Chacin, D-backs look to solve Padres' Ross
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Tyson Ross' uncharacteristic start his last time out began a losing streak for the San Diego Padres. The right-hander hopes a return to normalcy will help his team string two wins together.
Ross takes the mound Tuesday night against the host Arizona Diamondbacks looking to win a fifth straight road decision.
Ross (10-10, 3.24 ERA) was bitten by the home run for the first time this season during a 4-3 loss to Colorado on Thursday. He went 16 straight starts without allowing a homer earlier this year - the second-longest streak in franchise history - but gave up three solo shots to the Rockies, the first game an opponent has hit more than one against him since June 16, 2014.
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Ross, battling a stomach bug, didn't factor into the decision after allowing three runs in seven innings.
"I didn't feel great physically out there," Ross told MLB's official website. "But I tried to grind it through, tried to make pitches and keep us in the ballgame."
The loss was the first of four straight for San Diego (68-77), a skid that was snapped with a 10-3 win over the Diamondbacks (68-76) in Monday's opener.
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Wil Myers' leadoff home run ignited a five-run first inning, a number the Padres matched in the fifth to post 2 1/2 times their total (4) from a three-game sweep in San Francisco this weekend.
Ross is 4-0 with a 2.79 ERA in his last five road starts and tossed a four-hitter with nine strikeouts in an 8-1 victory at Chase Field on June 20. He hasn't allowed a home run in three meetings against Arizona this year, going 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA.
Ross has given up just two homers to the Diamondbacks in 11 career starts on the way to a 4-3 record and 2.79 ERA. Paul Goldschmidt hit both of those home runs, one in 2013 and the other in 2014.
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Goldschmidt drove in the Diamondbacks' first run Monday with an RBI double in the first inning, joining Luis Gonzalez (2011-12) as the only players in club history with multiple 100-RBI seasons.
It was one of the few bright spots for Arizona, which has dropped three straight and eight of 11.
"They are embarrassed by the performance as a team, as a group, but I am sure they will bounce back," manager Chip Hale said.
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Two quality starts at the end of August weren't enough to keep Jhoulys Chacin with the Diamondbacks as he was sent to Triple-A Reno.
Chacin (0-1, 2.70) was called up last Tuesday and will stay in the rotation the rest of the season.
The veteran right-hander is 5-2 with a 2.57 ERA in nine career starts against the Padres, but hasn't faced them since 2013 with Colorado.
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San Diego catcher Derek Norris left in the first inning Monday after getting hit on the top of his right hand by a foul ball off the bat of Goldschmidt.
The Padres will be without first baseman Yonder Alonso the rest of the season as he was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a stress reaction to a bone in his lower back.