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Padres edge D-backs with speed, small ball MLB.com Brock/Gilbert 2

Ross shakes off early troubles to finish strong MLB.com Brock 4

Spangenberg manufactures runs with wheels MLB.com Brock 6

Ross on 11-game run without allowing homer MLB.com Center 8

Cashner looks to secure series win vs. D-backs MLB.com Rill 11

Smith extends streak with six shutout innings MLB.com Center 12

ICYMI: Spangenberg, Ross prevail in opener MLB.com Smith 14

Slimmed-down Norris a steady force in lineup MLB.com Brock 15

Ross, Kemp lead Padres to 4-2 win over D-backs Associated Press AP 17

Josh Johnson to resume throwing UT San Diego Kenney 19

Padres do enough to beat Diamondbacks UT San Diego Kenney 20

New-look Padres still shutout-prone UT San Diego Sanders 22

Tim Federowicz nears rehab assignment UT San Diego Kenney 24

Padres could use depth in int'l class UT San Diego Lin 26

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Padres edge D-backs with speed, small

ball By Corey Brock and Steve Gilbert / MLB.com | 3:10 AM ET

SAN DIEGO -- Tyson Ross overcame command issues and a shaky start Friday night as the Padres edged

the D-backs, 4-2, at Petco Park.

Ross (5-7) walked five of the first 11 batters, but settled down thereafter, retiring nine of the final 10

batters he faced. He allowed two hits in six innings, striking out seven.

Arizona pitcher Robbie Ray (2-3) allowed two earned runs over six innings with no walks and five

strikeouts.

"His stuff was very good," D-backs manager Chip Hale said of Ray. "He threw his offspeed pitch more,

threw his breaking ball and changeup, which was impressive, his fastball was electric again."

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

Better than it looks: Given his other numbers, Ray probably deserves a better record than 2-3, and he

could easily have had a better outcome Friday. The D-backs committed a pair of errors behind him, one of

which led to an unearned run, and three errors overall. Ray didn't get much help from an offense that

managed just two hits. More >

"You never see that on our linescore very often," Hale said of the error total. "Just didn't play the defense

that we're used to playing. We're usually tighter than that."

Speed kills: Padres second baseman Cory Spangenberg used his wheels to create a run in the third inning. He stole third base and scored on a throwing error. In the fifth inning, he beat out an infield single, stole second base and eventually scored.

Driving them in: After Ross walked the bases loaded in the third it seemed he might be able to

wiggle out of the jam with no damage. But with two outs, Paul Goldschmidt worked the count full

and grounded a single back up the middle to score a pair of runs to give him 62 RBIs on the

year.

Settling down: Ross was shaky early but got on a roll in the fourth inning when he struck out the

side. He got leadoff hitter A.J. Pollock to bounce into a big double play in the fifth inning.More >

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"I just had trouble repeating my delivery and I was a little inconsistent with my release point,"

Ross said of his early struggles, which led to two runs in the third inning. "They [D-backs] had a

great, patient approach and I got myself into some trouble early on."

QUOTABLE

"He's a pro. He doesn't break down. He's tough. This kid is mentally tough. He is bright too. So,

you got courageous and bright. They work through those things. He knows if I want to stay out

here and keep doing what I am doing - I can't let this get the best of me." -- Padres interim

manager Pat Murphy on Ross

SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS

The first inning continues to be bountiful for the Padres, who got one run on Friday. They have

now scored 52 first-inning runs this season. That's the most runs in any one particular inning

they've scored this season.

REPLAY REVIEW

The D-backs contested a stolen base by Spangenberg in the fifth inning on Friday, after he was

ruled safe after a strong throw by Arizona catcher Welington Castillo. A review determined the

call would stand. In the seventh inning, Spangenberg was awarded an infield hit after a call was overturned on a ground ball to third baseman Jake Lamb.

WHAT'S NEXT

D-backs: Jeremy Hellickson will get the start for the D-backs on Saturday night at 7:10 p.m. PT

at Petco Park, his second straight start against the Padres. Last time he allowed just two runs

over six innings in a 7-2 win at Chase Field.

Padres: Andrew Cashner (2-9, 4.35) will get the start in the second game of the three-game

series. This will be his fourth start against the D-backs. He's fared well, too. Cashner has a 2.65

ERA in his three previous starts.

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Ross shakes off early troubles to finish

strong Padres starter walks five, but retires nine of last 10

batters he faces

By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | 2:09 AM ET

SAN DIEGO -- It certainly wasn't the smoothest of starts Friday for Padres' pitcher Tyson Ross.

But Ross had no issues at all with the way he was able to finish his night against the D-backs in the

Padres' 4-2 win at Petco Park.

Ross retired nine of the final 10 batters he faced and overcome a rough beginning.

