Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
Tuesday was the first time right-hander Chris Paddack had given up as many as three runs in a start since returning to the Padres’ rotation on June 22.
In five starts since his return, Paddack is 2-1 with a 2.15 ERA and a 0.818 WHIP -- giving up seven runs on 16 hits and eight walks with 27 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings. Those numbers are closer to the 4-2 record and 1.93 ERA he managed through the first nine starts of his Major League career.
The Padres are 10-7 in Paddack’s 17 starts this season. The rookie has seven quality starts.
NOTEBOOK
• RHP Michel Baez became the 13th player to make his Major League debut with the Padres this season -- the most of any Club -- on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-8, 23-year-old Cuban allowed one hit in a scoreless inning.
• 1B Eric Hosmer is hitting .324 during an active eight-game hitting streak, going 11-for-34 with three doubles. It is Hosmer’s seventh hitting streak of five or more games this season. He has two 10-game hitting streaks, an earlier eight-game hitting streak and streaks of seven, six and five games.
• SS Fernando Tatis Jr., who was 2-for-5 with a double Tuesday night, has driven in seven runs during an active five-game hitting streak. Tatis is 7-for-22 during the streak with a double, two home runs, a walk and three runs scored.
• C Francisco Mejía has reached base in nine of the last 10 he has started. He has gone 9-for-38 (.237) in those 10 games with a double, two home runs, four walks, five RBIs and five runs scored.
• 2B Luis Urías has reached base four times in 12 plate appearances in three games since returning from Triple-A El Paso, going 1-for-9 with three walks and three runs scored.
