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Padres Press Clips Thursday, August 6, 2015

Article Source Author Page Padres battered in 8-5 loss to Brewers UT San Diego Lin 2 Morrow likely to have season ending surgery UT San Diego Lin 5 Minors: Nick Torres stays hot with Storm UT San Diego Sanders 8 Friar talk: Wallace settling in as bench bat UT San Diego Sanders 10 #TBT: Aug. 6 was a special date for Gwynn MLB.com Brock 11 Kennedy settles in after rocky first inning MLB.com Brock 13 Despaigne gets the ball for series finale vs. Brewers MLB.com Curry 15 Morrow likely headed for season-ending surgery MLB.com Brock 16 Templeton to join Padres Hall on Saturday Padres.com Center 18 Making sense of why Preller, Padres avoided a trade deadline fire sale SI.com Reiter 21 Jungmann, Brewers top Padres Associated Press AP 24 Brewers defeat Padres 8-5 NBCSanDiego.com Boehler 26 Late rally not enough as Padres fall to Crew MLB.com Brock/McCalvy 27

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Padres battered in 8-5 loss to Brewers Milwaukee scores four runs in first, eighth By Dennis Lin | 8:08 p.m. Aug. 5, 2015 | Updated, 8:53 p.m.

MILWAUKEE — The Padres can't afford many more games like the one they played

Wednesday, a second consecutive defeat in which they struggled to score, a speed

bump when they could be charging through the soft portion of their schedule.

The final result - an 8-5 loss to the Brewers - featured both early- and late-game

implosions and guaranteed the Padres won't be able to win the four-game series.

Sunday afternoon's finale will decide whether they return to San Diego after a 6-4

road trip or a 5-5 split.

"We started so well and had an emotional win in New York, played well enough to win

in all three games in Miami," Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said. "Now these

last two pitchers for (the Brewers) have been very good, and we haven't put it all

together. Hats off to the Brewers pitchers, they threw well, and their bats are getting

timely hits. It's tough to be a consistent winner unless you fire on all cylinders.

"But yeah, it would make a big difference to come out tomorrow and redirect this kind

of momentum, have some fun, win a ballgame, go home 6-4. Not exactly what we're

looking for, but to go home 5-5 kind of puts you in a different spot."

Either way, the margin of error will be daunting. A third of the season remains, and

the 52-56 Padres must win two-thirds of those games, at least.

Wednesday's effort initially held promise. Left fielder Justin Upton, after missing

Tuesday's game with a bruised right thumb, returned to the cleanup spot. He singled

in the top of the first, immediately after Matt Kemp's sacrifice fly gave the visitors a 1-

0 lead. But the Padres made outs in each of their next two at-bats, and it was the

Brewers' turn to take aim.

Padres right-hander Ian Kennedy entered with a 6.63 ERA in the first inning this

season. That number soon jumped above 8.00.

Scooter Gennett led off with a single, Jonathan Lucroy cracked a two-run homer to

left, Adam Lind hit a one-out single and Khris Davis doubled to the wall. After Shane

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Peterson's triple, the Brewers led, 4-1, having capitalized on multiple pitches that

were left out over the plate.

"My fastball was leaking over the plate, and I was leaving my curveball up and they

got a couple of base hits on it," Kennedy said. "...When I’m pulling the ball, I’m

yanking it over and not staying closed. (Pitching coach Darren Balsley) came in and

told me to stay closed a little longer. That helped with the fastball down and away and

inside to lefties.

"I came in and had to regroup. My fastball was a little bit better, my curveball was

down. I got ahead of guys. I was falling behind guys in that first inning. It was one of

those times where you have to step up."

Kennedy rebounded over the next six innings, not allowing any more runs. After the

bottom of the first, he yielded only two hits and no walks.

"I felt pretty good at the start," said Kennedy, who flew home Saturday to be with his

wife and newborn daughter. "Flying back and forth, but it was only one more flight

than these guys had to go through. I felt fine physically."

He showed it on the mound. In the seventh, he struck out the side on his 122nd pitch,

setting a season high for a Padres pitcher this season and matching Kennedy's career

high.

"It happens in a lot of sports. Sometimes you don't bring your best when the bell

rings, but then you settle down," Murphy said. "Innings two through seven, he was as

good as I've seen him.

"It helped our bullpen. Our bullpen's struggling in middle relief a little bit."

But Kennedy merely kept pace with his Brewers counterpart. Right-hander Taylor

Jungmann continued his impressive rookie season, setting a career-high with eight

strikeouts over seven frames. At one point, he retired 11 consecutive batters, the run

finally interrupted when Yonder Alonso doubled in the seventh.

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A two-out single by Will Venable scored Alonso, having the deficit, and for a moment,

the Padres stood within striking distance.

It did not last. For the second consecutive night, the Padres put a runner in scoring

position with no outs in the top of the eighth, this time on a pinch-hit double by

Melvin Upton Jr.. And for the second consecutive night, they went down in order, as

pinch-hitter Derek Norris, Yangervis Solarte and Kemp each waved at strike three.

The bottom of the inning was worse. Marcos Mateo, who'd followed Kennedy, allowed

a double, a walk, then an RBI single. The next at-bat ended in a single to Upton Jr.,

only the center fielder whiffed on the pick-up, the ball rolled all the way to the wall

and Brewers shortstop Jean Segura ran all the way to third. Hernan Perez singled,

too, securing Milwaukee's second four-run inning and an 8-2 lead.