Ross, who six days ago had a complete-game victory over these same D-backs, struggled with his

command, walking five of the first 11 batters.

"I just had trouble repeating my delivery and I was a little inconsistent with my release point," Ross said

of his early struggles, ones that led to two runs in the third inning.

"They [D-backs] had a great, patient approach and I got myself into some trouble early on."

The D-backs took three of those five walks in that two-run third inning and Paul Goldschmidt made

Ross pay with a full count, two-run single with two outs in the inning.

In between innings, Ross huddled with pitching coach Darren Balsley to work on remedying a few

mechanical flaws.

"Darren gave me some good advice, I made an in-game adjustment and finished strong," Ross said. "He's

got the time to come in and look at video and I trust him fully. He's got the perfect tip on what I need to

do and get back on track.

"In-game, it's a word or two from Bals that gets me back on track."

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Ross finished fast, striking out the side in the fourth inning and getting a big double-play ball to end the

fifth. He retired all three hitters he faced in the sixth inning before turning the game over to the bullpen.

Ross allowed two hits, two runs, walked five and struck out seven. His ERA is now 3.57.

"He's a pro. He doesn't break down. He's tough. This kid is mentally tough. He is bright too. So,

you got courageous and bright," Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said of Ross. "They work

through those things. He knows if I want to stay out here and keep doing what I am doing -- I

can't let this get the best of me."

Worth noting

• After the game, Murphy said that pitcher Josh Johnson -- attempting to come back from Tommy

John surgery last year -- had an MRI done recently on his repaired ulnar collateral ligament that,

because of the revision (surgery) was inconclusive. Murphy noted that Johnson will resume

throwing soon. He had to stop a simulated game on June 15 because of tingling in the fingers

on his right hand.

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Spangenberg manufactures runs with

wheels Padres second baseman legs out two infield hits, steals two

bases

By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | 2:09 AM ET

SAN DIEGO -- Cory Spangenberg possess the one skillset the Padres don't have an abundance of --

speed.

On Friday, the Padres' second baseman utilized iest in the best way possible, helping his team run to a 4-2

victory over the D-backs at Petco Park.

Spangenberg had three hits, two of the infield variety, stole two bases and scored two runs as the Padres

opened a five-game homestand.

"When things aren't going as well as you want, you got to find ways to win," Spangenberg said.

In the third inning, and with the Padres trailing 2-1, Spangenberg began the inning with a single to left

field. He moved to second base on bunt by pitcher Tyson Ross. Spangenberg stole third base and, when

the throw from catcher Welington Castillo sailed into left field, he scored.

"It's more about baserunning than just pure speed," said Padres interim manager Pat Murphy. "You look

at [coaches Dave Roberts and Jose Valentin] and the gameplan they put against this guy [D-backs

pitcher Robbie Ray] from a baserunning standpoint and it followed.

"Cory's speed helped. Another guy might not be safe in those situations."

Then in the fifth inning, with the scored tied, Spangenberg reached on an infield single. He stole second

base and Ross bunted him to third base, where he scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Matt Kemp.

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"You know me and Doc [Roberts] go over a ton of stuff before the game, just on deciding who I

can and who I can't run against, and I think I just picked a really good guy tonight [Ray],"

Spangenberg said.

"You want to get to third with one out for Matty and you know just so a fly ball scores, and I think

I got a good jump and it was a breaking ball count and he threw a breaking ball so the

combination … it was just a good jump and a good pitch."

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Ross on 11-game run without allowing

homer Right-hander beats Arizona twice in one week

By Bill Center / San Diego Padres | 1:56 PM ET

Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.

Tyson Ross's season of inconsistency was packaged nicely into one game Friday night, although he

remained totally consistent in one key area. In the year of the home run, Ross worked an 11th straight

start Friday night without allowing a homer.

He has gone 72 innings since he yielded the most recent of the three home runs he has given up this

season. The homerless streak is the longest by a Major League starting pitcher this season. The 11 starts

without allowing a homer is the longest by a Padres starting pitcher since both Jake Peavy and Chris

Young went 12 straight starts without a allowing a homer in 2007.

Ross has allowed only three homers in 95 2/3 innings this season -- or one homer every 32 innings.

Meanwhile, Ross' wild ride continued in other areas Friday night at Petco Park, as the right-hander picked

up a second win over the D-backs in the span of a week.

On June 20, Ross threw the Padres' first complete game of the 2015 season. He allowed the D-backs one

run on four hits and a walk with nine strikeouts, needing only 111 pitches to complete nine innings in

Phoenix.

Ross wasn't nearly as strong throughout Friday night's outing against the D-backs at Petco Park --

although he finished as though it were the previous Saturday.

Ross walked five of the first 11 D-backs he faced Friday night on his home turf of Petco Park, then gave

up a bases-loaded (all on walks), two-out, full-count, two-run single to Arizona first baseman Paul

Goldschmidt.

