Padres call up 20-year-old catcher Salas
San Diego promoted top prospect Ethan Salas a day after a 5-0 win in Cincinnati, with the Padres sitting at 73-65 and clinging to a spot in the NL Wild Card race.
King strikes out 6 to close out Cincinnati
Michael King threw 6.0 innings of shutout ball against the Reds on August 31, allowing 4 hits and 3 walks while striking out 6, and the Padres' own account marked it "King of the Queen City." Manny Machado went 4-for-5 with a double, Ty France added 3 hits and an RBI, and Kyle Hart worked 2.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen with 4 strikeouts as San Diego closed it out 5-0.
Reds5-0The win came a day after umpire Manny Gonzalez left the game with heat exhaustion and was delayed almost 15 minutes before he was cleared, per Jomboy Media. It also snapped a rough stretch: the Padres are 2-3 in their last 5 games after Tampa Bay swept them in a 3-game set just before the trip to Cincinnati.
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The Padres are calling up catcher Ethan Salas, per Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Salas is San Diego's No. 1 prospect and, at 20 years old, is set to become the youngest player in the majors; TalkinBaseball_ notes he ranks as MLB's No. 23 overall prospect.
The Padres will be without Luis Rengifo for the remainder of the season after an MRI revealed a torn ACL.
The move comes as San Diego is also adjusting elsewhere on the roster. The Padres placed Luis Rengifo on the 60-day injured list Tuesday after an MRI revealed a torn ACL, ending his season, and had already put Gavin Sheets on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left foot sprain.
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The Padres are in Cincinnati tonight, with Randy Vásquez on the mound for San Diego. Vásquez is 10-6 with a 4.02 ERA and threw 5.0 shutout innings with 2 strikeouts in his last start against Pittsburgh on August 26. Nick Lodolo starts for the Reds; he's 3-3 with a 5.24 ERA and allowed 4 earned runs over 4.0 innings against the Giants in his last outing.
San Diego is favored to take the opener, and the total points to a high-scoring game — fitting for a Padres offense that just put up 5 runs behind a Machado multi-hit night, against a Reds staff whose starter has struggled to work deep into games. Vásquez holding his recent form is the difference between the market's expectation and a much tighter night.