The Padres held an intrasquad game at Peoria Sports Complex on Tuesday. It was mostly an exercise for the younger players but a few guys with big league service time did take place.
Eight different pitchers threw one inning each. Jose Dominguez and Tayron Guerrero started and both tossed perfect frames with a strikeout.
The only run of the game came in a way the Padres will likely try to score a lot of runs in 2016: good old “Small Ball.”
Infielder Jemile Weeks was hit by a pitch and stole second base, putting him in scoring position for Austin Hedges. The catcher who was serving as the designated hitter in this game delivered a single to score Weeks.
The game’s other two hits came off the bat of outfielders Jabari Blash, who ripped a liner to left field, and Hunter Renfroe, who legged out an infield single on a ground ball in the hole at shortstop.
The Padres play their first game against another team on Wednesday when they meet the Seattle Mariners in their annual Charity Game.