Then, Ross reversed his fortunes, retiring nine of the last 10 D-backs he faced, and the only runner who

reached base was eliminated on a double-play grounder.

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After 58 pitches, Ross had thrown 29 strikes and 29 balls. But 30 of the last 38 pitches he threw went for

strikes.

Over his past two starts against the D-backs, Ross has allowed three runs on six hits and six walks with 16

strikeouts in 15 innings.

His earned run average has plunged from 4.02 to 3.57 thanks to the D-backs.

From the scorecard

• Since he ran his record to 7-0 on June 3, right-handed starter James Shields is 0-2 with a 6.49 earned

run average in four starts. The Padres have lost all four of those games and are now 9-7 in Shields' 16

starts on the season. Shields, of course, had his worst outing of the season Thursday afternoon in San

Francisco, when he allowed seven runs on nine hits and two walks in four innings. Over those last four

starts, Shields has allowed 16 runs on 29 hits and 10 walks with 24 strikeouts in 22 1/3 innings. His ERA

has climbed from 3.58 to 4.24.

• Right-hander Josh Johnson will resume throwing soon after an MRI of his twice reconstructed elbow

was "inconclusive," according to Padres manager Pat Murphy.

"We are going to resume his rehab," said Murphy. "They don't know about the integrity of the ligament."

Johnson felt tingling in his fingers during a recent simulated game.

• Catcher Derek Norris recorded his 24th caught stealing Friday night. The total is the highest in the

Major Leagues this season and three times Norris' previous career high. It is also tied for the fifth-most in

Padres history before the All-Star break.

• Right-fielder Matt Kemp's RBI sacrifice fly Friday night gave him 87 career RBIs against the D-backs.

He has a career .296 (142-for-480) batting average against Arizona with 29 homers.

• First baseman Yonder Alonso was 2-for-3 with an RBI Friday night against D-backs leftyRobbie Ray.

The left-handed-hitting Alonso is batting .405 (15-for-37) against left-handed pitching this season. Alonso

is also hitting .368 (7-for-19) during a five-game hitting streak.

• Left-hander Cory Luebke pitched a perfect inning using 11 pitches for Double-A San Antonio Friday

night. He has now made five one-inning appearances with one run allowed during his rehab assignment.

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• Right-handed starter Brandon Morrow, who has been out with shoulder inflammation since May 3,

will throw a bullpen session on Saturday or Sunday.

• Left fielder Justin Upton has an unusual five-game hitting streak going. He is 6-for-22 during the streak

with one double and one RBI, but has struck out 10 times in the 22 at-bats.

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Cashner looks to secure series win vs.

D-backs By Jake Rill / MLB.com | 1:39 AM ET

D-backs starter Jeremy Hellickson nearly pitched seven innings for the first time this season last Sunday

against the Padres. The right-hander will have a chance to go deep against them again Saturday, when the

D-backs take on Andrew Cashner and the Padres in the second game of the three-game set in San Diego.

Hellickson (5-4, 4.94 ERA) has completed six innings in six of his last seven outings, all of which were

quality starts. Last time out, he gave up two runs in six innings against the Padres, but left before the

seventh with a tweaked back. Hellickson underwent an MRI after that start and was cleared to pitch

Saturday without missing a start.

It's been a tough month for Cashner (2-9, 4.35), who has a 7.26 ERA in five starts this month. Lack of

command has been a culprit for Cashner, who has walked 14 this month after walking just 15 in April and

May combined. Opponents are hitting .315 against the left-hander in June.

Things to know about this game

• Hellickson has dominated Padres infielder Will Middlebrooks, who is 2-for-17 with 10 strikeouts in his

career against the right-hander.

• Cashner has pitched well against the D-backs in 2015, posting a 2.65 ERA. He allowed four unearned

runs against them in his last start, his ninth loss of the year.

• Padres pitcher Brandon Morrow (right shoulder inflammation) will throw a simulated game either

Saturday or Sunday, interim manager Pat Murphy said Friday. If that goes well, Morrow could he shipped

out on a Minor League rehabilitation assignment as soon as next week.

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Smith extends streak with six shutout

innings C Hagerty, RF Torres pace hitters on Padres' farm

By Bill Center / San Diego Padres | 1:46 PM ET

Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.

Right-hander Chris Smith pitched six scoreless innings and catcher Jason Hagerty broke up a 2-2 tie with

a two-out, two-strike, two-run double in the top of the ninth Friday night to give Triple-A El Paso a 4-2

win at Tacoma.

Hagerty, who was recently promoted from Double-A San Antonio, also homered earlier in the game. He

finished going 2-for-3 with a double and a homer for three RBIs, two runs scored. He also stole a base

while raising his average with the 38-36 Chihuahuas to .364.

