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When rookie left-handed pitcher Cesar Ramos got his first Major League start in the final weeks of the regular season, he became the 15th different starting pitcher for the Padres in 2009.

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It's probably only fitting that the Padres will run a rookie pitcher out to the mound Sunday in the season finale against the Giants at PETCO Park.

Ramos to start Sunday : Cesar Ramos has earned a second start to end the 2009 season off his strong outing against the Dodgers on Tuesday night.

By his own estimation, Cesar Ramos figures he attended every Dodgers home opener from the time he was 8 to 18, which meant that a shift in plans from where he normally was supposed to be on those sun-splashed afternoons.

The Padres needed a starter for their regular-season finale on Sunday, and the fact that rookie left-hander Cesar Ramos pitched well enough in his first start Tuesday made it easy on the Padres to give him another start.

Kevin Kouzmanoff singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Padres dealt Los Angeles a 3-1 defeat, to prevent the Dodgers from clinching the NL West title.

Brad Ausmus leads the Dodgers in Major League experience, and his experience tells him that losing three of four in Pittsburgh is no reason to have a nervous breakdown, not when you have a 4 1/2-game lead with five games to play.

The Padres head to San Diego for a five-game homestand, which opens on Tuesday night against the playoff-bound Dodgers, who are in town for only a pair of games.

" The Padres welcomed two more players to their clubhouse Monday. Right-handed pitcher Ernesto Frieri and outfielder Luis Durango were promoted from Double-A San Antonio after the Missions were eliminated from the Texas League playoffs.

Relief pitcher Luis Perdomo worked a milestone game yesterday. In his 31st appearance of the season, the 24-year-old reliever from the Dominican Republic entered a game for the first time with the Padres ahead.

The most prominent billboards at Petco Park have become a tribute to the Park View All-Stars Little League World Champions.

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September 7, 2009, 11:05 p.m. Double-A San Antonio finished the regular season on an unusual note Sunday night as four pitchers combined to give up no hits over the final eight innings after left-handed starter Steve Garrison gave up five runs on five hits in the first at Corpus Christi.

Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 06:34AM San Diego, CA The San Diego Padres announced today they have recalled left-handed pitchers Aaron Poreda and Cesar Ramos from Triple-A Portland.

Aaron Poreda, a 6-foot-6, left-handed strikeout artist who relies heavily on his fastball and slider, was recalled from Portland with fellow pitcher Cesar Ramos to round the Padres roster at 30 players.

Tuesday 08 Sep 2009 Portland Beavers Blank the Las Vegas 51s in 5-0 Season Finale Win Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 01:28AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-PORTLAND, Ore.

Reinforcements are on the way for the Padres pitching staff, as one pitcher was added to the roster before the start of Monday's game against the Giants with at least two more expected Tuesday.

September 3, 2009, 1:58 p.m. The Padres low single-A Fort Wayne affiliate Wednesday night became the first professional team to reach the 90-win plateau with a 5-4 victory over Great Lakes in Fort Wayne.