Padres catcher Yorvit Torrealba has been placed on the restricted list for personal reasons and is expected to be away from the team for at least three days. Team officials say Torrealba is tending to a family matter. To take his roster spot, the Padres recalled catcher Dusty Ryan from Triple-A Portland.
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Matt Hiserman twice was struck in the head by line shots. What is being done to prevent similar injuries?
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Nick Hundley was surrounded by a pack of reporters and cameramen when the San Diego Padres' other catcher, Yorvit Torrealba, walked by and offered an unsolicited opinion. "He's the best catcher on this team, I'm telling you," Torrealba said. With the San Diego Padres these days, that's hard to tell.
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Nick Hundley and Mat Latos form quite the battery for the San Diego Padres. Hundley hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Latos won his fourth straight decision as the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Saturday night. Hundley, who has been splitting time at catcher with Yorvit Torrealba, accounted for all four Padres runs.
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Josh Willingham hit a three-run home run as the Washington Nationals hung on to beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 in the National League on Friday. Ian Desmond had a solo shot for the Nationals while starting pitcher John Lannan (2-2) earned his first victory in seven weeks, giving up only one earned run in seven innings.
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Padres left-hander Clayton Richard had just retired the first three Washington Nationals batters in order when San Diego manager Bud Black realized he had a problem. The official lineup card that he'd handed umpire Tim Timmons at the plate meeting didn't list Richard as the starter. It listed Adam Russell.
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The San Diego Padres have placed shortstop Everth Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season due to a strained right hamstring. The move is retroactive to Monday. Cabrera previously was placed on the DL April 30, retroactive to April 27, and was reinstated May 14. To take his roster spot, infielder Lance Zawadzki was recalled from Triple-A Portland.
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Pitcher Matt Hiserman twice was struck in the head by line shots. What is being done to prevent similar injuries?
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SAN DIEGO – Albert Pujols hit his first homer and drove in his first runs in 11 games, and Brendan Ryan tied a career high with four hits to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the San Diego Padres 8-3 Thursday night.
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Jerry Hairston Jr. watched Albert Pujols crush a ball that ended up being caught in Petco Park's vast center field. An inning and a half later, with two outs in the 13th, Hairston lined a shot that cleared the fence in left-center to carry the San Diego Padres a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
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