ANAHEIM - Matt Kemp has had one of those months so far for the Padres that he's better off forgetting. But sometimes -- as Crosby, Stills and Nash once sang -- the darkest hour is always, always just before the dawn.
Trying to shake things up for both Kemp and his struggling club, manager Bud Black flipped the right-handed hitting Kemp and Justin Upton in the batting order Tuesday night against the Angels at Angel Stadium, batting Upton third and Kemp fourth.
Of course, Kemp came up in the cleanup spot with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and helped win the game, 4-0, with a bases-clearing double into the left-field corner against Angels reliever Joe Smith.