Right fielder Rymer Liriano (.290) was 2-for-3 with a run scored. Second baseman Jedd Gyorko (.304)

was 2-for-3. Center fielder Abraham Almonte (.306) was 2-for-4.

Smith allowed four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. He has allowed one run over his last 15 innings

as his earned run average has dropped to 3.04.

Right-handed reliever Nick Vincent (3.18 ERA) allowed two unearned runs on two hits with two

strikeouts in an inning. Right-hander Jerry Sullivan (3-0, 1.88) allowed a hit with two walks and a

strikeout in 1 2/3 scoreless innings to get the win. Right-hander Cory Mazzoni (2.70) struck out the only

hitter he faced to get his third save.

There were three other notable performances in the Padres system, two by players at low Single-A Fort

Wayne.

Left fielder Nick Torres (.325) was 2-for-4 with a double, a RBI and a run scored to stretch his hitting

streak to 12 straight games. And right-handed starter Michael Kelly (4.34 ERA) allowed three hits and a

walk with three strikeouts in six scoreless innings.

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And left-hander Cory Luebke made his second rehab appearance with Double-A San Antonio, pitching a

perfect inning on 11 pitches. It was Luebke's fifth, one-inning outing since he started his rehab assignment

at Single-A Lake Elsinore on June 15.

Around the farm

DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (32-42): Midland 6, MISSIONS 2 - CF Alberth Martinez (.258) had two

doubles in three at-bats for two RBIs. Starting RHP Justin Hancock (6-4, 2.98 ERA) allowed four runs

(two earned) on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings to suffer the loss.

HIGH SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (31-41): Rancho Cucamonga 4, STORM 1 - Starting RHP Kyle

Lloyd (4-5, 4.84 ERA) allowed all four runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts in six innings. 3B Gabriel

Quintana (.251) was 1-for-1 with a walk and was hit by a pitch. He scored Lake Elsinore's lone run.

LOW SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (33-37): Great Lakes 3, TIN CAPS 2 - The bullpen couldn't hold a 2-0

lead built behind Kelly and Torres to end a five-game winning streak. RHP Chris Huffman (2.97 ERA)

allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits with a strikeout inm 1 2/3 innings. LHP Brandon Fry (1-1,

4.40) allowed a run on a hit and two walks with a strikeout in an inning.

SHORT-SEASON SINGLE-A TRI-CITY (5-4): EUGENE 7, Dust Devils 1 - Starting LHP Travis Radke

(1-1, 5.59 ERA) allowed five runs on nine hits with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. C A.J. Kennedy was

2-for-3 with a walk and a walk.

ARIZONA ROOKIE PADRES (2-3): The Padres were off Friday.

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE PADRES (11-13): ORIOLES 10, Padres 4 - Starting RHP Starlin

Cordero (1-1, 12.54 ERA) allowed three runs on four hits and three walks with a strikeout in 3 1/3

innings.

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ICYMI: Spangenberg, Ross prevail in

opener By Ian Smith / San Diego Padres | 10:43 AM ET

Friday night's series opener between the Diamondbacks and Padres had a little bit of everything as the

Friars scratched and clawed their way to victory using smart baserunning and effective small ball to

produce runs. The Padres took game one of a three-game set against the D-backs by a score of 4-2 thanks

in part to the smart offensive moves made by the team, but of course the solid pitching performance

by Tyson Ross proved to be a huge factor as well.

Ross, who pitched admirably in his last outing against the D-backs by throwing a complete game victory,

repeated his mastery over Arizona by surrendering only two earned runs on two hits over 6.0 innings of

work. Those two hits surrendered by Ross were paired with five walks and seven strikeouts, but those two

walks were the only knocks that the snakes would collect on the evening.

The Padres offense got to work early on Friday and scored first thanks to a Yonder AlonsoRBI double in

the home half of the first inning to plate Derek Norris. The next two Padres' runs came courtesy of the

speedy Cory Spangenberg, who went 3-for-3 on the day with two runs scored and two stolen bases.

Spangenberg first scored on a throwing error by catcher Wellington Castillo and then later on thanks to a

sacrifice-fly off the bat of Matt Kemp. Kemp also went 1-for-3 on Friday with an RBI and extra base hit

which allowed him to score thanks to a Justin Upton RBI infield single late in the game.

Thanks to Friday's victory, the Padres now have a chance to secure a series victory over the

Diamondbacks behind the capable arm of righty Andrew Cashner on Saturday. In case you missed it,

here are some highlights and stories that may have passed you by on Friday:

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Slimmed-down Norris a steady force in

lineup Padres catcher has played second-most innings in MLB

behind plate

By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | 1:47 AM ET

SAN DIEGO -- The rigors of catching the second-most innings in the Major Leagues has been the

primary culprit in Derek Norris dropping 12 pounds since Opening Day.

