Huston Street News

The nightmare at the ballpark is keeping Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki awake at night.

In the bottom of the twelfth inning, a Wilfredo Boscan wild pitch allowed Tulsa's Ben Paulsen to score from third base to give the Drillers a 4-3 win over Frisco.

It's one of those glass-half-full ways of looking at things, but for the first time this season the San Diego Padres no longer sit all alone in the cellar of the National League West.

Mark Ellis is the latest to be sidelined because of an injury but the club continues to do well with backups in the lineup.

Wilson Ramos is injured and out, while Grant Balfour is just out of a job. Hey, I can use that kind of writing scheme a second time, given the players involved: Danny Duffy is injured and out, while Javy Guerra is just out of a job.

With saves being blown across the league at a dizzying pace, stashing a former closer like Jordan Walden may be a wise strategy.

When the sun rose on Monday to start another beautiful San Diego day, the Padres were the only team in the National League that did not have double digits in the win column.

Another week of the MLB season is in the books, and again there was a good deal of movement in the upper portion of this week's power rankings.

With Padres closer Huston Street on the 15-day disabled list as of Saturday, the club's rotation will take more responsibility for lasting longer into games.

Still the only National League club that's yet to post a 10th win, desperate to hold together their gold-standard bullpen, the Padres gave up four runs in the eighth inning Sunday for a 6-3 loss to the surging Miami Marlins at Petco Park.

When Mariano Rivera caught his cleat and grabbed his right knee, it dropped jaws Thursday.

Heath Bell, who signed a three-year, $27 million contract in the offseason to be the Marlins' closer, was temporarily demoted from that role Saturday, one day after his fourth blown save of the season.

Rockies left-handed pitcher Josh Outman, on a rehab assignment for a right oblique strain, will pitch Monday night for Triple-A Colorado Springs, two days after a successful outing for Class A Modesto.