PADRES’ YOUNG PLEASED AFTER LATEST REHAB START
By maureen at 6 September, 2010, 9:11 pm
Sunday, Sep 5, 2010 during 11:04 p.m.
Chris Young didn’t concede a strike whilst pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings upon a rehab choice Sunday for a Triple-A Portland Beavers.
Facing a Las Vegas 51s, Young gave up dual walks as well as struck out three. He exited in a fourth inning when his representation equate reached 63. He threw 39 strikes.
“It was a great outing,” Young pronounced by dungeon phone from Oregon. “I was speedy as most by a formula as how we felt. And we feel good.
“I consider I’m tighten to giving we 5 plain innings. we was very, really happy with a things we had today. All in all, this was really good.
“I know we didn’t see it, though there wasn’t a round strike tough as well as they had a small vital joining hitters in a lineup.
“The customarily thing we instruct is which we had been a small some-more fit with my representation count. There were a lot of balls fouled off. But we know I’m able of removing hitters out now.”
The Padres have been seeking during Young as a probable progress to their flagging rotation.
Ludwick’s struggles
Since entrance to San Diego from St. Louis upon Jul 31, Ryan Ludwick is attack .218. He has 3 home runs as well as fourteen RBI in 33 games with a Padres.
His stats during a 10-game losing streak: 7-for-36 (.194), dual doubles, no home runs, a single RBI.
“It’s all upon me,” Ludwick said. “I’m only prosaic out not removing it finished right now. There’s no excuses upon my part.
“It seems similar to a deeper I’m removing in a count, a some-more of a follow mode we get into. I’m overhanging during pitches early in a equate we shouldn’t be overhanging at.
“It gets behind to guileless your ability. Shoot, I’ve been you do this for how most years? Since we was 5 years old.
“I come over here as well as patently we wish to assistance this ballclub win. And right now, I’m only not removing it done.”
Black upon Garland
Manager Bud Black pronounced he had no problems with Jon Garland observant he was unhappy which he was pulled after 4 2/3 innings in Saturday’s detriment to Colorado. Garland additionally pronounced he suspicion “a lot of a guys” in a bullpen have been sleepy as well as pronounced Black “wasted innings” in a bullpen progressing in a deteriorate by receiving him out early in games.
“Jon wants to pitch,” Black said. “That’s awesome. Jon wants to stay in a game. When we pitched, we longed for to stay in a game.”
Regarding Garland’s bullpen comments, Black said: “We’re not murdering any one out there. we similar to Jon’s attitude. He wants to pitch. He wants to win. We’re excellent upon dialogue.”
Gwynn optimistic
Center fielder Tony Gwynn, sidelined given pang a damaged bone in his right palm Aug. 18, pronounced his liberation is starting “fine.” He pronounced he hopes to lapse by Sept. 24, a commencement of a team’s final homestand. Rehab for a damage is customarily 8 weeks.
Ramos added
To give them an additional maladroit service pitcher, a Padres removed Cesar Ramos from Triple-A Portland. Ramos, 26, is 0-1 with a 21.21 ERA in 9 service appearances with a bar this season.
Odds ’n’ ends
•Jerry Hairston, who won’t be authorised to come off a infirm list until Sunday, pronounced he won’t exam his stretched right bend until Wednesday or Thursday.
•Rockies right fielder as well as Triple Crown claimant Carlos Gonzalez went 7-for-13 in a array (3-for-5 Sunday), raising his NL-leading batting normal to .337.
•Adrian Gonzalez (left) lengthened his attack strain to 8 games, together with a stand in in a sixth inning.
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