Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
Poway High grad Alex Dickerson was 4-for-5 with two doubles and his eighth homer Monday night to lead Triple-A El Paso to a 4-3 win at Salt Lake. The victory was a franchise record, seventh straight win on the road for the Chihuahuas.
Will Middlebrooks and Rymer Liriano also homered for El Paso, which improved to 54-48.
Left fielder Dickerson raised his batting average to .311 and stole a base.
Dickerson, 25, leads the Pacific Coast League in runs scored (65) and ranks in the top-ten of many other offensive categories: eighth in batting average and on-base percentage (.