SAN DIEGO -- These are not good times for the San Diego Padres.On Saturday night, third baseman Yangervis Solartes wife, Yuliette, died at age 31 due to complications from her fight against cancer.Were broken-hearted for Yangervis, Padres manager Andy Green said Sunday. We know he and his family have been dealing with this throughout the season. Right now, there are things that are so much more important to baseball.Then on Sunday afternoon, the Padres took a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies and absorbed a three-game sweep at Coors Field.Solarte is away from the team. Catcher Derek Norris is day-to-day with an injured finger, and the Padres are playing without a right-handed-hitting outfielder. General manager A.J. Preller starts his 30-day, Major League Baseball-mandated suspension Monday.And any help that might be coming from El Paso is another three days away because the Chihuahuas are headed to Tuesday nights Triple-A Championship Game against International League champion Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (New York Yankees) after winning the Pacific Coast League championship Saturday night.On Monday night, the ailing Padres open a 10-game homestand.As if they need a reminder of how tough this season has been, the Padres (62-87) open the homestand with three games against Arizona (63-86). Over the last two weeks of the season, the Padres and Diamondbacks will play six times essentially to see who finishes last in the National League West and possibly enters the offseason with the second-worst record in the National League.Not that matters are much better for the Diamondbacks.While Green seems secure in his job, Arizona manager Chip Hale, his former boss, is one of several Diamondbacks leaders who could be two weeks away from the unemployment line.Matters are that dire in the southwest corner of the United States.The matchup Monday will see Arizona right-hander Braden Shipley (4-3, 5.56 ERA) oppose left-hander Clayton Richard (2-3, 3.00 ERA). Richard is 2-2 with a 1.70 ERA in eight appearances (six starts) since returning to the Padres in August as a free agent.Richards return to San Diego is easily explained. One, Clayton and Ashley Richard enjoy living in San Diego. Two, as Clayton says, The Padres promised me a chance to start.Shipley, 24, the Diamondbacks first-round pick (15th overall) in the 2013 draft, will be making his ninth start -- and second at Petco Park -- after two straight appearances out of the Arizona bullpen.Its different, Shipley said of the second and third relief outings in his 91-appearance professional career. As pitchers, were so routine oriented that my whole pregame ritual was thrown off a bit.Shipley picked up his fourth win of his rookie season as a reliever against the Rockies on Wednesday, although he allowed five runs on eight hits in four innings. In fact, his ERA in two relief appearances is 9.39.He made one previous start against the Padres on Aug. 21 in San Diego and took the loss, allowing seven runs on seven hits -- including homers to left-handed-hitting outfielders Travis Jankowski and Alex Dickerson -- in 5 1/3 innings.Richard absorbed the loss the previous day when he made a pair of throwing errors that led to two unearned runs -- the only runs he allowed over six innings in a 2-1 loss. In four starts since, Richard is 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA -- and the Padres are 4-0. Jim Bouton Braves Jersey . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. Billy Hamilton Braves Jersey . JOHNS, N. https://www.cheapbraves.com/503o-jeremy-walker-jersey-braves.html . 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Andy Murrays thigh problem will not stop him playing a charity exhibition match Wednesday but the Scot plans to re-assess his schedule for the remainder of the year.Murray picked up a thigh strain during his Davis Cup singles victory over Guido Pella on Sunday but it is understood he will not pull out of the charity event at Glasgows Hydro Arena.The world No.2 will face Bulgarias Grigor Dimitrov, with proceeds going to UNICEF and a local charity in north Glasgow called Young Peoples Futures.Murray is then due to play tournaments in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna before ending the season with the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals.But the 29-year-old may have to reconsider his commitments if either fatigue or his thigh injury dictates that more rest is required.Murray has endured an exhausting fiive months, during which he reached seven consecutive finals, before falling to a surprise quarterfinal defeat against Kei Nishikori at the US Open two weeks ago.ddddddddddddThe three-time grand slam champion then played three rubbers -- two singles and one doubles -- in three days as Britain lost to Argentina in the Davis Cup semi-final last weekend.Any decision to reduce his schedule may, however, be offset by the possibility of Murray overtaking Novak Djokovic as world No.1 before the end of the year.Murray currently trails Djokovic by 2,055 points in the race, although he has admitted his chances of surpassing the Serbian will be greater in the first few months of 2017. 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