT
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