Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper displayed his "dad strength" in his first game back from the paternity list Thursday in Cincinnati. The San Diego Padres hope Manny Machado follows suit when they welcome Harper and the Phillies to town on Friday night for the opener of a three-game series. Machado will rejoin the team after missing a four-game set in Colorado to become a first-time father on Tuesday morning. Machado could have played in Thursday's 10-9 loss to the Rockies since the maximum time on the paternity list is three games, but Padres manager Mike Shildt decided to wait to use him until the team returned home.
Dylan Cease was dominant for the San Diego Padres on Monday night, allowing just one hit and one run in seven innings and striking out eight in a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver. Michael King, who will take the mound Tuesday in Game 2 of the teams' four-game series at Coors Field, might have been even better the last time he started. Although he absorbed a 1-0 loss Wednesday in Milwaukee, King (2-1, 3.33 ERA) took a no-hitter two outs into the seventh before the Brewers' Willy Adames spoiled it with a single to right field. King lasted a career-high 7 2/3 innings, permitting only two hits and a run with two walks and 10 strikeouts.
Dodgers fan Renan Zuniga was caught on national TV pulling a switcheroo with a home run ball hit by the Padres' Manny Machado. The ball was important to Zuniga.
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76 | P | |
84 | P | |
59 | P | |
11 | P | |
62 | P | |
56 | P | |
34 | P | |
32 | P | |
1 | P | |
50 | P | |
44 | P | |
49 | P | |
77 | P | |
58 | P | |
75 | P | |
61 | P |
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12 | C | |
20 | C |
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2 | 2B | |
9 | 1B | |
7 | SS | |
16 | SS | |
22 | 3B | |
5 | 3B | |
14 | 3B |
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28 | LF | |
3 | CF | |
10 | LF | |
23 | RF |
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13 | DH |