Padres 4, Angels 0 (10 innings)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Matt Kemp broke a scoreless tie with a two-out, three-run double off Angels reliever Joe Smith in the 10th inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 4-0 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.
Kemp's big hit made a winner of Padres reliever Dale Thayer (1-0), one of six San Diego pitchers to combine on a five-hit shutout. Craig Kimbrel pitched the bottom of the 10th in a non-save situation.
Designated hitter Jedd Gyorko got the Padres' winning rally started with a leadoff single, and he was replaced by pinch runner Abraham Almonte. A sacrifice bunt by shortstop Alexi Amarista and walks by first baseman Yangervis Solarte and center fielder Will Venable loaded the bases with one out for left fielder Justin Upton.
Upton struck out, but Kemp came through with his bases-clearing hit, lining a 1-0 pitch from Smith (1-2) into the left field corner. The Padres added another run in the inning on an RBI single by catcher Derek Norris.
Both Angels starter Matt Shoemaker and Padres starter Odrisamer Despaigne threw well, matching each other zero for zero through much of the game.
In his seven innings, Shoemaker gave up four hits and one walk while striking out six. Despaigne pitched six innings, allowing five hits and no walks while striking out five.
Shoemaker was coming off his worst start of the season, in which he gave up eight runs (seven earned) in a loss to the San Francisco Giants. For Despaigne, it was his best start since his first start of the season, when he gave up one run and two hits in seven innings in a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Angels' biggest early threat against Despaigne came in the first inning after both first baseman Albert Pujols and right fielder Kole Calhoun singled with two outs. Third baseman David Freese followed with a scorching line drive that appeared to be headed down the right field line, but Solarte made a leaping catch, saving two runs and ending the inning.
The Padres' defense came up with another big play in the third inning, when Venable reached over the fence to rob Angels center fielder Mike Trout of a two-run homer.
NOTES: Angels INF/OF Grant Green was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake, taking the roster spot of 1B/DH C.J. Cron, who was optioned to Salt Lake after Monday's game. Green, who spent a week with the Angels in April, was hitting .329 with 10 doubles, four triples, four homers, nine RBIs and 18 runs for the Bees. ... Tests Tuesday showed Padres 1B/CF Wil Myers' left wrist tendinitis is improving, but Myers has not yet been cleared to start swinging a bat. ... the Padres have played 38 of their 47 games this season against teams with a .500 record or better at the time -- the most in the majors. They are 17-21 in those contests. ... The Angels' offense began the night ranked last in the American League in on-base percentage (.291) and OPS (.652) and second-to-last in average (.234) and extra-base hits (107). ... Padres RHP Brandon Maurer threw a shutout seventh inning, extending his scoreless streak to 13 innings over 12 outings since May 2.