By CHRIS JENKINS AP Sports Writer

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The Cleveland Indians announced on Thursday that they have exercised their 2013 option on manager Manny Acta. That means Acta won’t have to worry about his job status next season. The Indians had an 80-82 record in Acta’s second season with Cleveland, and that was an 11-game…

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Randy Ready was fired by the San Diego Padres on Thursday, the fifth hitting coach to get the heave-ho since the team moved into spacious Petco Park in 2004. Ready is the only member of manager Bud Black’s staff not to be invited back in the wake of a 71-91 season in which San Diego’s hitters once again struggled in the big downtown ballyard.

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Except for Starlin Castro, the Chicago Cubs had a rough end to another disappointing season. Will Venable hit his first career grand slam and Nick Hundley hit a three-run shot to lift the normally punchless San Diego Padres to a 9-2, season-ending victory over the Cubs. Castro became the youngest player — at 21 years, 188 days — to lead the NL with 207 hits.

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Starlin Castro and Matt Garza have been bright spots in an otherwise dismal season for the Chicago Cubs. Castro had two singles to extend his NL-leading total to 206 hits and Garza won his 10th game as the Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 on Tuesday night in a matchup of 90-game losers. Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning.

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The San Diego Padres went from 90 wins to 91 losses, from a riveting pennant race to a ponderous season largely devoid of highlights. Starlin Castro had two singles to extend his NL-leading total to 206 hits, Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Padres 6-2 on Tuesday night in a matchup of 90-game losers.

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One Triple Crown down, one to go. Clayton Kershaw all but clinched the NL pitching Triple Crown with his 21st victory but Matt Kemp suffered a major setback in his attempt to become the majors’ first Triple Crown winner in 44 seasons following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 6-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

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Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw virtually wrapped up the pitching Triple Crown (wins, strikeouts and ERA) on Sunday, which virtually wrapped up the Cy Young Award. That’s based on the premise that since the award was created in 1956, all pitchers who’ve won…

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Mat Latos was perfect through four innings and took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Granted, it was against a Chicago Cubs lineup full of prospects in a matchup between teams that now each have 90 losses. Still, Latos had a strong finish to an uneven season as he pitched the San Diego Padres to a 2-0 win on Monday night.

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Mat Latos was perfect through four innings and took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. Granted, it was against a Chicago Cubs lineup full of prospects in a matchup between teams that now each have 90 losses. Still, Latos had a strong finish to an uneven season as he pitched the San Diego Padres to a 2-0 win on Monday night.

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