Padres’ Clemens wears jersey with odd name

Right-hander Hector Neris struck out the side in the eighth, and closer Jeanmar Gomez worked a flawless ninth to pick up his 29th save, his second of the series.Offensively, the Phillies had five consecutive two-out hits in a seven-hit fourth, then scored an unearned run on a two-out, seventh-inning single by pinch hitter Joseph to break a 5-5 tie.Joseph drove home Hernandez after the second baseman reached second on a two-base throwing error by rookie Padres shortstop Rondon to open the inning.

After going overboard on the pine tar for his bat, Clemens wound up with a lot of the excess on his jersey.

“I’m pitching for these guys”, Hellickson said. “He managed to get it all over his uniform”.

The Phillies quickly turned a double play and Clemens was visibly upset.

The snafu got chuckles from teammates, including right-hander Jon Edwards, who taped over the name on his own jersey with “Player #2”. Lest anybody think he was using the substance to put a little extra English on his pitches, he needed some new threads. except, well, there wasn’t a replica “Clemens” uniform hanging around the clubhouse anywhere.

“I can’t tell you how much more fun it is when you are hitting home runs and driving in runs”, he said.

Andy Green however seemed to be even more frustrated because his pitcher didn’t run out the play. “I have the utmost respect for the skipper”. He has a 4.61 ERA with 21 strikeouts and 14 walks in 27 1/3 innings.

Thompson, who was acquired by Philadelphia in the Cole Hamels trade to Texas last season, figures to be a third potential ace alongside Aaron Nola and Vince Velasquez. Four runs scored, three of them earned.

The Phillies are 36-15 in the last 51 meetings in San Diego.

The Padres padded their cushion in the sixth on a two-run single by Solarte, forging ahead 8-3. Ryan Schimpf added a sacrifice fly for a 6-3 edge.

Travis Jankowski opened the inning with a single and moved to second on a one-out single by Wil Myers. Alex Dickerson looked lost in left field as balls kept coming his way and dropping for hits.

The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. I’ll take the better pitcher and the Phillies. “Especially in the first inning I wasn’t able to spin the ball for strikes or get fastballs down in the zone”.

Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin saw the hard-hit grounder to Maikel Franco and contemplated a double play.

“Thompson was overthrowing obviously”, he said.

Philadelphia’s triple play was the sixth turned by a major-league team this season. “It’s obvious he has good stuff, but he just lacked command”. The 28-year-old lasted just 4.1 innings and gave up three runs on four hits. Most of the damage came with two outs. The Padres last hit into a triple play back in 2014.