...Jones' double went up the left-center field gap against reliever Carlos Reyes (2-4), and when center fielder Ruben Rivera bobbled the ball, Jones took third. Jose Hernandez bounced out, then Greg Myers was intentionally walked, bringing...
...Not to mention the other former New Yorkers playing for the Padres -- Sterling Hitchcock, Brian Boehringer and also Ruben Rivera, whose cousin is Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. And even Homer Bush, sent from San Diego to the Yankees in the Irabu...
...baseball's case for contraction by going deepin the fourth, launching Reds starter Jim Brower's 2 and 2 deliveryjust over Ruben Rivera's leap at the right field wall. But the Braves lost Lockhart in the sixth when he went down with asprained right...
...first base until Mike Darr tripled with one out in the seventh. He struck out the side in the third -- Witasick, Ruben Rivera and Ryan Klesko -- and finished with six strikeouts, his best total in four starts. Glavine, who worked on raising...
...took a no-decision in a 7-4 Braves win in 12 innings in San Diego last month, escaped the third when he induced Ruben Rivera to hit into a second-to-short-to-first double play, then dodged more problems in the fourth by coaxing another...
...ball where I needed to get it, but it just didn't work out." In the seventh, Eric Owens beat out an infield hit, Ruben Rivera was hit by a pitch, and Kory DeHaan reached on Mulholland's error, leaving Bobby Cox with few options. He called...
...Jaret Wright (2-1) gave up six runs -- four earned -- in two innings. Padres 6, Cubs 4 At Peoria, Ariz., Ruben Rivera had three hits for San Diego. Mark Grace drove in two runs for Chicago.
...homered. Padres 8, Angels 2 At Tempe, Ariz., Reggie Sanders hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, and Ruben Rivera broke a fifth-inning tie with a solo shot. Garth Brooks pinch hit in the eighth and hit a foul popup to first. Cardinals...
...to both teams. NLCS MVP Sterling Hitchcock and Brian Boehringer formerly pitched for the Yankees. San Diego reserve Ruben Rivera also played for them, and he's a cousin of New York closer Mariano Rivera. Gwynn, on the other hand, had never...
...postseason decisions. ... The Padres scored more than four runs for the first time in 17 games. ... San Diego's Ruben Rivera got the start in center field for Steve Finley because Bochy didn't want three lefties hitting against Johnson. The...
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