1 Padres Press Clips Sunday, July 3, 2016 Article Source Author Page Rise, Up: Padres walk off on Yanks MLB.com Cassavell/Hoch 3 Sweep-seeking Padres turn to Cashner vs. Yankees MLB.com Collazo 5 Pomeranz adds final line to All-Star resume MLB.com Collazo 7 Upton belts Padres-record 3rd walk-off homer MLB.com Cassavell 9 Huffman's strong start paces Lake Elsinore Padres.com Center 11 Maurer hoping to join pantheon of Padres closers MLB.com Bloom 14 Upton's walk-off homer gives Padres 2-1 win against Yankees Associated Press AP 17 Padres walk off with win in 81st game UT San Diego Sanders 19 Best tools from Padres' 2016 draft class UT San Diego Sanders 22 Q&A: Padres left-hander Christian Friedrich UT San Diego Sanders 25 Padres look for series sweep of Yankees Sunday STATS, LLC STATS, LLC 28 Yankees-Padres preview STATS, LLC STATS, LLC 30 Upton Walks Off The Yankees NBC San Diego Togerson 32 Pregame: Myers' wrist 'not an issue' for derby UT San Diego Sanders 33
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Padres Press Clips Sunday, July 3, 2016
Article Source Author Page
Rise, Up: Padres walk off on Yanks MLB.com Cassavell/Hoch 3
Sweep-seeking Padres turn to Cashner vs. Yankees MLB.com Collazo 5
Pomeranz adds final line to All-Star resume MLB.com Collazo 7
Upton belts Padres-record 3rd walk-off homer MLB.com Cassavell 9
Huffman's strong start paces Lake Elsinore Padres.com Center 11
Maurer hoping to join pantheon of Padres closers MLB.com Bloom 14
Upton's walk-off homer gives Padres 2-1 win against Yankees Associated Press AP 17
Padres walk off with win in 81st game UT San Diego Sanders 19
Best tools from Padres' 2016 draft class UT San Diego Sanders 22
Q&A: Padres left-hander Christian Friedrich UT San Diego Sanders 25
Padres look for series sweep of Yankees Sunday STATS, LLC STATS, LLC 28
Yankees-Padres preview STATS, LLC STATS, LLC 30
Upton Walks Off The Yankees NBC San Diego Togerson 32
Pregame: Myers' wrist 'not an issue' for derby UT San Diego Sanders 33
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Rise, Up: Padres walk off on Yanks By AJ Cassavell and Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 2:23 AM ET
SAN DIEGO -- Melvin Upton Jr. turned on the first pitch he saw from Yankees relieverAndrew Miller,
and walked off straight into the Padres' record books on Saturday night.
The veteran left fielder led off the bottom of the ninth with his third game-ending homer of the season,
propelling the Padres to a thrilling 2-1 victory at Petco Park. Upton, who also beat the D-backs and the
Dodgers with walk-off shots, became the first player in Padres history to record three walk-off home runs
in the same year.
"I've seen him a lot in the past, so I had a pretty good feel for him," Upton said of facing Miller, whose
fastball simply tailed too far over the inner third of the plate. "I just got something I could handle."
Until Saturday, Toronto's Josh Donaldson was the last big leaguer with three game-ending dingers in a
season, doing so in 2015. Upton -- who has ended a game with a home run seven times in his career --
also tied Bruce Bochy, Bip Roberts and Scott Hairston as the Padres' all-time leaders in walk-off blasts,
with three.
San Diego ace Drew Pomeranz set the stage for Upton with yet another solid start, striking out seven and
allowing just one run over seven frames. In half of Pomeranz's 16 starts this season, he's allowed one run
or fewer.
Meanwhile, Yankees starter Ivan Nova was equally sharp over his 5 1/3 frames. He allowed a run on four
hits, while striking out seven -- one shy of his season high.
"We're not playing the way we're supposed to play, but it's a long season," Nova said. "We've got to stay
together and keep at it, and try to forget what happened in the past and just look forward to the second
half and win more games."
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Hey now, you're an All-Star? Rollie Fingers, who pitched in the 1978 Midsummer Classic, is the only
Padres pitcher in history to represent his team in a hometown All-Star Game. In his final start before
rosters are unveiled Tuesday night, Pomeranz made a case to become the second. With his seven strong
frames, the 28-year-old southpaw sits eighth in the National League with a 2.65 ERA, and third with a
"There's an unbelievable crop of starting pitchers in the National League," said Padres skipper Andy
Green. "But you look at his hard-hit rate, you look at his punch-rate, you look at his ERA, strikeouts --
everything lines up with top-of-the-rotation guys. He's pitched like an ace."
It's not Miller's time: Miller said he felt out of sorts, even in the eighth inning, as he issued a
leadoff walk to Travis Jankowski and had to battle to keep San Diego off the board. Beginning
the ninth, he was trying to go low and away with the decisive fastball to Upton, but didn't locate
the pitch. It was the fifth home run that Miller has permitted in 35 2/3 innings this season.
