The Padres are sending Martin Perez (5-5) out to make his 26th start of the season. He is 5-5 with a 4.25 ERA and 104 strikeouts through 131 1/3 innings pitched. In his last time

Kyle Higashioka broke open a scoreless game in the top of the ninth with a two-run homer, Brandon Lockridge followed with a solo shot, and the San Diego Padres, playing mostly reserves, downed the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Saturday night in the second meeting of a three-game series in Phoenix.