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Goldschmidt rediscovers power stroke
- Updated: September 21, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Paul Goldschmidt is not a big fan of off-days, but the D-backs first baseman seemed to benefit from the one he got Monday.
After his day of rest, Goldschmidt smacked his first home run in almost a month, but it was not enough as the D-backs fell for the second straight night to the Padres, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Petco Park.
D-backs manager Chip Hale had thought about resting Goldschmidt during last weekend’s series with the Dodgers, but with L.A. in a pennant race, he felt that ethically he should play his best players.
Hale then gave Goldschmidt the choice of either having Monday or Wednesday off.
“We hope that every day that we give them off that they can take a deep breath and get …
