got the better of the San Diego Padres‘ youngsters in a matchup of NL West teams playing out the season.While veterans Brandon Crawford and Evan Longoria homered off Bryan Mitchell in the Giants’ 4-2 win Monday http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , three rookies had nice nights. Left-hander Andrew Suarez pitched into the eighth inning, Chris Shaw had his first three-hit game and Aramis Garcia added an RBI single.“They did a great job, starting with Suarez,” manager Bruce Bochy said.Suarez (7-11) snapped a two-start skid by holding San Diego to two runs and four hits while striking out four and walking three in 7 2/3 innings.“He had a good fastball going, good movement on it. Really all his pitches, very efficiently,” Bochy said. “Shaw, nice game by him, big hit by Garcia. It was good to see those kids play well.”Suarez has gone at least six innings in five straight starts. He thought he had a good chance of finishing the eighth.“My pitch count was low for being that deep in the game Jose Peraza Jersey ,” he said. “I just think it’s more my mechanics. I think I do a good routine in between starts to stay strong and ready for my start date.”Suarez looked disappointed when Bochy came out to pull him. Suarez said he thought he showed up his manager, so he apologized.“He liked it that I was being competitive,” Suarez said.Will Smith pitched the ninth for his 13th save.The rebuilding Padres dropped to 60-91 to match last year’s loss total with 11 games to play. Ownership had expected the Padres to be better than the club that finished 71-91 last year, but San Diego has lost at least 91 games for the third straight season and the fourth time in eight years.Mitchell (1-4) had pitched well in his two previous starts since his return from a long stay on the disabled list, but reverted to the early season form that got him demoted to the bullpen.After scattering three singles through the first three scoreless innings, Mitchell allowed Crawford’s homer to right-center leading off the fifth, his 13th. Shaw doubled with one out and scored on Garcia’s two-out single.With Gregor Blanco aboard on a leadoff single in the fifth, Longoria homered off the balcony on the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left-field corner, his 16th.Mitchell allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , struck out four and walked none.“I don’t want to sugarcoat it, but I’ve definitely thrown the ball worse and had better results,” Mitchell said. “The balls and strikes were really good. I was attacking for the most part. If I execute maybe three or four pitches a little better, it’s probably a different story.”Mitchell said Longoria “put a hell of a swing on that pitch. It was in and up out of the zone. I just think it was probably a little bit of a predictable pitch at that point. I maybe could’ve set it up a little better. He put a really good swing on it. You’ve got to live with that sometimes.”Said manager Andy Green: “It wasn’t really a poorly executed pitch, Longoria just beat us to the spot.”Austin Hedges homered leading off the second for the Padres, his 14th. He started at catcher even though rookie Francisco Mejia, one of baseball’s top catching prospects, hit a walkoff grand slam against Texas on Sunday.BUMGARNERBochy said LHP Madison Bumgarner could pitch the opener of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept. 28 at San Francisco if the NL West race is still undecided.UP NEXTGiants: LHP Derek Holland (7-8, 3.46 ERA) is scheduled to start the middle game of the series Tuesday night. He’s 1-1 with a 6.20 ERA in four career starts against San Diego Matt Harvey Jersey , including 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA in three starts vs. the Padres this year.Padres: Rookie LHP Joey Lucchesi (8-8, 3.67) will start against the Giants for the second time this season. He earned his second career win in his fourth start on April 15 vs. San Francisco. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — The New York Mets uttered that dreaded three-letter acronym for the first time in spring training, and it involved Jed Lowrie: MRI.Starting a $20 million, two-year contract, the infielder noticed the back of his left knee started to hurt last weekend after he was running, an issue he never felt before. He will go for a scan on Thursday.“It’s just one of those things we’ve got to get checked out,” the 34-year-old said Wednesday. “It started when I starting ramping things up and doing top-end speed stuff and batting practice. “I just kind of felt something in the back side of my knee.”Lowrie was sought by new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, his former agent Scott Schebler Jersey , for infield depth. Primarily a shortstop, he can play second and third base.“We need to figure out what’s going on first before we start worrying about how concerned we are,” Lowrie said.Manager Mickey Callaway said Lowie needed 40 at-bats during the exhibition season. Lowrie hit .267 last season for Oakland and set career highs for home runs (23) and RBIs (99).“Our goal right now is to get him ready for the first game of the season. That’s why we’re being cautious. It’s a little soreness,” Callaway said.Callaway added the signing of Adeiny Hechavarria last Thursday was y unrelated to Lowrie’s setback.“We were just making sure that we had as much depth at shortstop as possible,” he said.Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez toured the practice fields while the Mets went through their morning drills. Callaway and Rodriguez have known each other since they played travel ball as around the country.“A-Rod’s a great guy. His whole life has always been about baseball. I got to take a recruiting trip with him to (the University of) Miami in high school. He was a beast.”Notes: Callaway said RHP Walker Lockett will start Saturday’s exhibition opener against Atlanta. Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom is scheduled to pitch Sunday against a Houston split squad game against Houston … 1B prospect Peter Alonso faced Noah Syndergaard in batting practice after stepping facing deGrom earlier in the week. “It’s good to see the best. It’s just going to help even more facing our guys,” said Alonso, who hit 36 homers with 119 RBIs at Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Las Vegas last year.