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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Christian Villanueva had a hard time walking Jose Cruz Jr. Jersey , yet still managed to get a walk-off hit.Villanueva, who fouled a ball off his foot on Friday night, had a walk-off pinch-hit single in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres ended a five-game skid with a 7-6 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.“The manager had asked me if I was good to go, and I took a few swings in the batting cage and said I could do it,” Villanueva said through a translator. “It’s a dream come true to be able to hit a walk-off up here at the big league level. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”Travis Jankowski led off the ninth with a walk against Andrew Chafin (1-4) and advanced to second on a groundout by Eric Hosmer. Yoshihisa Hirano replaced Chafin and intentionally walked Hunter Renfroe.Villanueva hit for Craig Stammen (6-2) and drove a 2-2 pitch into left field to score Jankowski and give San Diego its first win against Arizona at Petco Park this season. Stammen worked two scoreless innings.“His foot was huge. It was swollen,” Padres manager Andy Green said. “He probably had no business hitting there, but he said he was good to go.”After the broken-bat single landed in shallow left, Villanueva’s discomfort left him.“I forgot about it — I didn’t even think about the pain after that Nolan Ryan Jersey ,” Villanueva said. “It was a matter of battling through it, especially after they put Renfroe on. Then I really wanted to come through.”Paul Goldschmidt had four hits and drove in four runs while tying a Diamondbacks record by reaching base safely in nine straight plate appearances. Goldschmidt also extended his hitting streak to 11 games.“I’ve hit some balls hard,” Goldschmidt said. “I’ve had some good luck. I’ve had some good swings, which is nice, but I’ve had some luck going my way to get me a few hits as well.”The Diamondbacks’ three-game winning streak ended, and their NL West lead over the Colorado Rockies fell to one-half game.Arizona built an early lead thanks to doubles by A.J. Pollack and Eduardo Escobar. Goldschmidt singled to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 advantage, a familiar position for a team that leads the majors in first-inning runs with 107.San Diego evened the score in the fourth with a three-run inning. Goldschmidt doubled home Escobar in the fifth to build a 5-3 lead.The Padres answered with three more runs in the fifth. Cory Spangenberg’s single gave San Diego its first lead of the series at 6-5.“It’s no secret we have been having a rough time as of late,” Green said. “This was a big win for us.”Goldschmidt struck again in the seventh after another double by Pollack, singling against Phil Maton to tie the game.“It’s a tough loss to absorb http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey ,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “We’ve done it before. We can’t reverse time and go back and change the way the outcome of the game turned out. We’ve got to find a way to get this job done tomorrow, and that’s what we’ll focus on.”Both starters struggled. Arizona’s Zack Godley allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings. Clayton Richard went five for the Padres, allowing five runs on nine hits.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: RHP Zack Grienke (12-8, 3.00 ERA) looks to continue his dominance of the Padres in the finale of the four-game series. Grienke is 11-2 with a 2.10 ERA in his career against San Diego.Padres: RHP Brett Kennedy (0-2, 11.00) will make his third career start. In his previous outing, he allowed five runs in five innings against the Los Angeles Angels. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch called umpire Angel Hernandez “unprofessional” and “arrogant” after being ejected in the first inning of Friday night’s split-squad game against St. Louis.Hinch was tossed following one pitch in the bottom of the first inning.“The fact that he wanted to throw me out in a spring training game is pretty ridiculous,” Hinch said. “He’s known for overreaction a little bit.”Hinch’s postgame comments angered Hernandez.“He said that? Write it,” Hernandez said before adding Carlos Lee Jersey , “No comment. He got ejected for arguing balls and strikes. That’s it.”The argument could linger beyond spring training.“I’m sure we’ll revisit this in-season,” Hinch said.Hinch said about a week ago Hernandez told him that he gets about four ball-strike calls wrong per game.After a few of those calls didn’t go Houston’s way in the top of the first inning, Hinch said he calmly made a suggestion to Hernandez as the Astros prepared to bat.“We have technology to help you get better and that these pitches are strikes,” Hinch said he told Hernandez. “He had kind of an arrogant attitude about it and didn’t want to hear it.”When Hernandez called the first pitch to Astros leadoff hitter George Springer a strike, Hinch said he thought Hernandez probably made the call out of spite.From the dugout,Hinch said he yelled to Hernandez that he’d used up his allotment missed calls, prompting the ejection.Hinch emerged from the dugout and began a lengthy and at times heated conversation with Hernandez at home plate.“When you argue balls and strikes you get thrown out, I get it,” Hinch said. “As it escalated http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey , he said some condescending things that are inappropriate, unprofessional. I’ll leave it at that and we’ll move on to the next game.”First base umpire CB Bucknor attempted to intervene, but Hinch wouldn’t leave the plate area for more than two minutes. At one point, Hernandez clapped his hands as if to say let’s go, argument over.Hinch mockingly clapped back at him.“I should thank CB. He was the voice of reason in all of it,” Hinch said. “CB was super calm about it, he just wanted the game to continue.”As Hinch grew more agitated, he was restrained by both Springer and coach Alex Cintron. Hinch appeared to bump both Hernandez and Bucknor at least once each.At one point during the argument, Cardinals starter Daniel Ponce de Leon elected to throw a warmup pitch Jose Altuve Jersey , doing so while Hinch stood in the right-handed batter’s box, his back to the plate.Hinch stopped to talk for several seconds with third base umpire Mike Estabrook on his way down the left field line to the Astros clubhouse.Hernandez came under scrutiny during the AL playoffs last year when he had three calls at first base overtuned by replay during a Red Sox-Yankees game in New York.Hernandez, 57, joined the Major League Baseball umpiring staff in 1993.Hinch said he considered making the 15-minute drive to Jupiter where the other half of the Astros were playing a second split-squad game against the Cardinals.“I didn’t think about managing it, but I thought about showing up and shocking, the whole side of that,” Hinch said.The Astros’ side that Hinch had been managing won 5-0. The other squad of Astros beat St. Louis 11-2.