SAN DIEGO -- For one day at least, the moderate-payroll San Diego Padres are in first place in the NL West, ahead of the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ryan Miller
Jersey . Seth Smith hit a towering drive for a tying homer leading off the
eighth and Chris Denorfia singled home two runs to give the Padres a 3-1 victory
against the rival Dodgers in baseballs North American opener Sunday night.
Smiths first hit with the Padres came on a 2-0 pitch from Brian Wilson, who
started the eighth after Hyun-Jin Ryu threw seven scoreless innings. It sailed
an estimated 360 feet into the right-field seats. It was his seventh career
pinch-hit homer. He was acquired in an off-season trade with Oakland for
reliever Luke Gregerson. Wilson (0-1) walked pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal, who
advanced when the veteran reliever couldnt handle Everth Cabreras bunt for an
error. Grandal stole third and Cabrera took second on indifference before
Denorfia hit a bouncer up the middle to bring them both in. "Theyre all just one
game, but when youre facing a team like the Dodgers, full of great players,
Brian Wilson, a guy who knows how to get it done in those situations, its not
easy to do what our hitters did," said Huston Street, who pitched a perfect
ninth for the save. "To come back and get three right there in that situation,
especially after leaving guys on base early, thats what this team is going to
have to do to win. Were going to have to battle all year long." The Dodgers set
a record with an opening-day payroll of $234 million. The Padres are 23rd at
just under $90 million. Street said he has no problem with the discrepancy.
"Theyve got a lot of talent and their talent has earned those salaries," Street
said. "Theyre not just given. At the same time, a lot of guys in this locker
room are young guys. They havent hit that free agency mark. They havent hit
those big salary years. We could be sitting on a higher payroll team. You dont
worry about it too much just because baseball is such a game of execution."
Dale Thayer (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Smith was acquired to
provide a left-handed bat off the bench. He went deep on a cutter. "You get in
the box and its an at-bat," he said. "As a professional ballplayer you hope that
you can kind of flush the fact that its your first at-bat with your team or its
in a big spot or whatever, and just do what youve been practicing for the last
six weeks." Wilson said it was tough to deal with because Ryu "pitched such a
marvelous game. Its a hard one to swallow." He said he threw a pitch "that was a
little bit uncharacteristic of me. Right then and there, the tire deflated." The
defending NL West champion Dodgers had started the regular season with a
two-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in Sydney. Ryu got the start after
reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw was scratched due to a swollen
back muscle and then placed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in
his seven-year career. In a scheduling quirk, the left-hander started
consecutive regular-season games. He made his season debut a week earlier, when
the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks in their second game in Australia. Ryu retired
16 in a row from the second inning until one out in the seventh. He then walked
rookie Tommy Medica, who was then erased in a 3-6-3 double play. Ryu allowed
three hits, struck out seven and walked three. The Dodgers grabbed the lead on a
nice piece of hitting by Carl Crawford with two out in the fifth. Crawford went
the other way with an 0-2 pitch from Andrew Cashner, hitting it over third
baseman Chase Headley to bring in Dee Gordon from second. Gordon had reached on
a walk and advanced when Cashner fielded Ryus bunt and forced A.J. Ellis at
third. Cashner allowed four hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked
two. NOTES: The Padres renamed the broadcast portion of the press box the Jerry
Coleman Broadcast Center in memory of the Hall of Fame broadcaster who died on
Jan. 5 at 89. His widow, Maggie, and daughter, Chelsea, threw out the ceremonial
first pitches. ... Sunday nights attendance of 45,567 set the Petco Park
single-game record. ... Padres manager Bud Black said LF Carlos Quentins time on
the disabled list will go beyond April 10, when hed be eligible to be activated.
He was placed on the DL on Saturday, retroactive to March 25, with a bone bruise
in his left knee. Quentin was hurt diving for a ball in a spring training game.
... Monday is an off day. Tuesdays scheduled starters are Zack Greinke for Los
Angeles and Ian Kennedy for San Diego.
T. J. Oshie
Jersey . -- During a players meeting following the All-Star break,
Jermaine ONeal promised his teammates to play the rest of the regular season
like he would never play again -- because he very well might not.
Max
Pacioretty USA Jersey . Dancevic won his singles match on Friday,
defeating Go Soeda 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-1, to even the best-of-five series at a game
apiece. World No. 18 Kei Nishikori defeated Peter Polansky in the opening match,
6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
http://www.hockeyteamusajerseystore.com/Justin-Faulk-Jersey/ . Portuguese sides Benfica and Porto also advanced to the last eight while Basel
overcame an early red card to win 2-1 at Salzburg and progress from a last-16
second leg that was briefly suspended because of crowd trouble. Lyon, Valencia
and AZ Alkmaar will also be in Fridays draw in Nyon, Switzerland, where the team
to avoid will be Juventus -- even though the Italian champions made heavy work
of their all-Italian last-16 match against Fiorentina.ZURICH - FIFA President
Sepp Blatter says he needs consent from 209 football nations next month before
seeking re-election in 2015. Blatter says in a FIFA interview that "a mission is
never finished. I am available to go on with this mission." Still, the FIFA
leader since 1998 says member countries must say they want him to campaign for
another term. Blatter says "it is to the congress tto act, to say yes or no"
about his possible candidacy on June 11 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Jimmy Howard
Jersey. He would be 79 on election day, next May 29 in Zurich. The
deadline for candidates to declare is January. UEFA President Michel Platini
says hell decide later this year. FIFAs former international relations director
Jerome Champagne, a longtime Blatter ally, says he is a candidate.
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