Hollywood Blvd. News – San Diego Padres Edition
- Updated: May 5, 2015
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We like to start our day searching the web and reading articles about our beloved LA sports teams. For this edition, let’s dive into the news surrounding the San Diego Padres.
Check out the excerpt of the last night’s game recap for the San Diego Padres :
“The first time the Padres faced World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner they tagged him for 10 hits and 5 earned runs as he lasted just three innings. Today they took him on again, sending Tyson Ross out to oppose him.
Ross has struggled all season with his mechanics which has resulted in trouble controlling his pitches. His control issues came back to bite him, this time in the third inning following a Nori Aoki single, Ross walked Joe Panik then gave up an RBI single to Angel Pagan then issued a walk to Buster Posey and Justin Maxwell to much the lead to 2-0.
Those two runs would be more than enough tonight as Bumgarner carried the momentum over from his last start against the Dodgers and had the Padres on no-hit watch through 6-innings.”
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San Diego Padres promote Austin Hedges:
“With Derek Norris providing solid offensive and defensive production as the Padres first choice catcher, the immediate impact of Hedges being called up won’t be particularly significant, but what is significant is the reason Hedges has been called up ahead of schedule; he’s hitting well. As previously written oncalisportsnews.com, Hedges has excellent defensive abilities, but his bat has severely lagged behind in development and was a huge concern before this season started. Looking at his stats on baseball-reference.com shows he’s addressed those concerns by hitting an impressive .324 at AAA El Paso. Of course hitting in the PCL, a big time hitters league, is helpful and possibly a little misleading. The positive thing for Hedges is his hugely improved pitch recognition as shown by the 8 walks he’s drawn as compared to his 8 strikeouts through 21 games. Last season he walked 21 times and struck out 89 times in 113 games.”
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