Padres Take Air Out of Giants With 4-0 Victory : San Diego Breaks Open Scoreless Tie After Garrelts Forced to Exit in the Sixth

San Francisco starter Scott Garrelts hyperventilated and left a scoreless game Monday night. And the Padres, so excited to see new pitcher Bill Laskey, huffed and puffed and blew the Giants away, 4-0.

Marvell Wynne, told before the game that he would be platooning with Carmelo Martinez, broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning home run off Laskey to deep right. Later, Garry Templeton, who couldn’t even bend over during batting practice, proved practice doesn’t make perfect when he lined a two-run bases-loaded single in the seventh.

San Diego added its final run when Mark Davis walked Tony Gwynn with the bases loaded. And Padre pitcher Andy Hawkins (5-4) gave everybody a glimpse of yesteryear (last year, to be precise), with a seven-hit, complete game.

But, if Garrelts hadn’t left, who knows?

“Oh, he was shutting us down,” said Gwynn, who once played winter ball with Garrelts and still hasn’t figured him out. “Scotty is a good pitcher. I still don’t know what he throws, and I still haven’t done diddley against him. I don’t think we came close to a run against him. When he left, everybody’s eyes lit up. Not because of Laskey, but because Scotty was gone.”

Garrelts was nowhere to be found after the game, having hailed a cab to the hotel. But, Giant Manager Roger Craig gave this account of what happened:

“He was on the rubber and felt like he couldn’t move and hyperventilated. He couldn’t get any oxygen. I don’t know why or what happened, but it was scary. He said he had a pain in the back of his head, and we got him out of the game. The doctor said it was probably caused by nerves.”

Padre hitters have hardly caused opposing pitchers to shake in their collective cleats, but they did get to Laskey --immediately.

Hawkins grounded out, but Wynne hit a 0-and-1 pitch to make it 1-0, his first home run since he hit two on April 13.

“I was excited to be platooning, but I’m like that every time I get in a game,” said Wynne, whose value is supposedly on defense. “I hit the home run and made a couple catches . . . of course you feel good. My hitting has been coming around. My glove is there, but my hitting is really coming.”

In Laskey’s defense, the Giants didn’t give him many minutes to warm up. While Garrelts’ head was spinning after the fifth inning, the Giants weren’t sure whether they would take him out. Finally, with two outs in the top of the sixth, Laskey was ordered to start warming up.

Wynne said Dodger coach Manny Mota spent a lot of time with him in the Dominican Republic this winter.

“He showed me quite a few things, which helped me,” Wynne said. “I liked the Dominican.”

Padre fans liked the seventh inning. Laskey gave up Steve Garvey’s 2,500th career hit (a broken bat looper to center), and Graig Nettles followed with a single to center, too. Craig brought in Mark Davis to face Terry Kennedy, who tapped a sacrifice bunt down third.

Davis fielded and tossed underhand to third baseman Chris Brown, but Brown couldn’t control it cleanly, and Garvey was safe at third.

By the way, only two active players--Pete Rose and Tony Perez--have more active hits that Garvey.

So the bases were loaded for Templeton, who had a bad back and almost didn’t play Monday.

He hit a two-run single.

“It’s really amazing he played,” Manager Steve Boros said.

Martinez then heard boos when he pinch-hit for Tim Flannery, but he walked, loading the bases again. Davis struck out Hawkins and Wynne, but then walked Gwynn to force in Kennedy.

Hawkins only walked one batter, a big improvement from earlier in the year when he struggled with his control.

Hawkins, who struck out his share of hitters in an 18-8 1985 season, said, “My cut fastball is coming back. It isn’t a liability like it was earlier in the year. I shelved it for a while, but this is my third time throwing it. I’ve been progressing each time.” Padre Notes

Infielder Randy Ready was absent again Monday, but the Padres have told him not to worry about baseball. His wife, Dorene, is in a coma and in critical condition at a Tuscon, Ariz., hospital. She was found unconscious at their home in Arizona Saturday, and it’s still unclear how many hours she was unconscious before being discovered. Ready has three children, each younger than 2. “There’s more to life than baseball,” Tony Gwynn said. And Tim Flannery said: “Incredible. It makes this game real small. A lot more important things than baseball. It’s tough, but with three kids under 2, that makes it much tougher.”. . . . LaMarr Hoyt, who spent the last week in the bullpen, will start tonight against the Giants’ Mike Krukow (8-4). “He had an excellent outing on the sidelines (Saturday),” Manager Steve Boros said. “Best he’s thrown all year. Galen (Cisco, pitching coach) was really encouraged, and--best of all--LaMarr was really encouraged.” . . . . Tim Flannery started Monday at second base, but Boros reiterated that Bip Roberts still is the regular. “Tim was in Saturday (in a 12-0 victory over the Dodgers ) and gave us a little spark, and hopefully he’ll give us a spark today,” Boros said before Monday’s game. “If a guy’s playing second and gives us a lift, I’ll leave him out there. Timmy did good Saturday, and we won. I told them both in spring training that the guy who’s out there when we win and helps us win is the guy who’s gonna be playing.” . . . . Now that Marvell Wynne and left fielder Carmelo Martinez are platooning, Kevin McReynolds will be playing more left field. When Wynne, a center fielder, starts against right-handed pitching, McReynolds will move to left. With Martinez starting, McReynolds will stay in center.