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Week 2: 4 at Philadelphia Philles and 3 vs Arizona Diamondbacks

4/11/16

San Diego Padres v. Philadelphia Philles (1-2)
WP: CL Hector Neris 1IP 0ER 2K 0BB (2-0 0.00 ERA)
LP: CL Kevin Quackenbush (BS 1) 0.2IP 2ER 1K 0BB (0-1 10.80 ERA 0SV)
SV:
LF Jon Jay 2-3
2B Cord Spangenberg 1-3
SD HR: none
PHI HR: none
Game Notes:
Way to go Kevin Quackenbush you scrub, goes into the ninth leading 1-0 and he some how loses the game after breaking down and losing the game completely. Quackenbush is close to getting released from the Padres. Also something needs to be done for the offense to actually put up runs.

News:

Indians backstop Roberto Perez was placed on the bereavement list as his daughter is dealing with an deadly unknown illness. The entire Padres organization wishes Perez's daughter gets better and has a full recovery.

The Royals have been reported to have finalized a deal with the Oakland A's that would send 32 year old 1B Kendrys Morales and $1.5 million in return for 31 year old 2B Jed Lowrie and 22 year old minor league CF James Harris

4/12/16
Game Cancelled due to rain, will be made up on 4/14/16 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Philles

4/13/16

San Diego Padres v. Philadelphia Philles (4-2)
WP: SP James Shields 8IP 1ER 0BB 10K (1-1 4.72 ERA)
LP: SP Charlie Morton 5.1IP 4ER 0BB 5K (0-2 4.97 ERA)
SV: Kevin Quackenbush 1 SV (0-0 6.75 ERA 1SV)
CF Travis Jankowski 3-5 2B
SS Alexei Ramirez 2-4
1B Wil Myers 1-4 2B
SD HR: Yangervis Solarte (2)
Phi HR: none
Game Notes:
Finally we get our first win of the season, with a strong showing from the offense and pitching, this is what we need to win games

News:

Boston fans are writhing after they learned that Mookie Betts will be out for 3 weeks after straining a rib cage muscle after diving to make a catch.

Also heading to the DL for sometime is Brewers star left fielder Ryan Braun. Braun suffered a fractured thumb sliding into 2B on a double, Braun was reached after the game and commented on the injury saying he "Wants to be in the field."

4/14/16

San Diego Padres v. Philadelphia Philles (6-1)
WP: SP Drew Pomeranz 8IP 1ER 1BB 9K (1-1 5.59 ERA)
LP: SP Jeremy Hellickson 2.2IP 5ER 2BB 1K (0-2 6.52 ERA)
SV:
C Christian Bethancourt 2-4
LF Jon Jay 1-4 HR
SD HR: Jon Jay (1)
PHI HR: none
Game Notes:
Pomeranz had a good showing today going 103 pitches deep into the game and a Jon Jay home run in the 3rd sealed the deal for this game

Game 2:

San Diego Padres v. Philadelphia Philles (0-2)
WP: SP Aaron Nola 8IP 0ER 0BB 4K (1-1 2.14 ERA)
LP: SP Tyson Ross 6.1IP 1ER 1BB 6K (0-3 4.15 ERA)
SV: Hector Neris (1) (2-0 0.00 ERA)
3B Yangervis Solarte 1-3 SB
SD HR: none
PHI HR: Emmanuel Burriss (1)
Game Notes:
This was the offenses fault, letting down an okay effort by Tyson Ross Interestingly enough, the Padres hit zero extra base hits.

4/15/16

San Diego Padres v. Arizona Diamondbacks (5-1)
WP: SP Andrew Cashner 6IP 0ER 1BB 10K (1-2 2.95 ERA)
LP: SP Zack Greinke 3.2IP 5ER 0BB 4K (1-2 3.79 ERA)
SV:
C Christian Bethancourt 3-4 2B
LF Jon Jay 2-2 HR
3B Yangervis Solarte 2-4 2B
SD HR: Jon Jay (2)
ARI HR: Jake Lamb (2)
Game Notes:
With a solid offensive showing to go along with a respectable start from Andrew Cashner allowed us to get this win

News:

The Pirates be with out Ace Gerrit Cole for the rest of the year after he suffered a torn rotator cuff on April 14th. Cole was 2-0 with a 3.78 ERA in 3 starts before the injury

Rays will have to get used to a new starters face after RHP Erasmo Ramirez went down with a torn labrum that will keep him out for 4-5 months, conservative guesses have him back in late august.

4/16/16

San Diego Padres v. Arizona Diamondbacks (8-1)
WP: SP Brandon Morrow 7IP 1ER 1BB 4K (1-0 0.64 ERA)
LP: SP Shelby Miller 3.1IP 5ER 5BB 6K (0-1 9.75 ERA)
SV:
3B Yangervis Solarte 2-4 2B
PH Melvin Upton Jr. 1-1 2B
SD HR: none
ARI HR:Brandon Drury (1)
Game Notes:
A good pitching effort by the 1-0 Brandon Morrow who allowed his only earned run on the year. A lot of walks by Shelby Miller is what sealed the deal.

News:

Braves Catcher A.J Pierzynski "hit" an impressive milestone, getting his 2000th hit in a 9-2 victory over the Miami Marlins

The Royals will be without left fielder Alex Gordon for 5 weeks after he went down with shoulder tendinitis, he will be retroactively placed on the 15 day DL, Gordon was unavailable for comment on the Injury

The Giants will be without LF Hunter Pence for 5 weeks after he sprained his ankle. Pence had been batting .313 with 0 HR and 2 RBI

4/14/16

San Diego Padres v. Arizona Diamondbacks (5-4) (11)
WP: RP Carlos Villanueva 1IP 1ER 1BB 2K (1-0 1.69 ERA)
LP: CL Brad Ziegler 0.2IP 2ER 0BB 0K (1-1 4.76 ERA)
SV:
RF Matt Kemp 3-5
LF Jose Pirela 3-5 2B
SD HR: none
ARI HR: David Murphy (1)
Game Notes:
A David Murphy pinch hit 3 run home run in the bottom of the ninth with 2 outs given up by Kevin Quackenbush that ruined an 8 inning shutout by James Shields what a shame, Quackenbush is on thin ice with me right now.

News:
No Notable news reported

NL Player of the Week is Philles RF Wil Venable. Venable won the award after batting .500 with 14 hits in 28 AB with 2HR and 9 RBIs

AL Player of the Week is Orioles CF Adam Jones the former Seattle Mariner won the award after batting .367 (11-for-30) with 4 HR and 11 RBIs