Padres beat Diamondbacks, spoil Bauer's home debut

By Bob Baum

Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, July 3 2012 11:10 p.m. MDT

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San Diego Padres' Yonder Alonso, middle, smiles as he celebrates his two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks with Cameron Maybin (24) and Yasmani Grandal (12) during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in Phoenix.

Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press

Summary

Chase Headley doubled in three runs and the San Diego Padres roughed up Arizona rookie Trevor Bauer in his home debut 9-5 on Tuesday night, winning their fourth straight and sending the Diamondbacks to their fourth loss in a row.

PHOENIX — Chase Headley doubled in three runs and the San Diego Padres roughed up Arizona rookie Trevor Bauer in his home debut 9-5 on Tuesday night, winning their fourth straight and sending the Diamondbacks to their fourth loss in a row.

Padres starter Andrew Cashner left the game after two innings with a strained muscle in his right side. Leading 2-0 at the time, the Padres scored five in the fourth to break the game open.

Ross Ohlendorf (2-0) went 2 1-3 innings to get the victory. Arizona's Jason Kubel hit his eighth career grand slam.

Yonder Alonso hit a two-run homer for San Diego.

Bauer (0-1), the third pick overall in last year's draft, allowed six earned runs and six hits in 3 1-3 innings.

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