Norris, who weighed 232 when the season began on April 6, said before Friday's 4-2 winover the D-backs

that he's at his lowest weight since high school.

Norris has found a way to make sure his weight loss -- something not uncommon for catchers -- hasn't

been greater than the 12 pounds.

"I don't normally stray away from the buffet table too often. I usually do a good job eating," he said.

Norris has played 561.1 innings behind the plate, which trails only Yadier Molina of the Cardinals (567).

But Norris, who is hitting .163 in June after a hot start when he hit .313 in April, said the weight loss

hasn't affected his game, offensively or defensively.

"I feel good," he said. "I've been doing regular maintenance, getting stuff you need to get done in the

training room, as far as arm, keep it fresh, cold tub after games, stretching, foam rolling," Norris said.

"There's no real trick. If something is getting dinged up, just get in there [training room] and get it

knocked out. I've been blessed. Knock on wood. Things have been healing up whenever I get dinged up."

Norris has never started more than 93 games in one season in the big leagues, and that was last season

with the A's. His start Friday was already his 61st of the season. Norris said during Spring Training that

he wanted to catch in upwards of 120 games.

"I always expect that for me, to be in there every day," Norris said. "Defensively I feel like I've been

solid. I feel on the field I have a presence this team needs and respects."

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Norris has thrown out the most would-be basestealers in the game (24) and his framing skills have gotten

a little better as well -- in terms of extra strikes received. Even with addingAustin Hedges, the Padres

haven't given Norris many additional days off.

Hedges, who was recalled on May 3 from Triple-A El Paso, has started 11 games.

"Derek is our guy and he's going to catch very often," said Padres interim manager Pat Murphy.

"You have to try to monitor it a little and give him a blow, like we did yesterday. He's done a

great job this year. He's on a mission to lead this team from behind the plate."

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Ross, Kemp lead Padres to 4-2 win over D-backs Associated Press

SAN DIEGO -- Pat Murphy has been looking for this all-around effort from theSan Diego

Padres since he was named interim manager. Tyson Ross overcame control problems to combine with three relievers on a two-hitter and the offense was productive enough, lifting the Padres to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona

Diamondbacks on Ross (5-7) got help from relievers Brandon Maurer, Joaquin Benoit and Craig Kimbrel, who combined to allow just one walk in the final three innings and give San Diego just its fourth win in 10 games since Murphy took over June 16.

"We're not on all cylinders by any stretch of the imagination but real pleased because it was an overall great game," Murphy said.

Kemp's sacrifice fly in the sixth broke a 2-all tie. Cory Spangenberg scored just ahead of the throw by center fielder A.J. Pollock. Kemp batted leadoff for the third straight game and had a double and picked up his 13th RBI in his last 19 games. Spangenberg had three singles, stole two bases and scored twice.

"When you are not going as well as you want you have to find ways to win," Spangenberg said. "I think we did a great job of that tonight."

Ross (5-7) allowed just two hits and struck out seven in six innings. But the right-hander tied his season high with five walks, including walking the bases loaded in the third that led to the Diamondbacks' two runs.

But Ross settled down after the third and combined with the relievers to retire 13 of the final 14 batters. Kimbrel worked the ninth inning for his 19th save in 20 chances.

"I was pleased that Tyson showed some mental toughness to get through some tough situations," Murphy said.

The Diamondbacks, who have lost three of four, committed three errors that led to one unearned run.

"We are usually tighter than that," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "They made it happen. They pushed the envelope and they did a nice job and it worked."

Ross walked all five batters in the first three innings, including the third when issued a leadoff walk, struck out two batters, then walked consecutive batters to load the bases for Paul

Goldschmidt.

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Goldschmidt grounded a full-count pitch into the center field to drive in two runs as Arizona took a 2-1 lead.

Ross, who increased his season walks total to a major league-high 48, won consecutive starts for the first time this season.

Robbie Ray (2-3) allowed three runs -- two earned -- on five hits in six innings. Spangenberg led off the third with a single, was sacrificed to second, stole third base and scored when catcher Wellington Castillo's throw went into left field.

Yonder Alonso had an RBI double in the first after Derek Norris reached on Goldschmidt's fielding error.

HOME RUN DROUGHT

Ross has not allowed a home run in his last 11 starts, a stretch of 72 innings, the longest streak this season in the majors. Ross has allowed only three homers all season, the last on April 28.

SHOW ME SOME PADRES

In 11 games against San Diego, Goldschmidt is batting .351 with three home runs and 11 RBI.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley (right shoulder tendinitis) will visit orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews to have his right shoulder examined after he complained of discomfort after his rehab start on Wednesday. Padres: C Tim Federowicz, out since right knee surgery in March, is hoping to start a rehab next week.