"I just wasn't very good," Miller said. "It's not where I wanted to throw that ball, and I paid for it,
unfortunately. It would've been nice to get [my teammates] some more at-bats. I just didn't do
my job."
Check that: The Padres tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when Matt Kemp's check
swing turned into an RBI double. Kemp tried to hold up on a Dellin Betances fastball about a foot
out of the strike zone. But the ball hit his bat anyway, and ricocheted into the right-field corner,
scoring Wil Myers.
Refsnyder's strong throw: Refsnyder has been a hitter without a position for much of his brief big league career, but he came up firing with a one-hop seed from right field in the sixth inning to keep the game tied at 1. Charging Upton's single, Refsnyder delivered the ball just in time for catcher Austin Romine to apply a swipe tag on Kemp, who was attempting to score from second base. Drafted as an outfielder, Refsnyder has also seen time at second base and third base this season. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW • The Yankees successfully challenged a call at first base in the top of the fifth inning, as Romine was initially ruled out on a two-out grounder to third baseman Yangervis Solarte. A review of four minutes and 20 seconds overturned the call, with Romine ruled safe. Nova struck out to end the inning. • New York successfully challenged a second call in the bottom of the sixth, as Jankowski was initially ruled safe on a double to left fielder Gardner. A review of two minutes and 34 seconds determined that second baseman Castro's tag was applied before Jankowski reached the bag.
• Later in the sixth, the Yankees had a third challenge go their way -- this time initiated by
Green. After Refsnyder's perfect throw nailed Kemp at the plate, Green requested replay,
hopeful that Kemp's hand touched the plate before Romine's tag, or that Romine had illegally
blocked the plate. But after review, the call was allowed to stand.
SAN DIEGO -- Melvin Upton Jr. capped a remarkable first half for the San Diego Padres with a magnificent walk-off home run. Upton hit a 440-foot homer on the first pitch of the ninth from Andrew Millerto give the Padres a 2-1 victory against the New York Yankees on Saturday night. It was his third walk-off homer of the season, a team record, landing in the second balcony on the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner.
"I've seen him a lot in the past, so I had a pretty good feel for him and just got something I could handle," said Upton, who has 13 homers. `'You never go up and try to hit a home run, just go up and try to put a good A-B together against a very good pitcher."
It was Upton's seventh career walk-off homer and his 11th career walk-off hit.
Upton said this season, his second in San Diego, is "probably the most fun in a while, but I'm just glad to have the opportunity to play every day, man."
Upton, limited to 87 games last year due to a foot injury, has five more homers than his brother, Justin, who was his teammate with the Padres last year before signing with Detroit.
"He's done it enough, hasn't he?" manager Andy Green said. "It's almost ridiculous how good he's been in pivotal situations. He continues to amaze. He's a low-heartbeat guy. There's not a lot that ruffles him. He's really even-keel. I think to some degree he's probably gotten a bad rap for that over the years, like there's nothing that fazes him. He's just smooth, glides through the game, everything's relaxed."
Miller said he tried to throw a fastball down and away. "That pitch is much better located for him. I didn't do it. I wasn't very sharp in general and I paid for it.
"I just wasn't very good," Miller said. "It was not where I wanted to throw that ball. I paid for it, unfortunately. It would have been nice to get some more at-bats. I just didn't do my job."
Miller (5-1) was starting his second inning for the Yankees.
Brad Hand (2-2) pitched the ninth for the win. There were three replays that took a total of 10 minutes, 10 seconds. Among them was Matt
Kemp being thrown out trying to score from second on Upton's single to right to end the sixth. "I thought all three of those were ridiculously close today," Green said. "All of them hurt us, but at the end, Melvin did what he does."
Starters Ivan Nova of the Yankees and Drew Pomeranz of the Padres each allowed one run before turning it over to the bullpens. New York took a 1-0 lead in the sixth when Jacoby Ellsbury hit a leadoff double, advanced on Brett
Gardner's bunt single and scored on Starlin Castro's groundout.
San Diego tied it in the bottom of the inning when Wil Myers walked and scored on Kemp's double. Kemp tried to score on Upton's single to right, but Rob Refsnydermade a great throw home to Austin Romine, who then blocked the plate with his left foot and tagged Kemp. The Padres challenged, but the call stood after a review of 3:19. The longest replay was 4:20 after Romine was thrown out after a nice throw by third baseman Yangervis Solarte on a slow roller. The call was overturned and Romine was safe with an infield single, but Nova struck out to end the inning.
Nova held the Padres to one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, struck out seven and walked one.
Pomeranz also allowed just one run, and five hits, while striking out seven and walking none.
"The problem tonight was we didn't score," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Pomeranz has an outstanding curveball and we never were able to solve it. He was tough on our guys. It looked like it might be a 1-0 game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Girardi said Carlos Beltran, slowed by a tight right hamstring, will be the DH Monday at Chicago. Padres: Manager Andy Green said RHP Erik Johnson has a flexor tendon strain and is expected to be out for three to six weeks.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Chad Green (0-1, 7.20) is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for his third stint with the team. It'll be his second career start and third appearance. Padres: RHP Andrew Cashner (3-5, 4.75) is due to come off the disabled list to make his first start since June 10, when he was removed from his start at Colorado with a strained neck after throwing just six pitches.