The Padres scored three times with two outs in the ninth - Will Venable doubled in a

run, and Brett Wallace boomed a pinch-hit, two-run homer - prompting the entrance

of Francisco Rodriguez. The Brewers closer threw four pitches, the last a called strike

to Norris.

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Morrow likely to have season-ending surgery Padres starter has impingement in throwing shoulder By Dennis Lin | 5:13 p.m. Aug. 5, 2015

MILWAUKEE — Early this season, Brandon Morrow seemed to be a boon for the

Padres as their fifth starter, posting a 2.73 ERA through his first five games.

The next one may come in a different uniform.

The right-hander has been diagnosed with an impingement in his throwing shoulder

and is facing the prospect of season-ending surgery. Morrow will meet with the

Padres' medical team Friday to decide on a course of action. While rehabbing the

injury is one option, the more likely option would be arthroscopic surgery, assistant

general manager Fred Uhlman Jr. said Wednesday.

The procedure, known as a debridement, comes with a 3-4 month recovery timetable.

"I talked to him today," Uhlman Jr. said. "Obviously, there's some disappointment

there, but that's sort of a risk you take when you're signing any pitcher. He's

optimistic that it wasn't terrible news and that it's something he can take care of

either through rehab or surgery and should be fine, ready to go, for spring training.

"He hasn't made a definite decision yet. We'll talk with him more about that on

Friday."

Morrow originally landed on the disabled list, in early May, with shoulder

inflammation. He had one rehab assignment cut short by discomfort in the shoulder.

He went on another assignment last month, but that one was interrupted, too, as he

was scratched from a start last week.

Morrow met with team physician Dr. Heinz Hoenecke on Friday in San Diego and

received a second opinion from orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Tuesday in

Los Angeles.

"Dr. ElAttrache diagnosed Brandon with pretty much the same thing that Dr.

Hoenecke diagnosed him with," Uhlman Jr. said.

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After various injuries limited Morrow to 16 starts over his previous two seasons with

Toronto, the Padres signed him to a one-year, $2.5 million contract in December. The

deal was laden with incentives - up to an additional $5 million based on games started

- none of which Morrow has reached.

The 31-year-old debuted for the Padres with seven shutout innings against the Giants

on April 10. Following six innings of two-run ball May 2, he went on the 15-day DL,

hopeful that he would miss only a couple starts. He was 2-0 with a 23/7 strikeout-to-

walk ratio and arguably the Padres' most effective starter in the first month of the

season.

Rare SS start

Infielder Cory Spangenberg, on a rehab assignment with Double-A San Antonio, made

his first professional start at shortstop Tuesday. Spangenberg played there a bit in

college, and given the Padres' need at the position, Tuesday's box score caused a

minor stir on Twitter. Going forward, however, he's not expected to see much more, if

any, time at short.

San Antonio's regular shortstop, Benji Gonzalez, missed time with a fractured wrist

earlier this season and experienced minor soreness before Tuesday's game, prompting

the Missions to deploy Spangenberg in his stead. Spangenberg played the full nine

innings and went 0-for-4 with no errors in the field.

Spangenberg went on the DL in late June with a left knee contusion. He began his

rehab assignment Monday.

Gonzalez was back at shortstop Wednesday, while Spangenberg started at third.

"There's nothing to read into him playing shortstop," Uhlman Jr. said. "It was to get

him at-bats. ... He's making good progress, and we'll continue to evaluate him over the

next few days."

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Myers progressing

Padres outfielder-first baseman Wil Myers is "basically pain-free," Uhlman Jr. said,

but will not resume swinging before the weekend. Myers, who had a bone spur in his

left wrist surgically removed June 18, is currently going through a strengthening

program in his therapy.

A week after the procedure, Myers experienced discomfort in the wrist after taking

swings off a tee. He flew to Arizona to be examined by his surgeon, Dr. Donald

Sheridan, and was subsequently diagnosed with general soreness, which is not

uncommon after surgery.

"He won't do any baseball acitvity at least until we get back (to San Diego)," Uhlman

Jr. said. "The good news there is that the discomfort is subsiding."

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Minors: Nick Torres stays hot with Storm Recapping the latest action from around the Padres' farm system By Jeff Sanders | 8 a.m. Aug. 6, 2015

Nick Torres hasn't skipped a beat in the California League.

Promoted more than three weeks ago, Torres collected two more hits and drove in two

runs in high Single-A Lake Elsinore's 7-6 win over Inland Empire on Wednesday.

A fourth-round pick out of Cal Poly in 2014, Torres is hitting .337with the Storm after

opening the season with a .326/.378/.462 batting line, two homers and 40 RBIs in 77

games with low Single-A Fort Wayne.

Nick Schulz (.241) also collected two hits, Felipe Blanco drove in two runs and right-

hander Matthew Shepherd (3-7, 5.75) allowed six runs (four earned) in five innings.

Right-hander Bryan Verbitsky (3.71) struck out three in two scoreless innings for his

first save.

TRIPLE-A EL PASO (57-54)

• Albuquerque 6, Chihuahuas 4 (10): 1B Jason Hagerty (.358) drove in a run on

three hits, including his 10th double, and 2B Casey McElroy (.279) drove in two

runs on two hits. LHP Robbie Erlin (6.14) allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings in

a no-decision.

DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (47-63)

• Corpus Christi 6, Missions 3 (11): CF Alberth Martinez (.275) hit his sixth

homer and LF Tyson Gillies (.259) drove in two runs. RHP Bryan Rodriguez

(4.48) struck out eight and allowed one run in seven innings of a no-decision,

while RHP Cody Hebner (0-1, 2.25) allowed three runs in 1/3 of an inning.

LOW SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (55-52)

• Burlington 5, TinCaps 0: 1B Trae Santos (.258) hit his 27th double, one of four

TinCaps hits in the game. LHP Travis Radke (1-1, 3.94) allowed five runs on 10

hits and two walks in four innings.

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ROOKIE DSL PADRES (25-32)

• Blue Jays 10, Padres 6: LF Jose Sotillo (.244) hit his first homer and 2B Dayon

Olmo (.269) drove in two runs on two hits. LHP Eisler Cordova (1-6, 7.61)

allowed three runs in 2 1/3 innings in relief.

ROOKIE AZL PADRES (16-20)

• Athletics 6, Padres 3: LF Jhonatan Pena (.292) drove in two runs on four hits,

including his fourth homer and his sixth double. RHP Joel Linares (3-2, 3.63)

allowed four runs in six innings in a loss.

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Friar talk: Wallace settling in as bench bat Padres infielder hit pinch-hit homer in Wednesday's loss By Jeff Sanders | 5 a.m. Aug. 6, 2015

In about a month and a half with the Padres, Brett Wallace has logged 10 innings in

the field. That hasn't kept the 28-year-old infielder from keeping his bat up to speed.

Though the Padres dropped an 8-5 decision to the Brewers on Wednesday, Wallace's

pinch-hit, two-run homer not only gave Milwaukee cause for concern, it further

solidified Wallace's usefulness as at least a left-handed bat off the bench.

In limited opportunities, Wallace is 11-for-34 (.325) with a .395 on-base percentage,

two homers and seven RBIs. Twenty-five of his plate appearances have come in the

pinch after Wallace played exclusively at third base at Triple-A El Paso to open the

year.

"I've just got to be ready to go," Wallace said during the Padres' last home stand.

"That's my goal – every day prepare like I’m going to play, and (hitting coaches) Mark

Kotsay and Alonzo Powell have done a great job of showing me the ropes. I've never

really been a pinch-hitter so they've shown me how to get a routine to keep myself

going."

AROUND THE WATER COOLER

• Brandon Morrow is likely facing season-ending shoulder surgery, which might

put an end to his Padres' tenure after just five starts on that one-year, $2.5

million free agent deal. He did not check off any of the incentives that would

have added up to an additional $5 million in bonuses.

• Gary Templeton and Benito Santiago will join the Padres' Hall of Fame on

Saturday.

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#TBT: Aug. 6 was a special date for Gwynn By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | 9:18 AM ET Fireworks were still exploding over Jack Murphy Stadium that summer evening in 1993. Padres fans were on their feet wildly cheering Tony Gwynn's 2,000th career hit, as longtime broadcaster Ted Leitner leaned over and whispered something to his partner, Jerry Coleman.

"I said, 'Just wait … this is just the tip of the iceberg,'" Leitner recently recalled. "'Tony's going to get 3,000 and probably blow past it.'"

Leitner was right, of course. However, he -- and, well, everyone else -- probably didn't think hit No. 3,000 would come six years to the day after No. 2,000, on Aug. 6, 1999.

"When 3,000 happened, I didn't revert back and make the connection that it was the same day -- Aug. 6 -- as when he got No. 2,000," said Leitner, who is now in his 36th season broadcasting for the team.

"That's pretty amazing."

To be sure, Gwynn's Hall of Fame career was something to marvel at. In 20 seasons, all with San Diego, he had 3,141 career hits, 15 All-Star Game selections and five seasons of 200 or more hits.

Gwynn, who died on June 16, 2014, after battling salivary gland cancer, had one other reason to cherish the date of Aug. 6 -- it was the birthday of his mother, Vandella.

And while Gwynn's milestone hits certainly resonated with him deeply, he got a bigger kick out of getting those hits on his mother's birthday.

"He always considered it a gift to his mother -- getting 2,000 and 3,000 on her birthday," said Tony Gwynn Jr., who is currently playing for Syracuse, the Nationals' Triple-A affiliate.

"I don't know if he was trying to line it up that way. In fact, I know he wasn't. He was trying to get it the day before when I was there [in St. Louis]. But I had to fly back for the Area Code Games [a high school showcase]."

To know Gwynn Sr. was to know how much his family meant to him. And when his father, Charles, passed away, Gwynn grew much closer to his mother.

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"My dad lost his father right about the same age [31] I lost my dad. He wasn't able to share in moments like that," Gwynn Jr. said. "After my grandpa passed away, [the] bond [between Gwynn Sr. and Vandella] grew even stronger."

Hit No. 2,000 came during the second game of a doubleheader. In the first game, the Padres legend went 3-for-3. In the second game, Gwynn was hitless in three at-bats before stepping in against lefty reliever Bruce Ruffin in the sixth inning. Gwynn stayed on a slider, lining it up the middle, sending the crowd of 41,085 into a tizzy.

Six years later, Gwynn got No. 3,000 in Montreal. The hope was that he would get that milestone hit during the previous series while the team was in St. Louis.

