--RHP Heath Bell on Wednesday sent a written apology to Rockies closer Huston Street for some disparaging remarks he made to the MLB Network in a televised interview immediately after Bell picked up his eighth save Tuesday night. "I said some dumb things that just didn't come out right," Bell told The San Diego Union-Tribune. "It was my own dumb fault. I'll learn from it." Padres manager Bud Black met with Bell and Rockies manager Clint Hurdle before Wednesday afternoon's game.
--INF Edgar Gonzalez has a potent bat. In three starts this season, Adrian's older brother is 3-for-13 with a triple. But he has also made two costly miscues in the field that have led to four runs in a pair of close losses. Two unearned runs the result of an Edgar Gonzalez error Wednesday turned out to be the margin of Colorado's 7-5 win. --1B Adrian Gonzalez made news Tuesday night, although it was not with his bat (he did stretch his hitting streak to 10 straight) or Gold Glove. He stole the first base of his career in the sixth inning. It took him 558 games to get No. 1.
BY THE NUMBERS: $1 -- Amount the Padres charged Seattle as "cash considerations" March 25 when they sold infielder Chris Burke to the Mariners.
$1.25 -- Premium amount the Padres paid the Mariners April 21 when they re-purchased Burke to replace injured SS Everth Cabrera.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We came in hoping for the best with Shawn, that this would be the time and the place. I worry but I'm always optimistic. His elbow has been through a lot." -- Padres manager Bud Black, talking about oft-injured RHP Shawn Hill, who went on the disabled list Sunday with pain in his elbow.