UP NEXT

Diamondbacks: Jeremy Hellickson (5-4) has gone 4-1 in his last seven starts. Padres: RHP Andrew Cashner (2-9, 4.35 ERA) will look to avoid becoming the majors' second 10-game loser. Cashner has allowed 62 runs in 89 innings -- but only 43 earned runs.

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Josh Johnson to resume throwing MRI results inconclusive on Padres right-hander, who is coming back from second Tommy John surgery By Kirk Kenney11:30 p.m.June 26, 2015

Results from a recent MRI on Padres right-hander Josh Johnson's surgically-repaired elbow

ligament were inconclusive and Padres manager Pat Murphy said Johnson will resume his

throwing program.

Fourteen months ago, Johnson had Tommy John surgery for the second time in his career.

Johnson was making progress toward a return to the mound when he felt tingling in his fingers

two weeks ago during a simulated game. That outing was cut short after just three pitches, and

Johnson was shut down pending the test results.

"Because it's a revision, because the ligament had to be redone, the MRI's kind of inconclusive

on the condition of the ligament," Murphy said Friday night after the Padres' 4-2 victory over the

Arizona Diamondbacks. "JJ felt some soreness when he was throwing last time he was

throwing, so we shut him down.

"We're going to resume the rehab. He's going to begin throwing soon."

Murphy said there is not a specific date yet on when the right-hander will throw again.

"They don't know about the integrity of the ligament right now," Murphy said. "It's pretty

complicated because it is a revision."

Johnson was not available for comment after the game.

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Padres do enough to beat Diamondbacks Tyson Ross finds form in middle innings before bullpen closes out 4-2 win By Kirk Kenney9:51 p.m.June 26, 2015Updated11:14 p.m.

Petco Park’s “Oblivious Cam” catches fans napping or texting or any number of other things

besides paying attention to the game — and the fact they’re being shown larger than life on the

ballpark’s video board.

In the fifth inning of Friday night’s Diamondbacks-Padres game, two young women were

oblivious as they posed for a selfie and a man was oblivious as he cleaned wax out of his ears.

The crowd got a chuckle out of it.

Not so humorous — yet readily apparent — to those paying attention to the Padres this season

is the lack of consistency in the team’s pitching and hitting. It is what has prevented the team

from getting on a roll — a four-game winning streak is its longest stretch of success — that

would put the Padres (36-40) north of .500.

The game against the Diamondbacks, which opened a brief five-game homestand, represented

more inconsistency. On this occasion, however, the Padres were resourceful enough to come

away with a 4-2 win before 30,317 at Petco Park.

“It ain’t about offense not doing it, pitching doing it, it ain’t about defense not doing it,” Padres

manager Pat Murphy had said before the game. “It’s all together. ... That’s, to me, an excuse to

blame something or look at something, 11 shutouts or whatever. It’s about us coming together

as a team.”

Matt Kemp’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning scored teammate Cory Spangenberg from third base

with the decisive run.

That made a winner of Padres starting pitcher Tyson Ross (5-7), whose six innings of work was

broken into two distinct parts.

Ross walked five batters over his first three innings. He pitched to the minimum over the next

three innings.

Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley made a suggestion after the third inning that Ross

implemented when he returned for the fourth. Ross then struck out the side.

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“I had trouble repeating my delivery," said Ross, who struggled with his release point. "I got

myself into some trouble early on, but Darren gave me some good advice and I finished strong."

Said Murphy: "He’s a pro. He doesn’t break down. He’s tough. This kid is mentally tough. He’s

bright, too. So you’ve got courageous and bright. They work through those things. He knows

that if I want to stay out here, I can’t let this thing get the best of me."

The start of Ross' start had to be somewhat concerning considering he was coming off his best

outing of the season. Last week at Arizona, Ross allowed four hits, struck out nine and walked

just one in an 8-1 complete-game victory over the D-backs.

“When he throws that slider, batters think it’s a fastball,” Arizona manager Chip Hale said before

the game. “When he throws it right, and he’s on, it’s a difficult pitch to hit.”

And when he’s not on ...

Ross bounced a slider to walk Chris Owings leading off the third inning. His next pitch was a

high, inside slider to Nick Ahmed. Ross struck out Ahmed, but two more walks loaded the

bases.

Ross was one pitch away from getting out of the inning before Paul Goldschmidt grounded a 3-2

pitch up the middle for a two-run single and a 2-1 Arizona lead.

The Padres were fortunate enough to get some help from the Arizona defense.

They had scored an unearned run in the first inning when catcher Derek Norris bounced a ball

past D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt for an error, then scored on teammate Yonder

Alonso’s double to left-center.

The Padres made it 2-2 in the third inning thanks to the speed of Spangenberg. He led off the

inning with a single, stole second and third and came home when Arizona catcher Welington

Castillo threw the ball into left field while trying to make a throw to third base. Spangenberg went

3-for-3 in the game. His third hit was an infield single originally ruled an out before it was

overturned on review.

