Over their last three spring games, the Padres have scored 37 runs on 53 hits, and they scored at least one run in seven of eight innings against the Rangers.
"I think the guys are starting to swing better, especially guys we are going to rely on this year, getting more comfortable in the box," manager Andy Green said. "Sometimes what they're asked to do early in camp, probably had their wheels turning a little, it was stuff they hadn't been exposed to with [hitting coach] Alan [Zinter] and now it seems like those guys are really buying in and we're seeing results.