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Padres continue long homestand with interleague series
Cleveland (26-29) at San Diego (34-23), 10:05 pm EDT
SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- The
San Diego Padres
host the
Cleveland Indians
on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
After winning 11 straight home games - including the first two of their current 13-game homestand - the Padres have lost four of their last five at Petco Park. They were shut out twice in that stretch, including Sunday's 4-0 loss to the
Chicago Cubs
. San Diego managed just five hits - all singles - in the latest setback.
Brian Lawrence
(3-6, 5.35 ERA) gets the start for the Padres. Like his team, Lawrence has been much better at home, posting a 2-2 record with a 3.41 ERA.
He struggled in his last start at Petco Park, however, giving up five runs and a career high-tying 12 hits in 5 2/3 innings in a 5-2 loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday.
The Indians snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the
Chicago White Sox
on Sunday. They scratched out two unearned runs in the top of the 12th inning.
Cleveland starter
Cliff Lee
(6-3, 3.62) had won four of five starts before last Wednesday's 6-2 loss to Minnesota in which he gave up four runs and a season-high nine hits in five innings.
Lee is 5-1 on the road this year and 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA in two career starts in National League ballparks.
The Indians won two of three from the Padres at home in 2003.
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