Ross handed off to the Padres bullpen in the seventh. Brandon Maurer, Joaquin Benoit and

Craig Kimbrel each contributed a hitless inning. Kimbrel retired Arizona in the ninth for his 19th

save of the season.

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New-look Padres still shutout-prone Consistency an underlying theme in lengthy hitters meeting By Jeff Sanders7 p.m.June 26, 2015

Matt Kemp was already in the fold. As Will Middlebrooks hopped up on the stage in San Diego

in January as rookie General Manager A.J. Preller introduced four more new faces to the local

media market – Justin Upton, Wil Myers, Derek Norris and Middlebrooks – the possibilities for

the Padres’ overhauled product seemed endless.

Yet this was never part of Middlebrooks’ consideration: After pacing the majors last year, the

new-and-improved Padres’ offense is again leading the league with 11 shutouts.

“I would’ve never have said that would be the case,” Middlebrooks said. “But there's still plenty

of time left, man. We’ve got (87) games left. We're too good not to show up more consistently.

“I wouldn't expect this to stick around.”

Yet, here, the Padres are.

They began Friday a season-high five games under .500. They are in fourth place in the NL

West. They are 3-6 under Pat Murphy, the second manager charged with overseeing a

disjointed lineup capable of producing both long stretches of zeros and crooked numbers with

the flip of a switch.

In fact, the Padres were in the middle of a one such episode this week in San Francisco, with

Ryan Vogelsong starting Wednesday’s shutout – the fourth that Giants pitchers have thrown at

the Padres – and rookie Chris Heston starting Thursday with six shutout frames.

Then the Padres scored two in the seventh and exploded for six in the eighth, a microcosm of

how quickly things can turn – one way or another – for an offense as imperfect as it is still an

upgrade over a unit that averaged 3.3 runs per game last year, the fourth-lowest in franchise

history.

As right-handed as the middle of the order is, as strikeout prone as the entire lineup is, the

Padres are averaging 4.16 runs per game in 2015, just above league average. Yet the reasons

they lead both the Brewers (nine) and Phillies (eight) in shutouts – two teams without nearly the

playoff hopes the Padres are clinging – abound:

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Injuries to Yonder Alonso and Myers took two of their best on-base options out of the lineup in a

span of four days in early May and a second, much lengthier DL stint for Myers has helped

weigh down the Padres’ on-base percentage to .297, fifth-worst in the majors;

Kemp (.638 OPS) has not come close replicating Upton’s production (.812 OPS) in the middle of

the order;

The makeup of a heavy right-handed lineup has been especially vulnerable against right-

handed pitchers, who are fanning Padres hitters at baseball’s fourth-highest rate (22.4 percent)

and are responsible for starting 10 of their 11 shutout losses.

“It’s about us coming together as a team, but we have to address every area, and that area has

to be addressed,” Murphy said after emerging from a lengthy hitters meeting before Friday’s

game against the Diamondbacks. “That's where we were for the (better part of the) last hour –

those guys talking. … “Bottom line, we're going to communicate, address, confront, do whatever

we need to do in order to get to the bottom of what our issues are and hopefully help the issues

become our strength.”

Norris was a bit more matter-of-fact about the nature of the meeting: “Let’s get our (stuff)

together.”

Consistentcy was an underlying theme, as was a need for no one hitter to put too pressure on

himself to fix a team-wide deficiency that, on June 26, has the Padres much closer to the NL

West cellar than contention.

Yes, there’s more than 80 games left on the slate. Yet they’ll play fewer than 30 before the

arrival of a July 31 trading deadline that could serve as yet another franchise reset before these

hitters see their end of the bargain through.

“If that's our worry and that's what we're thinking about, we're not in the right place,”

Middlebrooks said. “I think just coming in every day and focusing on the task at hand, the pitcher

we're going to face and the team we're going to face, that's got to be Priority No. 1.”

Added Norris: “Nobody’s hitting the panic button, but there is a sense of urgency.”

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Tim Federowicz nears rehab assignment Catcher's surgically-repaired right knee 'feels good,' and he hopes to begin minor league rehab assignment next week By Kirk Kenney6:46 p.m.June 26, 2015

Padres catcher Tim Federowicz said if his surgically-repaired right knee cooperates, then he

expects to begin a minor league rehab assignment next week.

“It all depends on how this week goes,” said Federowicz, bat in hand as he prepared to take BP

before Friday night’s game against Arizona. “Hitting has been fine since Day 1. Now it’s just

progressing to catching and, catching feels good, too. I’m running full speed with deceleration.

Everything’s been going smoothly.

The catcher, who was acquired in the Matt Kemp trade with the Dodgers over the winter, had

surgery in spring training to repair a torn lateral meniscus.

