Jose Azocar again the Padres' choice in center field against a righty over Trent Grisham
The 42-year-old Pujols — who will be honored in a pregame ceremony with catcher Yadier Molina as part of the final trip to Petco Park of their careers — is sitting on 19 homers and a .256/.332/.513 batting line, perhaps reinvigorated with his return to St. Louis and a playoff hunt.
The Padres had been the team looking at the Brewers in the rear-view mirror, but they return home having won three in a row and to grab the NL’s No. 5 seed, a half-game ahead of the Phillies. The 26-year-old Azocar has hits in five straight games, hitting .471/.471/.647 with three doubles over that stretch. He started the year seeing almost all of his opportunities against lefties, but is now hitting .292/.363/.347 in 80 plate appearances against righties compared to .268/.294/.281 in 103 plate appearances against lefties.
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