, who was making his big league debut. After getting Manny Pina to hit into a double play, Cimber allowed Choi's pinch-hit double before Arcia's go-ahead RBI.Jeremy Jeffress (1-0) pitched two innings for the win. Jacob Barnes struck out the side in the 12th for the save.The Padres had the bases loaded with one out in the 11th, with newcomer Eric Hosmer poised to score the winning run, but Chase Headley, back with San Diego after 3 1/2 seasons with the New York Yankees, grounded into a double play.The Brewers were one out away from winning 1-0 on a four-hitter when Freddy Galvis, acquired in a trade with Philadelphia, singled to right off Corey Knebel, a first-time All-Star last year, to bring in Carlos Asuaje and send it into extra innings. Asuaje singled with one out and stole second with two outs.Milwaukee's Chase Anderson allowed one hit in six innings in his first opening day start. He had six strikeouts and three walks.The right-hander also singled to center off Clayton Richard with two outs in the third, advanced on Lorenzo Cain's single to left and scored on Christian Yelich's single to left. A late, awkward slide left the pitcher shaken up momentarily, but he stayed in the game.Richard, making his first opening day start at age 34, went seven innings, allowing one run and six hits with four strikeouts and one walk.The Padres flashed some nice defense. Galvis, San Diego's fifth different starting shortstop in five opening days, made a terrific play in the second when he fielded Pina's hard one-hopper as he went to the ground and flipped the ball to second baseman Asuaje to start an inning-ending double play. Headley, the third baseman, made a nice play on Ryan Braun's hard grounder to start an inning-ending double play in the first.Hosmer, signed to a $144 million, eight-year contract early in spring training, went 0 for 4 with a walk and two strikeouts in his Padres debut.PREGAMETrevor Hoffman, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in July, threw the ceremonial first pitch to his older brother, Glenn, the Padres' third base coach. Trevor Hoffman played the bulk of his career with the Padres before playing two seasons with Milwaukee.Before the national anthem, the Padres held a moment of silence for three former members of the organization who died in recent months: Kevin Towers, Dick Enberg and Rob Picciolo. Towers was general manager for 14 years, building four division winners, including the 1998 team that went to the World Series. Enberg finished his long Hall of Fame career with seven seasons as the Padres TV voice. Picciolo was a longtime coach.UP NEXTLHP Joey Lucchesi is scheduled to make his big league debut for the Padres on Friday night after recording a 1.54 ERA in four spring starts. The Brewers will counter with RHP Jhoulys Chacin, who went 13-10 with a 3.89 ERA with San Diego last season.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Brewers begin Chase, visit Padres 3h ago• 3 min read SAN DIEGO -- Teams that were unexpectedly among the more active teams in the free agent market over the winter will face each other Thursday on Opening Day at Petco Park.The Milwaukee Brewers acquired outfielders Christian Yelich (via trade from Miami) and Lorenzo Cain (as a free agent) over the winter while the San Diego Padres invested $144 million over eight seasons to sign first baseman Eric Hosmer and imported submarining reliever Kazuhisa Makita from Japan.The teams have several other things in common.Both will feature a first-time Opening Day starter. Right-hander Chase Anderson will start for the Brewers and left-hander Clayton Richard takes the ball for the Padres.And the teams posted the top two winning percentages during Cactus League play this spring. OK, that last one means nothing.But the Brewers and the Padres have upgraded during the offseason with the playoffs being the goal."We're not going into the season with any other expectation other than getting into the playoffs," Padres manager Andy Green said Wednesday. "Shooting for something smaller than that is pointless ... it doesn't inspire, it doesn't motivate. We know where our mindset is going into the season. We also know what the rest of the world is going to say about that mindset. We really don't care that much. I really like this group of guys and I'm excited about the year ahead of us." Anderson, 30, was 12-4 with a 2.74 ERA in 25 starts with the Brewers last year despite missing six weeks in the middle of the season with an oblique strain. He had 133 strikeouts in 141 1/3 innings with a 1.09 WHIP. Anderson is 3-1 in eight career starts against the Padres with a 3.99 ERA and 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA in three starts at Petco Park."Chase has worked very hard to make himself better," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said recently. "He's gone from a two-pitch to a four-pitch pitcher and even added two miles an hour to his fastball." Richard has re-invented himself since having thoracic outlet surgery, changing his arsenal as well as his delivery.The 6-foot-5, 240-pound 34-year-old signed a two-year contract with the Padres last winter after posting an 8-15 record last season with a 4.79 ERA in 32 starts. He led the National League in three categories -- batters faced (858), hits allowed (240) and double plays induced (32). He shared the league lead with teammate Luis Perdomo in the latter category.Richard is 3-4 lifetime against the Brewers with a 5.51 ERA in 15 games (nine starts). The Brewers have a career .298 batting average against Richard, who is 30-26 and a 3.23 ERA in 73 games (71 starts) at Petco Park."I trust the man," Green said Wednesday of Richard. "The circumstance won't affect him at all and that's all you want from somebody. He's the type of person who is going to go into a situation and be who he is and that is a guy who pitches well a lot of times and at times, like anybody else, he has an outing or two that's not great."I expect him to pitch well tomorrow. That's a very good (Milwaukee) lineup. That's a team that made a lot of changes. They were a good lineup last year. They are borderline a great lineup right now."They have a manager who I respect greatly and they're coming in with the expectation of going to the post-season this year so you know they are going to be very hungry. You know he has his work cut out for him."
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