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Former Spider Tim Stauffer Named Padres Opening Day Starter
03/28/2011 | Baseball
March 28, 2011
By Paul Post (The Saratogian) - Last year, Tim Stauffer was a pleasant surprise.
After missing all of 2008 and part of '09, he posted a sparkling 0.39 ERA -- mostly in long relief -- before suffering a mid-May appendectomy that sidelined him for two months. In September, he moved to the starting rotation and posted several clutch wins that kept the Padres in the NL West pennant race until the last day of the season.
This year, the expectations are higher, as skipper Bud Black is counting on Stauffer to rack up quality innings -- and wins -- as San Diego tries to capture its first division flag since 2006.
"We all know if we play our game we'll have a shot," Stauffer said from the Padres' Arizona spring training complex. "I think it's going to be a pretty well-balanced division. We'll be in the thick of it."
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