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Paddack sprains ankle but streaking Padres stop Giants
SAN DIEGO – Jorge Oña homered for his first major league hit, Manny Machado also went deep and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 Thursday night despite an injury to starter Chris Paddack.
Six relievers blanked the Giants over the final seven innings as San Diego won its fifth straight and stopped San Francisco’s five-game winning streak.
“I can’t give them enough credit,” Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. “The injury happened but there were a bunch of men down there ready to go to work.”
Paddack went two innings before exiting with a sprained right ankle. He allowed one run and one hit, striking out four.
Paddack was hurt either warming up before the game or in the first inning when dragging his foot while completing his delivery. Trainers taped his ankle after the first, but the discomfort remained.
Prior to his departure, Paddack fanned Evan Longoria and Brandon Crawford to end the second.
X-rays were negative and Tingler said there wasn’t any ligament damage. Paddack is day to day.
“It’s a shame because I thought the way he threw the ball in the first that he was onto something special,” Tingler said. “But he went out for the second and obviously it wasn’t getting any better. Hopefully we caught a break by catching it early.”
Tingler said Paddack’s next start is in jeopardy and the team will know more about Paddack’s availability down the stretch on Friday.
“The last thing we want to do is mess around with that and have it lead to an arm injury,” Tingler said.
Knox shoots 63 to take 1stround lead at Safeway
NAPA , Calif – Russell Knox shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Safeway Open, the first event of the new PGA Toiur season.
After missing the FedExCup playoffs by two spots to close last season, Knox had seven birdies and eagled the 550-yard, par-5 fifth hole.
Sam Burns, Cameron Percy and Bo Hoag were a stroke back. Two-time Safeway Open champ Brendan Steele joined Pat Perez at 65.
Knox is seeking his first victory since 2016 when he captured both the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions and Travelers Championship for his only PGA Tour wins.
Historically a slow starter, the 35-year-old Scot had the firstround lead at Silverado Resort despite more early struggles.
Knox hit his first tee shot of the day into the rough and had to scramble for par. After two-putting on the par-3 second hole, Knox left his approach on No. 3 41 feet short of the pin, forcing another two-putt.
A birdie on No. 4 got Knox back on track, and the eagle on
No. 5 jump-started his rise up the leaderboard.
Power trio: Freeman, Swanson, Acuña rally
Braves past Nats WASHINGTON – With Ronald Acuña Jr., Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna as the top three hitters in his lineup, Braves manager Brian Snitker knows an early five-run deficit is hardly insurmountable.
Freeman homered twice, Dansby Swanson hit a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning and NL East-leading Atlanta climbed out of a 5-0 hole to beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Thursday night.
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