Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
The San Antonio Missions entered Monday night's game at Springfield, Mo., hitting .150 as a team after four games.
Then center fielder Travis Jankowski and shortstop Trea Turner paced a 14-hit attack with three hits apiece as San Antonio (2-3) defeated the Springfield Cardinals, 5-2.
Jankowski was 3-for-4 with a steal and two runs scored. Turner was 3-for-5 with a stolen base.
Third baseman Casey McElroy (.444) was 2-for-5 with a RBI. First baseman Luis Domoromo was 2-for-5 with a RBI.