The Morning Friar – 3/5/11

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Padres bench coach Rick Renteria will have surgery to repair his palate after he was struck in the face with a line drive that glanced off a protective screen during batting practice on Thursday.

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Two perfect innings in his first spring start aren’t enough to make San Diego Padres righthander Aaron Harang a candidate for comeback player of the year.

But there is other evidence to suggest Harang could surprise this season after three consecutive disappointing seasons with the Cincinnati Reds.

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The Padres rode a three-run fifth inning to a 3-2 win over the D-backs on Friday afternoon at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.

It was the second victory in as many days for the Padres against their division rivals.

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With the possible exception of 32-year-old Aaron Harang, the 2011 San Diego Padres’ rotation will once again be full of 20-something arms. With one of the youngest big league rosters in baseball, that’s par for the course.

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Former San Diego Padre Kevin Mitchell pleaded no contest Thursday to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an attack on a man on a South Bay golf course last summer.

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