"This has been a strange year," said Cashner, who has allowed one earned run over nine innings in two
previous games (one start) against the Yankees.
Cashner missed 22 days with his neck strain. He has missed a total of six starts this season.
In four starts between his two trips to the disabled list -- each for issues unrelated to his right arm --
Casher was 1-2 with a 4.42 ERA. His ERA is currently as low as it has been since April 22.
"I thought Cash was throwing a lot better before his neck became an issue," Padres manager Andy Green
said recently. "His stuff was sharper and his command was better. He looked sharp in his rehab start
earlier this week (with Class A Lake Elsinore) so we're hopeful he's ready to move forward."
There are indications that Cashner's neck soreness could have been an issue weeks before the sprain
forced him to the sideline.
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Yankees-Padres preview SAN DIEGO -- With CC Sabathia being pushed back a day, the Yankees have
recalled right-hander Chad Green from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes-Barre of the
International League to start Sunday's series finale against the Padres at
Petco Park.
Stats LLCJul 3, 2016 at 3:54a ET
SAN DIEGO -- With CC Sabathia being pushed back a day, the Yankees have recalled right-hander Chad Green from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes-Barre of the International League to start Sunday's series finale against the Padres at Petco Park.
This will be the 25-year-old Green's third trip to the major league this season. The first visit didn't go so well.
And the pressure will be on. The Yankees need a win Sunday afternoon to avoid being swept by the Padres. But history is on the Yankees side.
The Padres are 6-20 in day games this season, including a 2-8 record in day games at Petco Park. They are also 3-23 in the last games of a series and 2-10 on Sundays.
As for Green, he made his major league debut on May 14 in a spot start at Arizona and allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits in four innings. Two of the hits were homers.
"I think Green will be less nervous than in his last start," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Saturday while discussing the matchup of Green (0-1, 7.20 earned run average) against Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner (3-5, 4.75 ERA), who is coming off the 15-day disabled list due to a neck strain.
"I hope so," Girardi continued in his discussion of Green. "I think that any time guys get called up at an early age, the first time they are nervous. The second time they are less nervous. That is just the way it goes."
Girardi said Green has pitched well at Triple-A. In fact, Green earlier this week was named to the International League team for the Triple-A All-Star Game. He is 6-6 in 14 starts for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with a 1.54 ERA. He leads the IL in ERA.
Cashner, meanwhile, will be making his first appearance since June 10, when he left after facing one hitter at Coors Field in Denver. He went on the disabled list the following day for the second time this season. Cashner was also out from May 9 to May 24 with a left hamstring strain suffered when he unsuccessfully tried to score from first on a double.
"This has been a strange year," said Cashner, who has allowed one earned run over nine innings in two previous games (one start) against the Yankees.
Cashner missed 22 days with his neck strain. He has missed a total of six starts this season.
In four starts between his two trips to the disabled list -- each for issues unrelated to his right arm -- Casher was 1-2 with a 4.42 ERA. His ERA is currently as low as it has been since April 22.
"I thought Cash was throwing a lot better before his neck became an issue," Padres manager Andy Green said recently. "His stuff was sharper and his command was better. He looked sharp in his rehab start earlier this week (with Class A Lake Elsinore) so we're hopeful he's ready to move forward."
There are indications that Cashner's neck soreness could have been an issue weeks before the sprain forced him to the sideline.
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Upton Walks Off The Yankees Padres outfielder delivers more late-inning heroics
By Derek Togerson
The Padres have not swept a series in 2016. If they get their first one against the New York
Yankees, it will probably have just a little extra special meaning for San Diego baseball fans
who still remember the 1998 World Series.
Melvin Upton Jr. put the Friars in a position to pull it off. Upton hit his third walk-off home
run of the season on Saturday night, a solo shot leading off the 9th against Yankees reliever
Andrew Miller, to give San Diego a 2-1 win and their second straight one-run decision against
the Yanks.
Upton has been the Padres’ best position player not named Myers and his big moment was
made possible in part by San Diego’s best pitcher.
Lefty Drew Pomeranz made his second straight stellar start. Pomeranz went 7.0 innings,
allowing one run and striking out seven. In his last two starts he’s gone 14.0 innings with just
one run allowed, potentially rekindling his chances of getting a spot on the All-Star team.
The Padres got their first run in the 6th inning on a Matt Kemp RBI double that scored Wil
Myers and tied the game 1-1. That’s how it stayed until the bottom of the 9th.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi had closer Aroldis Chapman ready to go but chose to stick with
Miller, is setup man who is likely going to be on the American League All-Star team.
Apparently Girardi did not check his stat sheet. Upton came in to the game with a .400
average and two home runs in his career against Miller.
Perhaps it should be no surprise, then, that Upton hammered the first pitch he saw in to the
left field seats to send the Friar Faithful home happy. The Padres can complete that sweep on
Sunday if Andrew Cashner can come off the disabled list and beat Chad Green.