Speed is key for Padres farmhand in pitch-clock game

San Diego prospect Mallex Smith, who swiped 88 bases in A ball this year, scored the go-ahead run in Surprise’s 5-4 victory Thursday night. It was the ninth game using the 20-second pitch clock — a pace-of-game initiative being tested at the Arizona Fall League — and it was timed at 2:28.

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