(Source: San Diego Padres) Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres. Second baseman Jedd Gyorko had a second straight game-altering game for Triple-A El Paso Saturday night after the Padres shuffled their minor league catching lineup and named former player Xavier Nady the hitting coach at Single-A Lake Elsinore. Gyorko hit his second homer in as many games then had a walk-off single in the ninth as the Chihuahuas defeated Salt Lake 5-4 in El Paso to climb above .500 for the first time since May 30. Gyorko was 2-for-5 with the two RBIs and is now hitting .270 (10-for-37) with three homers and seven RBIs in nine games for the Chihuahuas. He is 5-for-9...
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