Will Venable News

Brandon Moss and John Jaso homered off Yu Darvish and the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics beat Texas 6-2 on Tuesday night.

There was really only one way to describe Will Venable's disposition Monday as the Padres and the Giants headed to the 12th inning.

Chase Headley and Manager Bud Black congratulate Will Venable on his two run HR in the second inning.

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Then, the San Francisco skipper blew it. Bochy's blunder put Posey in the wrong spot in the lineup without a chance to hit.

Federal agents are digging up a field in suburban Detroit in search of the remains of ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive when he left for lunch with two mobsters 38 years ago.

The Giants are hosting the Padres for a three-game series. Here are the starting lineups for Monday's game: Giants LF - Gary Brown C - Hector Sanchez CF - Darryl Hamilton 2B - Freddy Sanchez's severed head 1B - Brett Pill RF - Glenallen Hill 3B - Chris Dominguez? SS - Tomas de la Rosa P - Shane Loux Padres CF - Will Venable LF - Max Venable RF - ... (more)

The Padres' Will Venable is congratulated by third base coach Glenn Hoffman after hitting a home run in the third inning against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

Instead, Logan Forsythe hit a two-run double and left-hander Eric Stults pitched a career-best two-hitter to give the San Diego Padres a 2-1 victory against the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Sideline reporters have long paused their postgame interviews with baseball players who get a towel full of shaving cream thrown in their face.

Padre's Everth Cabrera is safe stealing second. Covering second is Braves' Dan Uggla.

Padres' Chris Denorfia, middle, gets high-5's in the dugout after his two run homer that drove in Everth Cabrera, smiling at lower right.

The pastor of a Georgia church says Boy Scouts who are being kicked out of congregations over policies on gay scouts are welcome to meet in her church if they need a place.

Logan Forsythe homered in his first at-bat of the season, Will Venable added a three-run homer and Jason Marquis won his seventh straight decision to lead the San Diego Padres to a 7-6 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Only a few days ago, one of the most impressive and important aspects of the Padres was the continuity of its infield, the way manager Bud Black could basically pencil in the same players every game at first, second, third and shortstop.

Chase Headley, Carlos Quentin and Yasmani Grandal all have Sunday off and first baseman Yonder Alonso is on the disabled list.

Yonder Alonso would be at first. Either Logan Forsythe or rookie Jedd Gyorko would be at second.

Padres center fielder Cameron Maybin, who has missed the last 45 games due to a right wrist impingement, will be reinstated from the disabled list on Thursday.

The Padres thankfully avoided a sweep at the hands of the Dodgers this evening thanks to some solid pitching by Jason Marquis and some timely hitting by the bottom of the batting order against Clayton Kershaw .

It was the second extra-inning game of the series. The Padres won Friday night's game 4-3 in 17 innings.