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North Queensland have been struck a blow ahead of their grand final rematch against Brisbane with Kane Linnett ruled out.The premiership-winning centre will be replaced by Javid Bowen, wholl make just his ninth first-grade appearance, after Linnett failed to overcome a strained calf in time for Fridays semi-final against the Broncos.Linnett was long odds to be fit for the encounter at 1300SMILES Stadium after going down injured duing Saturdays qualifying final loss to Melbourne.Its a big blow. 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Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness.SAN DIEGO -- Padres starter Paul Clemens made his manager laugh Saturday night, then he made him angry.Clemens briefly wore the wrong uniform after getting overzealous with pine tar but still outpitched Jake Thompson in the Philadelphia right-handers major league debut, and San Diego beat the Phillies 9-7 on Saturday night.Clemens began the game with his usual No. 47 but was asked to switch his jersey by the umpires because it had pine tar on it.Before he went up, he put more pine tar on his bat than a lot of guys use in a year, Padres manager Andy Green said. He managed to get it all over his uniform.Clemens switched to No. 91 with Player in the nameplate. He later switched back to his No. 47 before exiting the game after 4 1/3 innings.The snafu got chuckles from teammates, including right-hander Jon Edwards, who taped over the name on his own jersey with Player #2 .That was good for a laugh, Green said.Greens mood soured when Clemens neglected to run out a bunt in the fourth inning. After recording an out in the fifth, Clemens was pulled.To me, throwing the bat and not running to first base on a bunt is not going to happen, Green said.Clemens said he was upset that Thompson went up and in on him on the pitch.I was thinking more about the pitcher and what he did rather than getting down the line quickly, Clemens said. I was more concerned with what transpired between me and the pitcher more so than the game.Green said he wont fine Clemens, but indicated that he had gotten under his skin for other minor things during the game.He made the right decision, Clemens said about Greens disciplinary move. I have the utmost respect for the skipper. I understood it completely.Thompson (0-1) gave up six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He was a key partt of last years trade of Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers.ddddddddddddChristian Bethancourt and Yangervis Solarte each had three RBIs.Buddy Baumann (1-0) relieved Clemens and pitched 1 2/3 innings with three strikeouts to earn the victory.Pinch hitter Jimmy Paredes hit a two-run homer to highlight a three-run ninth after San Diego went ahead 9-4 in the eighth.The Padres padded their cushion in the sixth on a two-run single by Solarte, forging ahead 8-3.Consecutive doubles in the fifth pushed the Padres in front 5-3, with Wil Myers hit driving in Travis Jankowski. Ryan Schimpf added a sacrifice fly for a 6-3 edge.Ryan Howards second extra-base hit, a booming double, brought in Maikel Franco after he opened the fourth with a single, slicing the Padres advantage to 4-2. Howard came around on Freddy Galvis groundout, making it 4-3.Howard smacked his 16th homer in the second inning, a one-out blast traveling 421 feet, to pull the Phillies to within 4-1. It was the sixth homer allowed by Clemens in three starts with the Padres.The Padres ambushed Thompson for four first-inning runs as they sent eight batters to the plate for a 4-0 lead.I wasnt nervous, I was kind of amped up, Thompson said. Especially in the first inning, I wasnt able to spin the ball for strikes or get fastballs down in the zone.Phillies manager Pete Mackanin saw a youngster trying to do too much.Thompson was overthrowing obviously, he said. He was pumped up, it was his major league debut. Its obvious he has good stuff, but he just lacked command.Jankowski, who scored four runs, extended his five-game hitting streak with three hits and he reached on a walk. ' ' '