"I think everyone wanted Tony to get 3,000 in St. Louis -- the sold-out crowds and that being such a great baseball city," Leitner said.

Instead, Gwynn got it at Olympic Stadium in front of an announced crowd of 13,540 -- though many contend that the actual crowd was less than 10,000.

Gwynn didn't have to wait long, as he got his 3,000th hit on a single in the first inning off Expos pitcher Dan Smith. For his part, Smith didn't spend much time bemoaning that fact that he allowed the milestone hit.

In fact, Smith embraced it.

"I'm absolutely proud to have been a part of it," said Smith, who is now the COO for Watco Companies, a transportation-based company in Kansas. "Just to be associated with Tony Gwynn is an honor.

"The day after he got his 3,000th hit, he came out during BP and said to me, 'Well, you're part of this now.' He said, 'I'd love to give you some things to remember it by.' He gave me a signed jersey, a game-used bat and two dozen [signed] balls. I thought, 'What a classy move that was.' He was a tremendous human being."

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Kennedy settles in after rocky first inning By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | August 5th, 2015 MILWAUKEE -- It's been a whirlwind week for Padres starting pitcher Ian Kennedy, who avoided getting dealt before the Trade Deadline and then spent three days at home in California with his family after the birth of daughter, Evelyn Nicole. So it's completely natural to see why he might not have been as sharp in the first inning of Wednesday's 8-5 loss to the Brewers at Miller Park.

Not that Kennedy is blaming a busy week and lack of sleep for his early struggles, as he allowed four runs on five hits in the first inning.

"I felt pretty good at the start [physically]. Flying back and forth ... but it was only one more flight than these guys had to go through," Kennedy said. "It was a few tweaks I wish I could have made in the first inning."

For as much as Kennedy struggled in the first inning, his fortunes changed in a big way starting with the second inning -- and until he left after the seventh inning.

Kennedy allowed two hits and struck out seven over six scoreless innings to keep the game close, as the Padres trailed 4-2 when he departed.

"He bore down, he went pitch-to-pitch," said Padres interim manager Pat Murphy. "It happens in a lot of sports, but sometimes you don't bring your best when the bell rings, but then you settle down.

"He was better focused. Innings two through seven, he was as good as I've seen him."

The 122 pitches he threw were the most for a Padres pitcher this season. It also tied his career-high. (He also threw 122 pitches in a May 30, 2012 game while with the D-backs.)

If you arrived or tuned in late, it was almost like the first inning never happened. In fact, with his pitch count over 100, he went back out for the seventh inning -- and promptly struck out the side.

"The first inning, my fastball was leaking over the plate, and I was leaving my curveball up, and they got a couple of base hits on it," Kennedy said. "I came in and had to regroup. My fastball was a little bit better, my curveball was down. I got ahead of guys.

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"I was falling behind guys in that first inning. It was one of those times where you have to step up. Luckily, I got through seven and it was still within grabs."

Kennedy, who flew from California to Milwaukee on Tuesday and was reinstated from paternity leave, got himself in trouble quickly on Wednesday. He allowed a leadoff single to Scooter Gennett and then a long home run to the No. 2 hitter, Jonathan Lucroy. One out later, Adam Lind started a stretch of three consecutive hits, capped by a two-run triple by Shane Peterson.

The first-inning runs have troubled the Padres through the first nine games of this road trip, as they have now allowed 13 of them. In his last start Friday in Miami, Kennedy allowed two runs in the first frame.

But after that, he mostly coasted and gave the Padres a chance to stay close before the Brewers scored four runs in the eighth inning.

"He turned it on, and he made a statement that 'though I didn't pitch well for the complete game, two through seven I gave us a chance to stay close.'" Murphy said. "That was his job once the first inning. Hats off to him, he did a great job."

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Despaigne gets the ball for series finale vs. Brewers By Brandon Curry / MLB.com | August 5th, 2015 The Padres and Brewers wrap up their four-game series at Miller Park on Thursday, concluding the first meeting between the two teams in 2015. Odrisamer Despaigne will toe the rubber for San Diego and will be opposed by Milwaukee starter Matt Garza.

San Diego's smallest player has been one of its biggest producers at the plate during the series. Alexi Amarista, listed at 5-foot-6, is 7-for-16 with five extra-base hits in his last four games after collecting just two in his previous 31 games.

Amarista snapped an 0-for-25 skid before the Milwaukee series with a triple and home run in a San Diego loss. The shortstop is expected to lead off for the Padres in the series finale. Things to know about the game:

• Garza is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in three career starts against the Padres. However, the right-hander carries the second highest WHIP among National League starters with a mark of 1.53.

• San Diego third baseman Yangervis Solarte extended his career-best hitting streak to 11 games with a first-inning single on Wednesday. That hit gave him eight hits in his first 16 at-bats of August.

• Despaigne has made one career start against the Brewers, where he fired seven strong innings allowing just two runs (one earned) on seven hits. The right-hander struck out nine Milwaukee batters on the day.

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Morrow likely headed for season-ending surgery By Corey Brock / MLB.com | @FollowThePadres | August 5th, 2015 MILWAUKEE -- Right-handed pitcher Brandon Morrow has likely thrown his last pitch for the Padres.

Morrow, who hasn't pitched in a game for the Padres since May 2, was diagnosed with an impingement in his right shoulder, assistant general manager Fred Uhlman Jr. said.

