Luis Durango News

Jake Westbrook's journey toward being the Indians opening day starter began Saturday night in Puerto Rico.

Chavez made tremendous strides in 2009. Overmatched at Low-A in 2008 and batting .211/.272/.323 as a 19-year-old, Chavez returned to the Lugnuts this year and raised his OPS by 227 points, finishing second in the Midwest League with 21 home runs, and third with 241 total bases.

I only saw rookie outfielder Luis Durango for two weeks at the end of the 2008 season at Single-A Lake Elsinore.

Bud Black called it a "throw-back game," the type you used to see at Coors Field before the humidor was introduced to soften the baseballs in the rarefied air of the Front Range.

Rookies Luis Durango and Everth Cabrera are giving the San Diego Padres something positive to build on for next season.

Everth Cabrera's third hit Wednesday, a 10th-inning RBI single, boosted San Diego to a 6-5 win over Arizona, averting a three-game sweep.

By Tim Sullivan Union-Tribune Columnist 2:00 a.m. September 17, 2009 Swift Padres rookie Luis Durango scores on a sacrifice fly by Tony Gwynn.

Adrian Gonzalez watches his ninth-inning pinch-hit home run go over the left-field fence, tying the game at 5-apiece. - K.C. Alfred / Union-Tribune Justin Upton : Falls a homer shy of the cycle while getting a career-high five hits; makes a great throw to nearly throw out the swift Luis Durango at the plate in the 10th.

Everth Cabrera's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning on Wednesday drove in rookie Luis Durango and lifted the Padres to a 6-5 victory over the D-backs at PETCO Park.

The San Diego Padres recalled outfielder Luis Durango and right-handed pitcher Ernesto Frieri from Double-A San Antonio on Monday.

For Luis Durango and Ernesto Frieri, the season isn't over just yet. They were called up to the major leagues by the parent San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

September 8, 2009, 10:04 p.m. Three Padres far teams open post-season playoffs Wednesday night.

August 27, 2009, 1:51 p.m. For the second straight season, a Padres draftee named Decker has been named the Most Valuable Player of the Arizona Rookie League.

August 25, 2009, 8:51 a.m. Second baseman Eric Sogard hit a grand slam homer Monday night to lead San Antonio to a 6-4 win at Arkansas.

August 10, 2009, 5:49 a.m. James Darnell homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth Sunday to give Lake Elsinore a 3-2 win over High Desert at the Diamond.

One of seven players bitten by a nasty flu bug at his last stop in Triple-A Portland, Will Inman spent five days quarantined in his hotel room in Reno, Nev., during a road trip last month.

The Padres' baseball academy in the Dominican Republic was largely the collaboration of John Moores and Sandy Alderson.

August 1, 2009, 10:47 p.m. With many of its most valuable everyday players contributing to the Padres' five-game winning streak and a new manager in his second game, the troubles continued for Portland in a 4-2 loss against Sacramento.

July 26, 2009, 11:01 a.m. A day or being quarantined and an 8A1 2-hour bus ride couldna TMt deter the Triple-A Portland Beavers Saturday night.

In his first game back from a weeklong personal leave, Missions manager Terry Kennedy wasn't exactly greeted with a welcome-back hug from the umpiring crew Saturday.