SAN FRANCISCO -- Cuban defector Odrisamer Despaigne made fired San Diego general manager Josh Byrnes look good in his sterling major league debut.
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throw seven scoreless innings in his first big league start, leading San Diego
to a 6-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. "He pitched
great didnt he?" Padres manager Bud Black asked. "Are you kidding me? That was
great." Tommy Medica hit a two-run double off Matt Cain (1-6) after the umpires
took away a three-run home run by Yasmani Grandal on a replay review to give the
crafty Despaigne (1-0) the support he needed. Despaigne, who defected from Cuba
last summer, got the win less than two months after Byrnes signed him to a minor
league deal. Byrnes was fired Sunday so he didnt get the chance to benefit from
the decision. Despaigne had a 6.03 ERA in seven minor league starts in his first
season as a professional after defecting from Cuba last summer. "It took me for
surprise to be here," he said through an interpreter. "It was a dream come
true." Despaigne kept the Giants off-balance all game by changing his arm angle
and mixing in big, slow curveballs with his harder pitches. He allowed four hits
and became the seventh pitcher in the past 100 years to throw at least seven
scoreless innings with no walks in his first career start. Despaigne had the
element of surprise in his favour as the Giants had not even seen him pitch in
spring training. "At this point in the year youve kind of seen everything but he
was just on," right fielder Hunter Pence said. "He was locating, he had the ball
moving a lot of different directions. He threw me pretty much everything. He
didnt really leave too much over the plate. I think he just mixed it up the
whole game." The Giants lost for the 10th time in 13 games. Neither team had a
hit in the first three innings before the Padres got to Cain in the fourth. The
rally started when Everth Cabrera reached on a one-out infield single and
advanced to third on Seth Smiths single. One out later, Grandal hit a drive to
right-centre that initially appeared to clear the wall for a three-run homer.
But Pence immediately signalled that a fan interfered on the play and ran toward
the umpires to protest. The umpires called for a video review and the play was
changed to a double with Smith being sent back to third base even though he most
likely would have scored easily from first on a two-out hit to the deepest part
of the stadium. Black ran out of the dugout to challenge the ruling and was
immediately ejected by crew chief Brian ONora. "I just thought the logical thing
to do was have Smitty score," Black said. "I was in disbelief when they placed
him at third base." The call became moot when Medica followed with a two-run
double to make it 3-0 as Cain struggled once again. The Padres tacked on three
runs in the eighth with an RBI single by Cabrera, a run-scoring double to Smith
and a throwing error by Pence. Cain allowed six runs and seven hits in 7 1-3
innings and has just one win in 12 starts this season. "Ive been throwing the
ball good but I havent been making the pitch that I need to here and there to
shut down an inning," Cain said. "I need to do a better job of doing that. I
think everything else will work itself out but Ive got to make those pitches."
NOTES: There was a pregame video tribute to Padres Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who
died last week at age 54. There was also a No. 19 honouring Gwynn on the wall in
right field. ... Padres 3B Chase Headley (back) missed his fourth straight game
but could return Tuesday. ... Giants OF Angel Pagan (back) missed his seventh
straight game. ... Giants INF Marco Scutaro (back) is scheduled to play three
innings on a rehab assignment in the Arizona League on Tuesday. ... Tim Hudson
(4-2) starts the second game of the series for San Francisco against Jesse Hahn
(2-1).
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average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a
torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher
Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to
attend spring training.
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goalie Cam Talbot, keeping Henrik Lundqvists backup away from unrestricted free
agency.WASHINGTON - Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper doesnt think left wing
Ryan Malones DUI and cocaine possession charges will be a distraction to the
post-season-bound team. "Ryan is probably a little embarrassed of whats gone on.
He made a poor decision, getting behind the wheel when he had alcohol in his
system," Cooper said before Tampa Bay beat the Washington Capitals 1-0 in a
shootout Sunday to close the regular season. "But for me, Ive watched all the
good decisions Ryan Malones made in his life, and how charitable hes been and
what a staple hes been in our community in the years hes been here," Cooper
added. "I hope this one instance doesnt take away from that, because hes been a
class act for us, on and off the ice." Malone didnt travel with the team to
Washington. It isnt yet known what his status for the playoffs will be. Tampa
Bay will host the Montreal Canadiens in the first round, with Game 1 scheduled
for Wednesday. An officer saw Malones SUV strike a curb after making a left turn
from the centre lane in the early hours of Saturday, Tampa Police Lt. Paul
Lusczynski said. After being pulled over, Malone got out of his vehicle, and the
officer smelled alcohol on his breath, Lusczynski said. According to the police
report, the officer found 1.3 grams of cocaine in one of Malones pockets. "We
talked about it as a team yesterday, and its a real unfortunate thing, but I
dont think it was really on too many guys minds here today with the ... stakes
of this game," Matthew Carle said after scoring the only goal in Sundays
shootout. Malone refused to take field sobriety tests, but a breath test given
at the jail recorded blood alcohol levels of 0.112 and 0.116 per cent,
Lusczynski saaid.
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Malone was released from the Hillsborough County jail on $2,500 bond. His car
was impounded by police. "The one thing is, no matter what happens, regardless
of anything, youre dealt with as a human being first, hockey player second.
Thats how we deal with everything. ... So you want to look after your players in
their life first," Cooper said, pausing at times to choose his words carefully.
"Im happy everythings OK with Ryan. ... Ive spoken to Ryan. There is a whole
process thats going to go through here. Its out of our hands." NHL Deputy
Commissioner Bill Daly said Saturday that Malone "is subject to mandatory
evaluation" under the substance abuse program agreed to by the league and the
players union, and "his future playing status" will be determined based on the
terms of that program. "Lets just say nobodys perfect. We all make marginal
decisions at one point in our life. I know Ive made them," Cooper said. "Hell
let this be a learning experience for him," Cooper said, "and were really
looking forward to getting him back at some point." Malone has five goals and 10
assists in 57 games this season for the Lightning. The 34-year-old forward is in
his 10th NHL season, his sixth with Tampa Bay. He has 92 goals, 201 assists and
388 penalty minutes in his career. "Hockey-wise, weve had way more distractions
worse than this one. This is more of a life issue that is a friend of ours that
we know is physically doing OK. Hopefully the worst is over. This is moving
onward and upward after that," Cooper said. "But as for the hockey, this wont be
a distraction at all for us."
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