SAN DIEGO_The San Diego Padres will welcome some of their brightest minor leaguers into the fold when Hunter Renfroe, Manuel Margot, Carlos Asuaje and Austin Hedges officially _ finally, right? _ join the big league team Wednesday. On the eve of those highly anticipated call-ups, Paul Clemens was making his best pitch to be considered part of that future until Paul Goldschimdt happened.
Adam Rosales ultimately answered Goldschmidt's game-tying blast in the sixth with his own two-run homer in a 5-2 win over Arizona, but Clemens' latest start _ even with Tuesday's anticlimactic exit _ continues to answer questions about a 28-year-old right-hander claimed off waivers nearly three months ago.
In fact, Clemens faced the minimum through three innings, didn't give up a hit until Goldschmidt's 102 mph shot to the right of second base one-hopped Rosales and ricocheted off his glove with two outs and wasn't in any real trouble until shortstop Luis Sardinas muffed a grounder off the bat of Chris Owings with two outs in the sixth.
Clemens took a comebacker off his palm a batter before Sardinas' error. Two batters later, he took a long look at his throwing hand as Goldschmidt rounded the bases with a 415-foot homer that tied the game at 2-2.
Then Clemens took a seat in favor of left-hander Keith Hessler with two unearned runs allowed on three hits and a walk over a season-high 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four in the follow-up start to the five shutout innings _ albeit under the weather _ at San Francisco on Sept. 12.
Rosales' two-run homer a half-inning after Goldschmidt's followed Schimpf's third walk of the game to lead off the sixth. The Padres' third baseman also scored on his other two free passes, first on Alex Dickerson's run-scoring double in the second and then on Rosales' sacrifice fly in the fourth.
The only other Padres to score three runs without recording a hit are Tim Flannery (twice), Tony Gywnn (1986), Ryan Klesko (2001), Mark Kotsay (2001), Melvin Nieves (1995) and Dave Winfield (1979).
Rosales' second sacrifice fly of the game opened up a 5-2 lead in the eighth after Wil Myers led off the inning with a double, his 88th hit at home for a new Petco Park record. Matt Kemp logged 87 hits here last year.
News that Renfroe, Margot, Asuaje and Hedges would be among the Padres' final call-ups leaked out over Twitter � over Asuaje's account, to be specific _ after El Paso lost a 3-1 decision to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Triple-A championship game.
Padres manager Andy Green is expected to confirm the rest of the September call-ups in Tuesday's post-game news conference.
