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Padres deflate Mets as Rodriguez gives up five runs in ninth inning

Associated Press

Friday, August 7, 2009

SAN DIEGO -- Everth Cabrera is showing why the San Diego Padres have been so highly touting their rookie shortstop. Cabrera hit a ninth-inning grand slam off closer Francisco Rodriguez to lift the Padres to a 6-2 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night. Cabrera's first grand slam capped a five-run inning off Rodriguez, who failed to get an out. "That was a great at-bat against a premier closer," Padres manager Bud Black said. Black was the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels dur ...

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