A trio of young Padres made their major league debuts against the Diamondbacks.
Unfortunately our first glimpse of Carlos Asuaje, Hunter Renfroe, and Manny Margot wound up being rather uneventful on the diamond.
Asuaje struck out in his first major league at-bat, Renfroe was intentionally walked, and Margot pinch-ran and then played centerfield.
All three are expected to start on Thursday against the Giants along with catcher Austin Hedges who was also recalled to San Diego from Triple-A El Paso.
The final score Wednesday night was Arizona 3, San Diego 2.
But in a way, it was really Paul Goldschimdt 3, Wil Myers 2.
That’s because those two players combined for three homers and no one else knocked in a single run.
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Goldschmidt ruined a fine outing by Padres starter Luis Perdomo with a solo shot in the first inning and a 2-run blast in the 6th.
Perdomo only allowed five hits over seven innings of work but the two gopher balls he threw to Arizona’s All-Star first baseman were costly.
San Diego managed just four hits the entire contest and could not score in the final six frames.
Christian Friedrich takes the mound Thursday against San Francisco. Hedges is slated to be the starting catcher, with Margot in centerfield, Renfroe in right and Asuaje at second base.
Manager Andy Green added that he will mix and match various lineups over the last few games with Wil Myers the only Padre that is likely to play every day the rest of the way.