Morrow got a second opinion on his troublesome shoulder late Tuesday in Los Angeles from Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who essentially confirmed the findings of team physician, Dr. Heinz Hoenecke.

Uhlman said the team will meet with Morrow on Friday after returning to Petco Park to "come up with a course of action."

"One of the options would be rehab," Uhlman said. "The more likely would be surgery, which would be a [arthroscopic], which would require a three-to-four month recovery time.

"Brandon wants to have all the facts before he makes a decision."

Morrow, who in November signed a one-year deal for $2.5 million with the possibility of earning $5 million in incentives, was 2-0 with a 2.73 ERA in five starts before landing on the disabled list in late May with inflammation in his right shoulder.

He didn't reach any of the incentives before going on the disabled list.

Morrow had two setbacks during separate Minor League rehabilitation stints, the first occurring on June 7 during a start with Double-A San Antonio and the second coming July 25 with Triple-A El Paso. Each time, Morrow experienced discomfort in his shoulder.

"I talked to his agent yesterday and Brandon today," Uhlman said. "... Obviously there's some disappointment there. But that's the risk you take when you sign any pitcher.

"He's optimistic it wasn't terrible news. This is something he can take care of through rehab or surgery and be fine and ready to go in Spring Training." Morrow and Odrisamer Despaigne were essentially in competition for the fifth spot in the team's starting rotation, though that was probably always going to be Morrow.

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He was good early, allowing four hits over seven shutout innings in his Padres debut on April 10, striking out seven. Worth noting • San Diego's Wil Myers, who felt discomfort in his surgically repaired left wrist late last month, is pain-free, Uhlman said. He's on a strength program and has yet to resume baseball activities.

"The good news is the discomfort has subsided," Uhlman said, "and he's basically pain-free."

Myers has played in just three games since May 10. He has surgery on June 18 to remove a bone spur in his wrist.

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Templeton to join Padres Hall on Saturday Shortstop was a key member of 1984 NL pennant-winning team

By Bill Center / San Diego Padres | August 5th, 2015 Over the years, through the opaque lens of revisionist history, many Padres fans have questioned the multiplayer, 1981 trade that sent future Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Garry Templeton.

But the bottom line of that trade was 1984.

Templeton became an integral part of the team that gave the Padres the first of their two National League pennants.

"Shortly after the trade, I had talks with [manager] Dick Williams and [general manager] Jack McKeon," Templeton recalled recently.

"Dick had just taken over as the Padres' manager. They were talking about how they were going to put a winner on the field and that they traded for me to bring some leadership over here.

"Dick told me I was one of the parts they needed for a championship team."

At the age of 28, Templeton was much more than the shortstop of the National League champions. He filled a key leadership role, bridging the gap between the nucleus of young players brought up through the Padres' farm system and veterans added to bolster the strength of the ball club.

The 1984 season was a great experience," said Templeton.

"We had this corps of really good young players -- Tony Gwynn, Kevin McReynolds, Alan Wiggins, Carmelo Martinez, Eric Show, Mark Thurmond, Andy Hawkins, Dave Dravecky, Craig Lefferts … great talent," said Templeton.

"Dick said he was going to let them play. But Dick added specific players to push the process along -- Steve Garvey, Graig Nettles and Goose Gossage. Every day in 1984, we talked about winning championships."

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"I was the link between the veterans and the kids in 1984," said Templeton, who was the unofficial captain of those Padres. Templeton officially got the "captain" title when Larry Bowa became the manager in '87, and he remained the Padres' captain until he was traded to the New York Mets during the '91 season.

This Saturday, Templeton will add another title to his resume when he and catcher Benito Santiago are inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame during ceremonies before the Padres-Phillies game at Petco Park. The ceremonies are expected to start approximately a half-hour before the first pitch at 5:40 p.m. PT.

The induction of Templeton and Santiago will bring the total in the Padres Hall of Fame to 11.

They will be joining players Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman, Randy Jones, Dave Winfield and Nate Colbert; manager Williams; franchise-saving owner Ray Kroc; founding club president Buzzie Bavasi and broadcaster Jerry Coleman.

Gwynn, Williams, Winfield and Coleman are also in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

"This is quite an honor. And to be honest, I wasn't expecting it," said Templeton. "I knew the Padres had a Hall of Fame, but it seemed like they hadn't been adding players until Hoffy last year. That's when I started thinking about it.

"For me, it's a double honor to be going in with Benito, who broke in with the Padres (in 1986) when I was still there."

Templeton, who is now 59 and continues to reside in Poway, Calif., played almost a decade with the Padres from the start of the 1982 season through the first two months of '91.

He hit .252 with the Padres with 43 homers and 427 RBIs in 1,286 games. He was one of seven players who represented the Padres on the 1985 NL All-Star team managed by Williams.

Only Gwynn played more games for the Padres than Templeton, whose 1,135 hits also rank second to Gwynn's 3,141 on the Padres' all-time leaders list. Templeton is also ranked second in doubles (195) and at-bats (4,512), fifth in triples (36), seventh in RBIs, eighth in runs scored (430) and 10th in stolen bases (101). "I never thought Tempy got the credit he deserved as a Padres player," the late Gwynn said years ago. "He was like the glue. He had a great sense of humor. At the same time, he had the respect of the

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young players and the older veterans. He had the ability to demand better and still laugh when that's was what was called for.

