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Jase Bowen crushed a grad slam in the top of the fourth inning that put the San Diego Padres on top of the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 and the Padres never looked back en route to a 10-2 win at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. on Tuesday. San Diego scored 10 runs on 15 hits in support of Walker Buehler, who made his second Cactus League start. Buehler completed 3.2 innings and allowed two runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts. The Padres return to the Peoria Sports Complex to host the Kansas
City Royals on Wednesday at 6:10 p.m.
Padres News:
- The injury to Sung-Mun Song has caused manager Craig Stammen and the Padres to consider placing him on the IL, keeping him off the Opening Day roster to allow him to fully recover from an oblique injury that he suffered earlier in the offseason and re-aggravated last week. Lincoln Zdunich of Gaslamp Ball says if Song does miss time, it could give Ty France an opportunity to make the team out of camp.
- The San Diego bullpen was one of the best in MLB last season and Thomas Conroy of Gaslamp Ball believes the group enters this season as one of if not the top bullpen in the game again.
- AJ Cassavell of Padres.com takes a look at how the Padres roster is shaping up with just over two weeks remaining before Opening Day.
- Joe Musgrove, like Nick Pivetta, is getting some extra rest. This is not surprising considering he is returning from Tommy John surgery.
- Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune continues his roster review with his focus on German Marquez, who is looking to fill the fifth starter spot in the rotation.
Baseball News:
- Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena made some news with the Seattle Mariners catcher refusing to shake the hand of his Mariners teammate at the plate when the US played Mexico in the WBC. It seemed as though Arozarena was upset with Raleigh after the game, but the slugging catcher said there is no issue with his teammate.
- New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor played in a minor league game and believes he will be ready for Opening Day after injuring his Hamate bone.
- Houston Astros closer Josh Hader threw his first bullpen of the spring, but his availability for Opening Day is still undecided.
- Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene will have surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow and is expected to be out until July.
WBC News:
- Italy knocked off the US and has pushed one of the tournament favorites to the brink of elimination. The US will await the outcome of Italy versus Mexico on Wednesday to learn their fate.
- Canada beat Puerto Rico and has full control of their WBC fate as they head into their matchup with Cuba.
- Israel beat Netherlands in the final WBC action for both teams.
- Dominican Republic and Venezuela will play today to determine who will be the top seed in their pool.
