Nick Pivetta debuts strong; Matt Waldron roughed up for first time in three spring games
PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres and Giants tied 1-1 on Tuesday at Peoria Stadium. The Padres also played a split-squad game against the Cubs in Mesa., Ariz., where they lost 16-1.Jackson Merrill hit a triple in his second at-bat and is 5-for-13 on the spring.
… Tirso Ornelas was 1-for-2 with a walk and is batting .471 with a 1.453 OPS in 21 plate appearances this spring. … Brandon Lockridge, who like Ornelas is on the 40-man roster and is trying to make the team as an extra outfielder, was 1-for-1 with a walk and stole his third base of the spring. Lockridge began the spring with one hit in his first seven at-bats. He is 4-for-7 since. … The Padres had six hits against the Cubs, including singles by Granite Hills High School alumnus Trenton Brooks and Poway High School alum Connor Joe.Nick Pivetta, making his first appearance in a game in a Padres uniform, set down the final seven batters he faced in his 2⅔ innings. Pivetta struck out four and walked one. … Left-hander Wandy Peralta worked his third scoreless inning of the spring. … Jason Adam struck out two in his inning of work. He has retired all nine batters he has faced this spring. … Left-hander Adrián Morejón worked his fourth scoreless inning. … Lefty Yuki Matsui allowed a run in his inning Tuesday and has allowed two runs in four innings this spring. … Matt Waldron started against the Cubs and ran into his first trouble of the spring. After allowing one run on five hits and a walk in his first two starts, the knuckleballer surrendered two hits, walked two and yielded four runs in 2⅔ innings. … Ryan Bergert, who spent last season in Double-A, allowed his first run of the spring after throwing three scoreless innings over his first two starts. The Cubs scored once on five hits in Bergert’s two innings. … Jhony Brito, who began the spring vying for a starting job, was charged with two runs and did not record an out against the Cubs while allowing two hits and walking one.Manager Mike Shildt traveled to the away game Tuesday. Bench coach Brian Esposito served as manager against the Giants. … Manny Machado has put the first pitch of an at-bat in play all five times the first pitch has been in the zone this spring, including a fly ball to the track in right-center field on Tuesday.Right-hander Michael King, who finished seventh in National League Cy Young voting in 2024, makes his Cactus League debut Wednesday, 12:10 p.m. PT at Peoria Stadium against the Rockies.Illumina cuts workforce at San Diego headquartersHigh rents, fewer vouchers, longer waits: Federal cuts could worsen housing affordability in San Diego, officials say ‘People are frustrated. People are angry’: Fear and chaos grip San Diego’s 47,000-strong federal workforceWave of sexual abuse lawsuits filed against LDS church in San Diego and across CaliforniaA fifth unvaccinated San Diego County teenager has died from the flu
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