San Diego, CA
Diamondbacks Prevail Over Padres in Electric Atmosphere in San Diego
In a playoff-like atmosphere at Petco Park, the Padres had the tying run on second base with two outs in the 9th. The 2-2 pitch from Paul Sewald to Jake Cronenworth appeared to be off the plate, but home plate umpire Charlie Ramos called it a strike to end the game.
With that the D-backs had pulled off a tense 4-3 victory in the first of four games at Petco Park against the Padres
The bullpen was terrific, throwing 4.2 scoreless innings. Joe Mantiply, Kevin Ginkel, and Ryan Thompson passed the relay baton before ultimately handing it off to Sewald for the 9th inning save.
Ginkel ended up getting the win by recording four outs. His record in relief is now 5-1 and after a rough start to his season he’s lowered his ERA to 3.65. Sewald is now a perfect seven for seven in save chances and has a 0.87 ERA.
Thompson had an adventurous eighth inning, that culminated in a pivotal moment. He gave up a leadoff hit and a two out walk. Torey Lovullo anticipated the injured Manny Machado might pinch hit, and sure enough, he came out of the dugout to face Thompson. The submariner got the third baseman to tap back to the mound to get out of it.
Corbin Carroll had three hits, all of them smoked. He scored the go ahead and winning run in the 7th inning after ripping a double off the foul pole in right. Ketel Marte’s second hit of the night drove him home. Carroll did something tonight he hasn’t been able to do all year, and he was straightforward about it after the game.
“I hit some balls up and in, so that was fun. I’ve been working real hard there… I need to do it a lot more, so lets keep rolling.” With the three hits, Carroll raised his average to .201 and OPS to .575.
The D-backs got out to an early lead in the first. Carroll singled, stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher on the play. Two outs later Christian Walker doubled him home. Eugenio Suarez and Gabriel Moreno hit back to back homers off Padres starter Randy Vasquez in the second to stretch the lead to 3-0
Staked to that lead, Slade Cecconi played with fire through the first four innings. He had two on in the first, a runner on third in the second, a runner on second in the third, and two runners on in the fourth. Each time he wriggled off the hook.
He entered the 5th inning with 72 pitches and as we’ve seen so many times, his early inning 97 MPH fastball became 92-93. He gave up a leadoff homer to Kyle Higashioka on a 92 MPH fastball up and int that the Padres catcher yanked down the line just inside the foul pole.
Singles by Luis Aaraez and Fernando Tatis Jr. followed, and after a sacrifice bunt by Jurickson profar moved them up. D-backs killer Jake Cronenworth stepped up to the plate and Joe Mantiply came on in relief. It was a bloop double that scored two runs and tied the ballgame.
Cecconi’s final line was 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP. He threw 81 pitches, 54 for strikes. He gave up nine baserunners while recording nine outs. Of the 38 swings against him, he had just three WHIFFS. His max velocity was 97 and his minimum was 91.1
The season ERA by inning table for the young right-hander tells most of the story. If the D-backs ever get fully healthy in the rotation Cecconi could easily excel as a dominant short reliever. Whether he will ever be able to maintain his velocity and stuff beyond the third inning is a legitimate thing to question.
After the game Lovullo said of Cecconi’s outing “He was really good early, and then he hits that little stage of the game where it starts to move a little quick for him, in my opinion. We’re trying to help him slow it down… he makes pitches early and needs to be consistent throughout the entire outing.”
With the win, the D-backs improve to 30-33 and are a half game behind the Padres who drop to 32-34 and have now lost five straight games. Game two of the series is Friday night at 6:40 P.M. Brandon Pfaadt will face off against Michael King.
San Diego, CA
City considering cutting funding to resource center for those experiencing homelessness
Last week Mayor Todd Gloria released the budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal budget. Protected homeless services is among his top priorities mentioned in the proposal. However, some of the reductions he’s proposing could impact thousands of San Diegans experiencing homelessness.
Located on 17th and K Street, the Neil Good Day Center offers an array of services to nearly seven thousand people experiencing homelessness. The services include giving them a place to shower and do laundry, and connecting them to a case manager, among others.
“These are critical services that are helping people off the streets, but really better their lives and their health and their employment situation as well,” Deacon Vargas with Father Joe’s Villages said.
Deacon Jim Vargas heads Father Joe’s Villages, which runs the center. He said through their prevention and diversion strategies, they’ve managed to keep nearly one thousand individuals from falling into homelessness.
“So by helping them pay rent, or helping them with their utilities, or helping them to reunite with family,” Vargas said.
Right now, the city allocates at least $850,000 per year to the Neil Good Day Center, according to Vargas.
But the future and funding for these services are in limbo because of Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed budget cuts.
“The impact to those whom we’ve been serving the Daily Center would be very severe,” Deacon Vargas said.
In a statement to NBC 7, Mayor Todd Gloria said in part, “We must find more efficient and cost-effective ways to address this crisis and prioritize funding for programs that provide shelter beds and maximize resources to programs that place people into permanent housing.”
Since it’s still at a proposal stage, Deacon Vargas said it’s unclear how the city will decide to move forward.
However, Deacon Vargas said services would be significantly reduced because they would be forced to operate solely on a budget of about half a million dollars they receive from philanthropy.
“The hours would be cut. Some days would be cut. We would have showers that might be impacted because they’re given seven days a week and we’d close two days a week, then the showers would be five days a week, the case management,” Deacon Vargas said.
Deacon Vargas is certain of one thing.
He would like to continue offering services at the Day Center, even if the city goes through with the funding cuts.
“As we work with individuals at the Day Center and at Father Joe’s Villages, the community becomes healthier as a result of it,” Deacon Vargas said.
The budget also recommends additional cuts to homeless services, but does not give specifics as to where those cuts would be.
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Solans, Luna, Guilavogui help RSL beat slumping San Diego, extend unbeaten streak to 6 games :: WRALSportsFan.com
SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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