"I always loved the way he played shortstop. He wasn't flashy. But he just gobbled up balls like a vacuum, set and made great throws. He was always where he needed to be. Heady. In my book, he was very under-rated. And he worked hard to do it right."

"People don't realize the respect I had from teammates and players around the league," said Templeton. "When word got out that I was going into the Padres Hall of Fame, I heard from players from all over."

Templeton was playing golf -- he has a one handicap -- when he got the call from Padres president and CEO Mike Dee earlier this season to tell him that he was a unanimous Hall of Fame selection by the Padres' two-tier selection committee.

"I'm going to be perfectly honest," said Templeton, a former manager in the independent leagues and the Angels' Minor League system. "I thought Dee was calling to give me a job to help the organization. When I learned I was going into the Hall of Fame, it kind of blew me away. I wasn't expecting that. I was kind of speechless. It totally caught me by surprise." From the scorecard -- Third baseman Yangervis Solarte was 1-for-4 Tuesday night to extend his hitting streak to a personal-record 10 straight games. Solarte is 17-for-42 during the streak with three doubles, two triples and two home runs for seven RBIs and seven runs scored. The streak equals the longest streak by a Padres player this season, matching Justin Upton's 10-game streak to open the season. -- Shortstop Alexi Amarista was 2-for-4 with a double Tuesday night in Milwaukee and is 6-for-13 in his last three games with two doubles, two triples and a home run for five RBIs. Before that Amarista was 0-for-23.

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Making sense of why Preller, Padres avoided a trade deadline fire sale BY BEN REITER

A.J. Preller cannot truly believe that the Padres are likely to be playoff participants two months from now. Yes, the first-year general manager's rebuilt but disappointing club has been playing better as of late—it had won eight of 11 through Wednesday—and, yes, 11 of its 17 remaining regular season series will come against opponents who currently have losing records. But San Diego is still just 52-55, 8 1/2 games behind the Dodgers in the National League West and seven behind the Cubs for the NL's second wild card spot. According to Baseball Prospectus the Padres' odds of making the postseason are around 3%, and their chances of winning the division—and thereby avoiding the one-game crapshoot that is the wild-card game—are much worse, at just 0.7%.

While a source told Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal that the central reason Preller stunned the baseball world by doing a lot of nothing in advance of last Friday's non-waiver trade deadline—San Diego was expected to be major sellers, and instead made a single, minor move by acquiring lefty reliever Marc Rzepczynski from Cleveland—was that Preller remained optimistic that his club could play meaningful October baseball, you shouldn't entirely believe it. Such a message might work to keep still reinvigorated fans engaged (an average of 33,100 of them have attended San Diego¹s nine post-All Star break home games so far, 6,000 more than last year's seasonal average), and even a three percent chance is still a chance. But Preller's motivations for largely holding pat at the deadline were undoubtedly more complicated, and more logical, than that.

Preller is known to be something of a transactional savant, an executive whose mind always whirs with multiple chains of possibilities. When the Padres hired him from theRangers' front office last August, the owners gave him a mandate to remake the club in a single winter. He approached the task armed not with a roadmap, but with a constantly evolving decision tree. By last October, when he met with his coaches and scouts to discuss the upcoming offseason, neither he nor anyone else could have predicted how it would turn out. "There were about 50 different ideas we went through," he explained to me in late April.

That process resulted in a revamped roster that added outfielders Matt Kemp,Wil Myers and Justin Upton, third baseman Will Middlebrooks, catcherDerek Norris, starting pitcher James Shields and closer Craig Kimbrel. There is no doubt that Preller and his colleagues explored as many or more possibilities as the deadline approached; the difference is that, unlike last winter, none of the possibilities seems to have proven

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attractive enough. Preller is not the type to sell simply for the sake of selling, and that he did not sell last week does not mean that he has irreparably damaged his club's future potential.

The easiest non-moves to understand are those involving the talented pitching quartet of Kimbrel, Shields, Andrew Cashner and Tyson Ross. Each of those four is under contractual control beyond this season. Cashner won't reach free agency until after next year, and Ross the year after that. Kimbrel is signed through 2017, with a club option for '18. Shields' contract runs through 2018 with a club option of his own for '19. While each might have been on the block, Preller was under little pressure to trade any of them unless he received a significant prospect haul. This was a trade deadline at which the majority of teams—notably the Dodgers and the Yankees—maintained a white-knuckled grip on their best prospects, so no such haul was apparently forthcoming.

All that Preller did by hanging on to his assets was to give himself the possibility of benefiting from their play in the months and years to come, when they might help the Padres' efforts to contend. Moreover, he can always trade them this winter, or even next summer, if he receives offers he deems more attractive. There is little reason to believe their trade values will diminish over the next two months, or the next year. The fact that Upton remains in San Diego—even though he is due to reach free agency this November—is more curious, but also defensible. The Padres will certainly extend a qualifying offer to Upton this fall, meaning that they will receive a compensatory first-round draft pick when, as is very likely, another team signs him. Preller's scouting acumen is unquestioned—he turned a once-barren Rangers farm system into one of the game's best—so here the value proposition was relatively simple: Were the prospects he was being offered for two months of Upton's services better than the one he believed he'd be able to draft in the first round next summer? Obviously, he determined they were not.

