Preller: Rangers experience key to philosophy

A.J. Preller said the 10 years he spent in the Rangers' front office prepared him well to be a GM. (AP) Morrow progresses with simulated game Righty Rea set to rep Padres at Futures Game Padres preparing to host the 2016 All-Star Game Recap: SD 3, TEX 4 2:18 Daily Recap: Prince Fielder drove in two runs, including one on a mammoth solo homer to right field, to help the Rangers to a 4-3 win Upton Jr.'s solo homer 0:43 7/10/15: Melvin Upton Jr. puts the Padres on the scoreboard with a solo home run to left field in the 6th inning Fielder, Beltre go back-to-back 0:53 7/10/15: Prince Fielder belts a shot to the second deck in right field, and Adrian Beltre follows with a liner over the left-field fence Must C: J. Upton robs a home run 1:52 7/7/15: Justin Upton goes way above the left-field wall to rob fellow 2015 All-Star Andrew McCutchen of a go-ahead home run J. Upton's sac fly 0:25 7/10/15: Justin Upton lifts a deep fly ball to right field that is caught by Josh Hamilton, and Yonder Alonso scores from third in the 8th Santiago, Templeton elected to Padres' Hall Jesse Agler and Bill Center discuss the Padres' five-game losing streak and Comic-Con Right fielder Nick Torres leads the Midwest League with 29 doubles. J. Upton's homer-robbing catch 0:48 7/7/15: Justin Upton ranges back to the wall in left and makes an incredible leaping catch to rob Andrew McCutchen of a go-ahead homer Cashner solid, but Padres lose 5th straight Luebke gets good news after MRI on left elbow Padres general manager A.J. Preller is hoping the club finds its consistency in the second half of the season. (AP) Upton to represent Padres in All-Star Game ICYMI: Friars drop close contest in PittsburghThe evening got off to a wet start after a nearly two-hour ran delay in the top of the third brought an early end to Tyson Ross' night. Ross surrendered only two hits and a strikeout on 27 pitches through two innings before manager Pat Murphy opted to go to the bullpen as a precaution to prevent injury to the former Padres All-Star. A bullpen combination of Frank Garces, Marcos Mateo, Shawn Kelley and Joaquin Benoit followed, combining for six innings and surrendering three earned runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts. Benoit was pegged with the loss after giving up a go-ahead RBI-triple to Gregory Polanco with two outs in the bottom of the eighth.

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