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The Rockies handed the Padres three losses this weekend and now it looks like the National League Wild Card is going to come down to the wire.  Six runs in a three games series isn’t going to cut it but despite the three losses, the Padres still control their own destiny with a razor thin […]

The Padres struggled out of the game in the second half and the Dodgers won all of their games to push the Padres into second place, a game down of the first place Dodgers.  Even in the one win, the Padres didn’t put up a ton of runs as the offensive struggles.  The Padres have […]

The Padres are back in first place after winning three straight and five out of their last six games and they’ve been playing some great baseball.  Their mediocre offense has put up 23 runs in their last two games and they have two more games against one of the worst team’s in baseball, the Baltimore […]

Just four days ago, there was a three way tie for first place in the National League West.  Now, after a three game sweep over the Dodgers and five wins in a row overall, the Padres have broken away from the pack, at least for the time being.
Jake Peavy looked mortal yesterday.  It was the […]

The Angels really helped out the Padres by sweeping the Dodgers and after taking two of three in Seattle, the Padres now sit just one game back of LA.  The weekend series was highlighted by two great pitching performances, one of which was a little surprising.  We expect some good pitching from Chris Young now […]

The last time I posted was almost three weeks ago and a big part of that was some system wide problems that I had with our network that made it extremely difficult to post.  Things have been fixed though so I’m hoping to get back into a regular schedule.
And it’s just in time because the […]

The Padres came back from a 4-1 deficit to tie it in the seventh only to be shut down the rest of the game and lose it in seventeen innings.  David Wells was hit hard early and he lasted only five frames after giving up the four runs.  Justin Hampson took the loss.  He pitched […]

The Padres evened their series up with the Dodgers with a 3-2 loss behind some great pitching by Greg Maddux.  He picked up the win and improved to 2-2 and he gave up two runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in seven solid innings.  This time Hoffman got it done and […]

This one was tough because normally, this game is in the bag.  Up 4-2, Trevor Hoffman came in to finish it up and he gave up four runs in the ninth.  He didn’t even finish the inning and Heath Bell and to come in to get the final out.  What makes it worse is Clay […]

Chris Young had a tough time yesterday against the Diamondbacks in the Padres 7-4 loss.  He dropped to 2-2 on the season and he gave up six runs (five earned) on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Rookie Justin Hampson was tagged for a run in two innings of relief.
Adrian Gonzalez continued to rake […]

It’s like I’m having flashbacks from last year. Jake Peavy struck out sixteen batters in seven shutout innings yesterday, yet due to a lack of run support and some shoddy work out of the pen, the Padres lost it 3-2.  Scott Linebrink gave up one of the runs in the eighth and then Trevor Hoffman […]

Welcome back to the National League Randy.  The Padres put on an offensive display last night as they dismantled the Diamondbacks 10-5.  Adrian Gonzalez had another big game and he went three for three with a walk, a homerun, three RBIs and three runs.  Khalil Greene went four for five with four RBIs and Jose […]

Greg Maddux was only mediocre in his start for the Padres and he would have had to have been excellent to win this one because of the lack of run support.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Khalil Greene had a nice day […]

Clay Hensley finally put together a solid start as the Padres picked up their third straight win.  He gave up two runs on ten hits and three walks in six innings.  The win improved his record to 1-3 on the season.
Adrian Gonzalez hit homerun number five in the 7-3 win.  Both he and Brian Giles […]

The Padres got more then enough offense yesterday in the Padres in 11-1 win over the Rockies.  Adrian Gonzalez led the way with a two for six game.  He homered, drove in four and scored twice.  Marcus Giles drove in two runs and Jose Cruz, Jr. and Brian Giles each scored two runs.
Chris Young cruised […]

It wasn’t Jake Peavy’s best start, but he made up with it at the plate.  He gave up five runs on ten hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 to improve to 3-0.  While that’s not particularly impressive, he did go two for two with a doube, a triple, two RBIs and […]

A pretty solid start by David Wells went to waste last night as the Padres hitters couldn’t put much together. Wells gave up just two runs on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.  Mike Thompson took the loss and he gave up three runs in the twelfth.  Give […]

Geoff Blum doubled home a run in the top of the fourteenth as the Padres finished with a split in their two games series with the Cubs.  Greg Maddux blew a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning but from that point on, the relief core was excellent.  Five relievers combined to hold the Cubs to […]

The Cubs had been struggling, but so had Clay Hensley.  Something had to give and it was Hesley who was hammered in a tough loss to a struggling team.  He gave up ten runs on eleven hits and three walks with a strikeout in five innings and you wonder why he was left out there […]

Chris Young had a rough time yesterday on the national scene as the league celebrated Jackie Robinson day.  Young was roughed up for five runs on seven hits and five walks (he even walked Randy Wolf twice) and he dropped to 1-1 on the season.
Jose Cruz, Jr. hit a solo homerun as the Padres never […]

The Padres evened up their series with the Dodgers last night behind a very strong outing by Jake Peavy.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts and he’s now a perfect 2-0.  It’s interesting that Peavy’s strikeouts are a touch down yet he’s as effective as […]

This one was over before the half way point as Padres pitchers gave up nine runs in the first five innings.  David Wells took it on the chin and he gave up five runs on eight hits in just 2 1/3 innings.  Mike Thompson was also knocked around for four runs in 3 2/3 innings.
The […]

Now this is what we came to expect from Greg Maddux.  After a rough first start, he threw six shutout innings last night as the Padres won their sixth game of the season.  He gave up six hits and he struck out six in the nice start. 
Marcus Giles had a good game at the plate.  […]

Clay Hensley had his second straight rough start in a 6-5 loss to the Giants.  He gave up six runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in just 4 1/3 innings.
The Padres scored two late runs in the ninth and tried to come back but the deficit was just too […]

That’s a pretty pricey shutout Chris Young threw last night.  The Padres were so impressed, they locked him up to a four year, $14.5 million contract extension that’ll take him through 2010 and then there’s a team option for 2011.  This is huge and the price is very reasonable for a guy who’s definitely a […]

While not your standard game at PETCO, this is definitely the type of score you’d expect from two great young pitchers.  Chris Young threw seven shutout innings and while he may not have been much better then Matt Cain, he walked away with the win.  Young gave up just four hits and two walks with […]

Last night it was Adrian Gonzalez.  This afternoon it was rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff who came through with the late inning heroics.  With the game tied 1-1. Kouzmanoff drove home Khalil Greene with a walk off RBI single to win it.  The other Padre run came in the sixth when Jose Cruz, Jr. hit a solo […]

Adrian Gonzalez hit a huge walk off RBI double in the bottom of the ninth yesterday as the Padres topped the Rockies 3-2.  Gonzalez also drove in the tying run earlier in the game in the seventh inning on a sac. fly so it was pretty solid game for the first baseman.
David Wells had a […]

Greg Maddux was knocked around by the Rockies last night in a 4-3 loss.  The future Hall of Famer gave up four runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Give some props to the pen though because Heath Bell and Mike Thompson held the Rockies to one hit […]

The Padres lost their first game of the season last night.  They outhit the Giants 10-8 but only pushed across three runs as Clay Hensley was knocked around.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Josh Bard singled twice and drove in two while Khalil […]