Less easily understandable is why he held onto the three players who will become free agents after this season but who are unlikely to be floated a qualifying offer: outfielder Will Venable, starter Ian Kennedy and reliever Joaquin Benoit. (While Benoit's contract includes an $8 million club option for next season, and he has pitched to a 2.17 ERA this year, the Padres probably won't exercise it because he will be a 38-year-old set-up man.) That means San Diego seems certain to lose all three without receiving any compensation in return. Surely, the team should have turned them into something, right? Perhaps, but perhaps not. Kennedy (who has a 4.44 ERA) and Venable (who is batting .250) likely wouldn't have brought back much at all, and context is important. If you've already determined that you're not going to move any of your more valuable major league assets, maybe it's worth seeing if your less valuable ones might provide that last boost toward a playoff run, however unlikely it might be. The trade-off seems insignificant.

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This is not to say that Preller's deadline inaction was beyond reproach. You can argue, for instance, that he ought to have been able to negotiate prospects of acceptable value for at least some of his tradeable pieces. You can also argue that he is overvaluing his current players, relative to the market.

Still, perhaps the Padres will make a virtually unprecedented playoff run; in that improbable case, Preller's many critics will be immediately silenced. But even if they spend a ninth straight October at home, it is months, and even years, too soon to conclude that San Diego's trade deadline inaction amounted to anything approaching a disaster. What Preller did was bet on himself; on the possibility that his splashy winter may yet pay dividends, even if not in 2015; on his own scouting instincts, to rebuild a depleted farm system; and on his ability to make better trades down the road than the ones with which he was presented this July. One thing that is certain is that the hard work in the Padres' executive suite has only just begun.

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Jungmann, Brewers top Padres AP AUG 05, 2015 11:38p ET

MILWAUKEE -- After another strong outing, Milwaukee rookieTaylor Jungmann was asked if the novelty of being in the majors had worn off. "It never will," he said. "Once you try to relax, feel comfortable here, that's when somebody will jump up and get you." Jungmann struck out a career-high eight and allowing six hits without a walk over seven innings in the Milwaukee Brewers' 8-5 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. "The breaking ball was big today," Jungmann said. "That's how I expect to throw the breaking ball, and I haven't really done that since I've been up. There's been a couple of games where it's been decent, but not like that. That was definitely the best I've thrown it all year." Jonathan Lucroy, Shane Peterson and Jean Segura each drove in two runs to help Milwaukee record back-to-back wins for the first time in 15 games. Jungmann (6-3) has allowed two earned runs or fewer in eight straight starts and in 10 of his 11. After San Diego scored three runs in the ninth off Corey Knebel, Francisco Rodriguez recorded the final out for his 25th save in as many chances. Padres starter Ian Kennedy (6-10) gave up four earned runs on seven hits in seven innings. He struck out seven without a walk, but San Diego still lost consecutive games for the first time since July 23. That's because Jungmann settled down after giving up a run and three hits in the first. Singles by Alexi Amarista and Yangervis Solarte were followed by a sacrifice fly by Matt Kemp, before Justin Uptonsingled. The right-hander then retired 17 of the next 18 batters he faced. "Yeah, he was really good (after the first)," Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. "He got it going after that. That curveball, especially after the first, was a real weapon."

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In the bottom of the first, Lucroy hit a two-run blast to left field for his fourth of the year, and Peterson's triple to right gave Milwaukee a 4-1 lead. The Brewers added four more runs in the eighth, including two on a single to by Segura for a 7-2 lead. Kennedy rejoined the team in Milwaukee on Tuesday after he left Saturday because of the birth of his fourth child the day before. He is 2-5 in his last eight starts. "The flying back and forth was only one more flight than these guys had to go through on Sunday," Kennedy said. "Overall, I felt pretty good physically. It was just minor tweaks I wish I could have made to a few batters in the first inning." ANOTHER GAME, ANOTHER HIT Solarte extended his career-high hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the first. It is the longest streak by a Padres' player this year and most since Will Venable's 15-gamer Aug. 2-18, 2013. BEEN AWHILE The last game Lucroy homered was also the last time he drove in more than one run -- July 18, a span of 15 games. SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT Milwaukee is in the middle of playing 17 of 20 games at home. After starting that stretch 0-5, the Brewers have won back-to-back games at Miller Park. TRAINER'S ROOM Brewers righty Brandon Kintzler (left knee tendinitis) began a minor-league rehab assignment Tuesday. UP NEXT Padres: Odrisamer Despaigne (5-7) will try to win his third straight start for the first time this season. Brewers: Matt Garza (5-12) faces San Diego for the first time since Sept. 27, 2011, when he was with the Cubs.

