It didn't take long for Yu Darvish to engage in his first Major League standoff. Darvish gave up a leadoff double in the second inning to Padres outfielder Will Venable on Wednesday. When the Japanese right-hander was asked about it after the game, he said he thought the hit was wind-aided. "With the dry air in Arizona and the wind blowing out, it carried the ball," Darvish said through an interpreter. "It didn't seem like a ball that was hit that squarely." Venable was informed of Darvish's comments after the game and told the media that "maybe his perception of reality isn't right on." When pressed about it situation later in a radio interview, Venable opened up more. "I think the wind saved it from being a home run," Venable said. "I also heard that he didn't think I hit it squarely. If that's the case, I don't think anyone has squared off a ball off of him. That's as well as I could hit a ball, to be honest. I don't know if something was lost in translation there. "I would have liked to hear a little more humility from the guy. To each his own. He's a confident guy. Of course I didn't square up a ball because he's Yu Darvish."