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 "He's a winner," Murphy said.
For the time this season Friday, that did not translate on the
mound.
Arizona right-hander Rubby De La Rosa outpitched Shields in the
Diamondbacks' 4-2 victory over the Padres at Chase Field, giving up
only five hits and two runs (one earned) in seven-plus innings.
Shields (7-1) gave up eight hits, four doubles, and four runs in six
innings. He was victimized by a three-run Arizona third inning, when
the D-backs built their lead to 4-0 with four hits and a walk.
"It was a grind day," said Shields, who lost his first
regular-season game since Sept. 20, 2014, while with Kansas City.
"Right out of the gates. Sometimes you don't have your best stuff.
There are a lot of times you have to pitch without your best stuff."
De La Rosa (6-3) struck out six and walked three to win for the
fourth time in five decisions as Diamondbacks (33-34) won for the
sixth time in eight games.
Arizona center fielder A.J. Pollock had two hits and scored a run,
shortstop Nick Ahmed had two hits and an RBI and first baseman Paul
Goldschmidt singled and walked. Goldschmidt leads the majors with a
.358 batting average.
Pollock doubled off the left-field fence on the first pitch Shields
threw in the game, scoring on a Goldschmidt groundout.
Left fielder David Peralta, second baseman Aaron Hill and catcher
Welington Castillo doubled in the three-run third inning, and Ahmed
capped the inning with an RBI single to center on a nine-pitch about
to make it 4-0.
"It wasn't his best outing, but he's a fighter," Murphy said of
Shields. "We could have done some things to help him a little bit
more, but I always feel great when you have a winner out on the
mound."
Arizona right-hander Brad Zielger pitched around a walk and left
fielder Justin Upton's two-out double in the ninth inning for his
10th save in his 500th career appearance.
Shields scored San Diego's first run after a two-out single in the
fifth inning. Third baseman Yangervis Solarte singled and first
baseman Yonder Alonso walked before De La Rosa walked Upton to force
in a run. De La Rosa struck out right fielder Matt Kemp to end the
inning.
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Second baseman Cory Spangenberg singled and had a sacrifice fly
after two Arizona infield errors in the eighth inning for San Diego
(33-37), which is 1-3 under Murphy and has lost five of its last
six.
Shields gave up five runs and four homers in a 6-5 victory at Chase
Field on May 8.
De La Rosa has won his last two starts, both with Castillo behind
the plate. De La Rosa went eight scoreless innings in a 4-0 victory
at San Francisco on Sunday.
"He did another great job," Arizona manager Chip Hale said.
NOTES: San Diego purchased the contract of 1B/3B Brett Wallace from
Triple-A El Paso on Friday and optioned RHP Cory Mazzoni to El Paso.
Wallace, who played for new Padres interim manager Pat Murphy at
Arizona State, was hitting .298 with eight homers and 37 RBIs in 60
games at El Paso. He rounded out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.
LHP Eury De La Rosa was designated for assignment to make room on
the 40-man roster. ... San Diego RHP James Shields made his 300th
career start Friday, his 301st career appearance. ... Arizona RHP
Archie Bradley (shoulder tendinitis) threw 54 pitches in a simulated
game Thursday, and manager CHip Hale said he will wait to see how
Bradley recovers being determining the next step. ... Murphy, who
spent 15 seasons as the baseball coach at Arizona State, said he has
received 1,400 text messages since taking the job. Among them:
former ASU players Jason Kipnis, Ike Davis, Mike Leake and Kole
Calhoun. ... Former ASU infielder and current Oakland 2B Eric Sogard
beat the Padres with a ninth-inning single in Murphy's first game
Tuesday. His text to Murphy: "I'm sorry."
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