PADRES UPDATE : NOTEBOOK : Glavine at Wrong Location at Right Time for the Padres

The name was impressive. So, too, were the credentials and the numbers behind it.

But Tom Glavine, the NL’s 1991 Cy Young Award winner, did little more than toss batting practice to the Padres during a 9-4 San Diego victory Wednesday afternoon.

In only four innings--his shortest outing since April 19, 1991, against Cincinnati, when he went 3 1/3 innings--Glavine allowed six runs and 11 hits. It was the most hits Glavine has allowed in a game since Aug. 30, 1990, when he yielded 12 to St. Louis in 6 1/3 innings.

In the first inning, the Padres sent eight men to the plate and scored five runs.

“Too many balls out over the plate in the first inning,” Atlanta Manager Bobby Cox said. “His stuff was fine; he just had bad location. He was going away, away, away, away.”

Glavine seemed to have momentum left over from last season, entering the game with a 2-0 record and a 1.54 earned run average. By the end of the afternoon, though, his ERA was up to 3.29.

“I don’t really have anything to attribute it to,” Glavine said. “I was missing up over the plate, and when I do that, I get killed.”

Padre Manager Greg Riddoch said Craig Lefferts, with a 1-2 record and 7.15 ERA, will remain in the rotation. Lefferts is due to pitch against Cincinnati Sunday.

How long Lefferts will remain in the rotation, Riddoch didn’t say.

“Remember, all things we do are as of today,” Riddoch said.

As for Dave Eiland, who left with muscle spasms in his back after only four innings Tuesday, further examination didn’t turn up much.

“It feels good just walking around,” Eiland said. “It is a relief to walk around and not feel any pain.”

The test for Eiland will come when he next throws off of a mound, which will be Friday.

Mike Maddux, meanwhile, said he felt good after throwing off of a mound again Wednesday. The Padres are debating whether to send left-hander Pat Clements or right-hander Jeremy Hernandez to triple-A Las Vegas when Maddux returns from the disabled list, which will probably be this weekend.

One person who will be happy to see Atlanta leave town is Padre infielder Tim Teufel, who had three errors in the series--two Monday and one Wednesday.

“I’m still trying to get acclimated to second base,” said Teufel, who has been filling in for Kurt Stillwell since midway through Saturday’s game. “I’m battling. I’m no Gold Glover by any means.”

Teufel, who played mostly third base in spring training, booted a Deion Sanders ground ball in the third, allowing Sanders to reach first safely.

“A lot goes through your mind, especially when Deion hits a two-hopper,” Teufel said. “You think about planting your feet, making the right turn . . . you start thinking ahead.”

While he accepted responsibility for his fielding slump, he did say he wasn’t responsible when first base was left uncovered in the third on a bunt by Terry Pendleton. Pendleton pushed a bunt toward first, Hurst fielded it, McGriff was too far from first to cover and Teufel didn’t get over in time, either.

“I’m playing double-play depth,” Teufel said. “There’s not a second baseman in the game who is going to make that play. People didn’t realize, I don’t think, where I was playing.”

Adding to Teufel’s weird day was an at bat in the seventh, when he was hit by a Kent Mercker pitch that first bounced in the dirt.

“I didn’t know where to go,” Teufel said. “I saw it hit the ground . . . It was a change-up, and I guess he just choked it off.”