Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 9, LA Dodgers 3
When: 6:40 PM ET, Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Chris Conroy, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 44436

Padres 9, Dodgers 3:
Will Venable homered and drove in four runs as San Diego pulled away late in its home opener at remodeled Petco Park.

With the score tied 3-3 in the seventh, Mark Kotsay doubled in the go-ahead run off Ronald Belisario before the Padres drew clear with five runs in the eighth. Venable highlighted the rally with a bases-loaded triple off J.P. Howell.

Venable and Nick Hundley each hit solo homers off Dodgers starter Josh Beckett, who gave up three runs over five innings. Luke Gregerson (1-0) recorded one out in the seventh for the win.

The Padres entered the game at 1-5 after hitting one home run and being outscored 40-14 during the first week, but they had 11 hits against the Dodgers. San Diego starter Clayton Richard allowed eight hits over five innings, with his only mistake coming on a two-run homer by Jose Uribe in the fourth.

San Diego sent 11 batters to the plate in the eighth inning, when three Dodgers relievers allowed five walks, two singles and a triple. Padres rookie second baseman Jedd Gyorko walked twice in the inning.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Padres LF Carlos Quentin left the game in the seventh inning after being hit on the right wrist by Belisario. … San Diego improved to 7-3 in home openers at Petco Park, which had its fences shortened by an average of 10 feet over the off-season. …Los Angeles 1B Adrian Gonzalez went 2-for-3 and is batting .435 with six RBIs.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   San Diego
Josh Beckett Player Clayton Richard
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 3
6 Hits 8
5.40 ERA 3.60
Hitting
LA Dodgers   San Diego
Adrian Gonzalez Player Will Venable
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 4
0 HR 1
2 TB 7
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 10 1 14 .303 22 8 3 5 0 0
San Diego 11 2 21 .344 12 6 9 7 1 1