Baseball Guru
04-11-2002, 05:28 AM
By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
April 10, 2002, 1:01 AM EDT
SAN DIEGO -- Ryan Klesko had a three-run homer for his first hit of the season and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 Tuesday night, spoiling Todd Stottlemyre's first start in nearly 19 months.
Phil Nevin hit a two-run shot in the first inning off Stottlemyre, pitching for the first time since Sept. 21, 2000. He missed all of last season with a nerve problem in his right shoulder.
The defending World Series champion Diamondbacks are 0-4 in games started by anyone other than Randy Johnson or Curt Schilling.
Stottlemyre settled down after allowing Nevin's homer, but got into trouble in the fifth.
He walked D'Angelo Jimenez with one out, and Nevin reached on an infield hit with two outs. Stottlemyre grooved a 2-1 pitch to Klesko, who drove it an estimated 381 feet into the right-field seats.
Klesko, who hit 30 homers last year, had been 0-for-12 this season. He missed the first four games, suspended for his role in a spring training brawl with Anaheim.
Stottlemyre (0-1) struck out Ray Lankford to end the fifth and was replaced by Eddie Oropesa. The right-hander threw 98 pitches, allowing five runs and five hits, striking out three and walking three.
Bobby Jones (1-0) won his first start of the season after a miserable 2001. Jones was 8-19 last year, barely avoiding becoming baseball's first 20-game loser in 21 years.
Trevor Hoffman got three outs for his second save.
Jones received a seven-game suspension for his role in the spring training brawl with the Angels. He allowed two runs on five hits in 6 1-3 innings, including homers to Luis Gonzalez and Danny Bautista.
Stottlemyre fell behind 2-1 after his fifth pitch, which Nevin sent into the left-field seats for his second two-run homer in as many games. Mark Kotsay drove a pitch from Stottlemyre over center fielder Steve Finley's head to the base of the fence, but slipped rounding first and held up.
The Diamondbacks loaded the bases in the eighth against two Padres relievers before Alan Embree got Mark Grace to fly out.
Tuesday night was the culmination of 1 years of surgeries and rehabilitation for the 36-year-old Stottlemyre.
His arm problems actually started in 1999, when he was diagnosed with a partial tear of his right rotator cuff. He chose to rehab instead of have surgery, and returned later that year.
He hurt his right elbow on May 29, 2000, was on the disabled list twice that season and finally had surgery on Sept. 26, 2000, to readjust the nerve in the joint.
The following spring, the thoracic nerve in his right shoulder went dead and didn't regenerate until late in the summer. By the time the nerve began firing again, Stottlemyre had been shut down for the 2001 season and underwent surgery to repair a tear in his right shoulder.
Notes:@ Gonzalez, Nevin and Bautista each have two homers. ... Nevin batted third and Klesko cleanup for the second straight game. ... To make room on the roster for Stottlemyre, the Diamondbacks designated C Chad Moeller for assignment.
AP Sports Writer
April 10, 2002, 1:01 AM EDT
SAN DIEGO -- Ryan Klesko had a three-run homer for his first hit of the season and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 Tuesday night, spoiling Todd Stottlemyre's first start in nearly 19 months.
Phil Nevin hit a two-run shot in the first inning off Stottlemyre, pitching for the first time since Sept. 21, 2000. He missed all of last season with a nerve problem in his right shoulder.
The defending World Series champion Diamondbacks are 0-4 in games started by anyone other than Randy Johnson or Curt Schilling.
Stottlemyre settled down after allowing Nevin's homer, but got into trouble in the fifth.
He walked D'Angelo Jimenez with one out, and Nevin reached on an infield hit with two outs. Stottlemyre grooved a 2-1 pitch to Klesko, who drove it an estimated 381 feet into the right-field seats.
Klesko, who hit 30 homers last year, had been 0-for-12 this season. He missed the first four games, suspended for his role in a spring training brawl with Anaheim.
Stottlemyre (0-1) struck out Ray Lankford to end the fifth and was replaced by Eddie Oropesa. The right-hander threw 98 pitches, allowing five runs and five hits, striking out three and walking three.
Bobby Jones (1-0) won his first start of the season after a miserable 2001. Jones was 8-19 last year, barely avoiding becoming baseball's first 20-game loser in 21 years.
Trevor Hoffman got three outs for his second save.
Jones received a seven-game suspension for his role in the spring training brawl with the Angels. He allowed two runs on five hits in 6 1-3 innings, including homers to Luis Gonzalez and Danny Bautista.
Stottlemyre fell behind 2-1 after his fifth pitch, which Nevin sent into the left-field seats for his second two-run homer in as many games. Mark Kotsay drove a pitch from Stottlemyre over center fielder Steve Finley's head to the base of the fence, but slipped rounding first and held up.
The Diamondbacks loaded the bases in the eighth against two Padres relievers before Alan Embree got Mark Grace to fly out.
Tuesday night was the culmination of 1 years of surgeries and rehabilitation for the 36-year-old Stottlemyre.
His arm problems actually started in 1999, when he was diagnosed with a partial tear of his right rotator cuff. He chose to rehab instead of have surgery, and returned later that year.
He hurt his right elbow on May 29, 2000, was on the disabled list twice that season and finally had surgery on Sept. 26, 2000, to readjust the nerve in the joint.
The following spring, the thoracic nerve in his right shoulder went dead and didn't regenerate until late in the summer. By the time the nerve began firing again, Stottlemyre had been shut down for the 2001 season and underwent surgery to repair a tear in his right shoulder.
Notes:@ Gonzalez, Nevin and Bautista each have two homers. ... Nevin batted third and Klesko cleanup for the second straight game. ... To make room on the roster for Stottlemyre, the Diamondbacks designated C Chad Moeller for assignment.