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Brewers Defeat Padres 8-5 By DAVE BOEHLER Rookie Taylor Jungmann had another strong outing, striking out a career-high eight and allowing six hits without a walk over seven innings in the Milwaukee Brewers' 8-5 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Jonathan Lucroy, Shane Peterson and Jean Segura each drove in two runs to help Milwaukee record back-to-back wins for the first time in 15 games. Jungmann (6-3) has allowed two earned runs or fewer in eight straight starts and in all but one this season. After San Diego scored three runs in the ninth off Corey Knebel, Francisco Rodriguez recorded the final out for his 25th save in as many chances. Padres starter Ian Kennedy (6-10) gave up four earned runs on seven hits in seven innings. He struck out seven without a walk, but San Diego still lost consecutive games for the first time since July 23. That's because Jungmann settled down after giving up a run and three hits in the first. Singles by Alexi Amarista and Yangervis Solarte were followed by a sacrifice fly by Matt Kemp, before Justin Upton singled. The right-hander then retired 17 of the next 18 batters he faced. In the bottom of the first, Lucroy hit a two-run blast to left field for his fourth of the year, and Peterson's triple to right gave Milwaukee a 4-1 lead. The Brewers added four more runs in the eighth, including two on a single to center by Segura for a 7-2 lead. Kennedy rejoined the team in Milwaukee on Tuesday after he left Saturday because of the birth of his fourth child the day before. He is 2-5 in his last eight starts. TRAINER'S ROOM Padres: Upton returned to the lineup after missing the game Tuesday with a bruised right thumb. Brewers: RHP Brandon Kintzler (left knee tendinitis) began a minor-league rehab assignment Tuesday. UP NEXT Padres: Odrisamer Despaigne (5-7) will try to win his third straight start for the first time this season. Brewers: Matt Garza (5-12) faces San Diego for the first time since Sept. 27, 2011, when he was with the Cubs.

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Late rally not enough as Padres fall to Crew By Corey Brock and Adam McCalvy / MLB.com | August 5th, 2015 MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers manufactured a pair of four-run innings to reward rookie Taylor Jungmann for another strong start, and they avoided a late scare for an 8-5 win over the Padres on Wednesday at Miller Park.

Jungmann, a 25-year-old former first round Draft pick, has surrendered two or fewer runs in 10 of his first 11 Major League starts, including the last eight in a row. Between allowing lone runs in the first inning and the seventh on Wednesday, Jungmann faced the minimum from the second inning through the sixth and retired 11 consecutive batters in one stretch.

"Being consistent is huge up here," Jungmann said. "Being able to make in-game adjustments is another big thing for me. If you have a rough first inning, you have to make an adjustment. If you don't, they're going to wear you out out there." • Jungmann, Nelson proving Brewers' future is bright For most of the night, Padres pitchers were just as good. Between a four-run outburst against starter Ian Kennedy in the first inning and another four-run strike against reliever Marcos Mateo in the eighth, Kennedy held the Brewers scoreless on only two hits -- both singles. Mateo's tough inning loomed large when the Padres rallied for three runs in the ninth inning, two on Brett Wallace's pinch-hit home run, before Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez recorded the final out for his 25th save. MOMENTS THAT MATTERED First-inning cycle: Brewers batters combined to hit for the cycle and score four runs before Kennedy recorded his second out. Scooter Gennett and Adam Lindsingled in the inning, Khris Davis provided the double, Peterson hit his two-run triple and Lucroy a two-run home run.

"Often times it feels like the first inning and the sixth and the seventh inning are those big innings," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "In the first inning, you have a chance before the starting pitcher settles in with his stuff to maybe jump on him. Then towards the end of their start, when they're 100 pitches in, is also when they're vulnerable." Solarte, whoa, whoa: Yangervis Solarte has become the most dependable and formidable hitter for the Padres recently. He had hits in his first two at-bats Wednesday, with his first-inning single putting the Padres in position to score onMatt Kemp's sacrifice fly. The two hits gave him 16 in his last eight games.

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Tacking on: After falling silent from the second inning through the seventh, the Brewers' offense came back to life in the eighth inning against Mateo, a hard-throwing right-hander. Logan Schafer, Jean Segura and Hernan Perez delivered successive run-scoring hits with two outs to extend a 4-2 lead to 8-2, with Segura's two-run single (he went all the way to third on a two-base error charged to Padres center fielder Melvin Upton Jr.) doing the most damage. Tale of two starts: Kennedy scuffled early but then settled down. He allowed two hits with seven strikeouts over the last six innings, tying his career-high with 122 pitches. In fact, he was still going strong at the end as he struck out the side in the seventh inning.

"The first inning, my fastball was leaking over the plate, and I was leaving my curveball up, and they got a couple of base hits on it. I came in and had to regroup," Kennedy said. QUOTABLE "It would make a big difference to come out tomorrow and redirect this kind of momentum, have some fun, win a ballgame, go home 6-4. Not exactly what we're looking for, but to go home 5-5 kind of puts you in a different spot." -- Padres interim manager Pat Murphy on wanting a winning record on this 10-game road trip. SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS

It was another slow start for the Padres -- a common theme on this 10-game road trip. The four runs they allowed Wednesday gave them 13 runs allowed in the first inning of their nine games against the Mets, Marlins and now Brewers on this trip. ROBIN HUNTING Twice, Brewers right fielder Ryan Braun saw fly balls fall mere feet shy of becoming his 250th career home run. In the first inning, Will Venable hopped at the wall in right-center field to make a catch of Braun's deep drive, and Braun hit another in the eighth that hit the wall in straightaway center for a double. Braun remained two home runs shy of the Brewers' all-time leader, Robin Yount, who hit 251 homers during his 20-year career. WHAT'S NEXT Padres: Odrisamer Despaigne (5-7, 4.75) gets the start in the series finale at 11:10 a.m. PT. He got a no-decision in his only start against the Brewers last August, allowing one run in six innings. Brewers: The Brewers are 7-12 when Matt Garza (5-12, 5.17) starts a game this season, a mark the right-hander will look to improve when he takes the mound for Thursday's series finale against the Padres. Garza is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in three career starts against San Diego.