SAN DIEGO — The rebuilding San Diego Padres have made up two spots in the NL West in two games, thanks largely to two rookies. Joey Lucchesi struck out nine in six innings, Christian Villanueva homered, doubled and drove in three runs, and the Padres cruised past San Francisco 10-1 on Sunday to beat the Giants for the third straight game. Lucchesi (2-0) was sharp in outpitching Tyler Beede (0-1) in a matchup of 24-year-old rookies. “I think I’m going up there now to look at my pitch and not the pitcher’s pitch,” Villanueva said through a translator. “They’re young, they’re talented, they’re free-swingers in a way, they’re aggressive,” Beede said.

Source: National Post April 15, 2018 23:40 UTC