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Padres, Astros remember 'bee game' SAN DIEGO -- Padres right fielder Will Venable was a late scratch from the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Astros at PETCO Park as he continues to struggle with lower back stiffness.

Venable was originally listed as the starting right fielder and sixth batter on the Padres' lineup card, but he was replaced by Chris Denorfia following batting practice. Catcher Yorvit Torrealba slid up into the No. 6 hole in the order, and Denorfia hit seventh.

Venable, who has started 54 games in right field this season, missed Tuesday and Wednesday's games with the injury and has been receiving treatment throughout the week. He did start in right on Thursday, going 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.

Denorfia has started eight games in right field prior to Friday. He's batting .273 with 11 RBIs and 11 runs scored in 33 games overall for San Diego.


S. Hairston reacts to Thursday's ejection

SAN DIEGO -- Padres outfielder Scott Hairston was ejected for the fourth time in his career on Thursday when he dropped his bat after he was called out on strikes and got into an argument with plate umpire Ron Kulpa in the eighth inning.

After strike three was called, Hairston flipped his bat as he dropped it across home plate. Kulpa then took off his mask and briefly exchanged words with Hairston before ejecting him.

"I was out of line for dropping the bat, and he was out of line for taking his mask off and cutting me off as I was walking towards the dugout," Hairston said. "It was evident that I wasn't walking towards him -- I didn't even make eye contact with him. He confronted me. There's two wrongs there. My wrong has been recognized ... his wrong needs to be recognized as well."

Hairston said that his frustrations with an "unfair strike zone" from Kulpa had been building throughout the game. Hairston went 0-for-3 in the contest before the strikeout that eventually led to him being tossed.

"We, as players, have expectations to do our job, and we expect the umpires to do the same," Hairston said.

Hairston's last ejection came on June 25, 2009, in Seattle.

Padres, Astros remember 'bee game'

SAN DIEGO -- Friday was the anniversary of the infamous "bee game" between the Padres and Astros at PETCO Park, where the contest was delayed for more than 50 minutes in the top of the ninth inning because of a swarm of bees that gathered in left field.

And, coincidentally, the Astros were in town again on the same exact date, and members of both teams reflected on the interesting cause for delay a year ago.

"You don't see that every day," Padres manager Bud Black said. "As a matter of fact, I've never seen it before or since . That was bizarre."

Padres left fielder Kyle Blanks was the first player to notice the swarm of bees when Miguel Tejada was batting with two outs in the top of the ninth inning. He then started walking toward the infield and tried to get Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera to call time, but another pitch went by before Blanks could get Cabrera's attention and the game was stopped.

"There were a couple bugs just flying around me, and I just kind of swatted at them and didn't really think anything of it," Blanks said. "Then, they wouldn't leave me alone, and as I swatted one behind me , I turned around and there was a wall of bees .

"I felt kind of weird having to stop the game, because I wasn't sure if anyone else could see them. When everyone could see them, it was kind of a relief, because for a moment, it was just like on my own and I looked like I was crazy."

The bees then flew under a bat girl's jacket that was hanging over a chair down the left-field line, and a beekeeper was called upon to kill the swarm. The game resumed shortly after, with Houston eventually coming away with the 7-2 victory.

"It was crazy, because nobody really knew what was going on at first," said Astros first baseman Lance Berkman. "I just figured they'd clear out, but they all went under the bat girl's jacket down the line. It just seemed like we waited forever. We thought they were going to trap them or something, but the beekeeper ended up just spraying a bunch of Raid and killing them all."

And for the visiting Astros, the unconventional delay also added an extra headache to a "getaway game" before they could move on to San Francisco for the next series of their road trip.

"We were all kind of annoyed," Astros shortstop Geoff Blum said with a laugh. "We wanted to get the heck out of here and get on with our lives. It ruined the whole time frame of what we had going on that getaway day."

Gina Mizell is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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