Federowicz, 27, hasn’t been told the destination for his rehab assignment, although Class-A

Lake Elsinore is a logical starting point.

The biggest test for his knee is squatting, and he was to test that in the Padres bullpen during

Friday night’s game against the D-backs.

“I’ll just be sitting in my squat like I would normally to catch a game to see where I’m at,”

Federowicz said. “For about three or four innings.

“Just listen to my body. That’s going to be the big part about this week is just listen to my knee.”

This is the first time Federowicz has been on the disabled list.

“It’s kind of opened my eyes a little bit," said Federowicz, who was injured in a spring training

game the first week of March. “The biggest thing I’ve learned is how to take care of my body

from here on out. I’ve learned all the muscles around the knees and learned what I need to do to

keep loose and make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

INJURY UPDATES

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— Outfielder/first baseman Wil Myers said he has a doctor’s appointment on Saturday and

expects to get an update on his left wrist, which was operated on last week to remove a bone

spur.

Myers, who is expected to be out for eight weeks, said the cast has severely limited his activity.

“I can’t do anything to stay ready right now because I can’t sweat,” Myers said.

— Right-hander Josh Johnson had tests recently after he felt tingling in his fingers during an

abbreviated simulated game two weeks ago. The results of those tests were expected on

Friday, although Padres manager Pat Murphy said before the game he had not been told about

the results.

Johnson, who is 14 months out from Tommy John surgery, was getting close to a rehab

assignment when he had the setback.

— Right-hander Brandon Morrow (right shoulder inflammation) is expected to throw a simulated

game over the weekend.

D-BACKS' REED DEMOTED

The D-backs have sent right-hander Addison Reed (San Diego State) to Triple-A Reno to regain

his form. Reed (2-2, 5.92 ERA, 3 SV) lost his job as closer last month. He had done well in

middle relief, with eight scoreless outings in nine appearances, before giving up four hits and

four runs in 2/3 inning last weekend against the Padres.

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Padres could use depth in int'l class New international signing period begins Thursday By Dennis Lin2 p.m.June 26, 2015

A new international signing period begins Thursday for major league clubs, some of which will

dole out exorbitant amounts for Latin American talent while others take a more measured

approach. For now, the Padres appear to fall in the latter group.

A number of teams, including the division-leading Dodgers, are ready to incur significant

penalties in order to secure the top 16-year-old international players, but the Padres might be

more inclined to take bigger swings during the 2016-17 signing period, a full year from now.

In this particular class, the Padres could use quantity. Last offseason, General Manager A.J.

Preller traded much of the franchise's best young talent for immediate return. The minor league

pipeline suddenly seemed barren.

Regardless of the franchise's direction at the trading deadline, replenishment would have to

arrive through the first-year player draft, which has resulted in the Padres' signing all nine of

their top-10-round selections, and the international market, where Preller made an impression

with the Rangers.

In October, Preller hired Chris Kemp as director of international scouting. Kemp, a former Texas

area scout, has practically lived abroad, far from his home in Charlotte, N.C.

This signing period, which will run through June 15 of next year, the Padres have $2,691,800 to

spend on international signing bonuses. Teams that exceed their allotted pools face prohibitive

fines, including restrictions in future signing periods.

"We definitely want to be athletic," Kemp said. "We want to stay up the middle as far as

versatile-type shortstops, center fielders, projectable starters on the mound."

While scouring the globe, the Padres have kept their eyes peeled on Cuba, whose players are

subject to the bonus pools unless they are at least 23 and have played five or more professional

seasons.

Under Preller, the Padres have aggressively scouted players in or from that baseball-rich

country. They've been involved in bidding for Hector Olivera, Yoan Moncada, Yoan Lopez, Ariel

Miranda and other notable Cuban talents, though they have yet to find what they deemed a

financial fit.

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Continued patience is in order. Since his hiring, Kemp has signed nearly 20 players from

Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama and the Dominican Republic. The most expensive was

right-hander Emmanuel Clase, who received a $125,000 bonus and is showing early promise

with the Padres' Dominican Summer League team. Ultimately, the Padres stuck to their

assigned pool for the 2014-15 signing period.

"When I came on board, they had already made some bigger-money spends," Kemp said. "My

main focus was kind of using the rest of our money to sign some interesting, lower-money guys

to give us some depth in the DSL."

Over the past year, the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Angels and Diamondbacks all blew past their

bonus pools and can't sign any individual player for more than $300,000 during the next two

periods. The Dodgers, Cubs and a few other big-market clubs could do the same starting

Thursday.

That would leave the 2016-17 signing period -- "We are actively scouting that class," Kemp said

-- a relatively exclusive opportunity for those willing to exercise moderation in the present.

Barring the discovery of a player they can't pass up, the Padres seem likely to qualify.