Games Moustakas Smash Salvage Over Royals

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Stauffer (4-5) allowed four hits and two walks while striking out six in the Padres' seventh win in eight games.

 

Heath Bell worked himself out of a jam in the ninth to earn his 23rd save of the year.

 

The Royals threatened in the ninth after back-to-back singles to start the inning by Mike Moustakas and Brayan Pena. But Bell was able to get three straight fly balls, the final two on full counts, to end the game and earn his 16th consecutive save opportunity and the 57th in the last 58 attempts dating back to last year.

 

San Diego got that run back, plus more, thanks to defensive miscues by third baseman Moustakas in the bottom half of the inning. Tim Stauffer led off the inning by reaching base on a fielding error by Moustakas, and was followed by a Chris Denorfia single to put men on first and second with no outs. It looked like the Padres would leave the frame empty-handed, though, when the next two batters, Cameron Maybin and Chase Headly, hit weak pop ups, but Ryan Ludwick came through with a double down the left-field line to bring in Stauffer.

 

The Padres improved to 6-0 all-time against the Royals at Petco Park, leaving it as the only active ballpark in which the Royals have not recorded a victory...San Diego ended a six-game homestand with a 5-1 record...With the loss, Chen dropped his career record to 52-52.

 

The right-hander has pitched in 543 career games, all in relief, and has posted a 35-30 record with eight saves and a 4.33 ERA. Vizcaino has pitched for Oakland, Milwaukee, the Chicago White Sox, Arizona, the New York Yankees, Colorado, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland, but hasn't seen any action since 2009.

 

The Yankees signed Vizcaino to a free agent deal this past February, but then voided the contract when he reportedly tore his Achilles tendon during the Winter League season.

 

Chris Jakubauskas (2-1) worked five innings in defeat for the Orioles, giving up five runs on seven hits while fanning a pair and walking three.

 

The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Berkman worked a walk and Rasmus followed two batters later by blasting a fastball from Jakubauskas deep into the seats in right for his eighth home run of the season.

 

Baltimore got a run back in the third on Markakis' RBI double. After J.J. Hardy singled, Markakis followed by driving a ball into the right-center gap to close the deficit to 4-1.

 

The Orioles' best chance to inch closer came when they loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the frame, but Carpenter managed to escape with no damage. He got Markakis to ground into a fielder's choice, and induced fly- outs from Adam Jones and Vladimir Guerrero.

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•    You should see Ryan Ludwick's wife though. Total dime who is hurting for the leg kick

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•    No sling tomorrow, one more week of rest and my shoulder should be good. No structural damage, luckily only the head of the humerus came out

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•    I'm going to rest up all weekend & watch nothing but games!

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•    When a pregnant woman suffers organ damage (such as a heart attack),the fetus sends stem cells to the damaged organ to help repair it #Fact

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•    25 pages done. God hell please let a comet fall from the sky and cause structural damage to my office or something, I need a lie in.

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•    Taking hits from the bong.

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•    I love the rain... I wish we had more of it in San Diego

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•    Waiting on a nigga that dont play games .

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