Hey, Padres won a game. Woo-hoo! Did ya see the bomb that Bubba Trammell hit off Mark Prior? Oh, my. And Tom Lampkin came through in a big way.

Speaking of the Cubs, how about that walk-off job by Edgar Renteria to cap a six-run ninth the other night? As exciting as it was to watch, I sure felt bad for Antonio Alfonseca, who was in absolute shock.

More trades. Indians sent lefty specialist Ricardo Rincon to the A’s for former college standout infielder Marshall McDougal. Maybe he’ll make Tribe fans forget about Brian Giles. Or not. And, in a headline writer’s wet dream, Boston picked up Cliff Floyd from the Expos for Sun Woo Kim and Seung Jun Song.

Down on the Padre farm…

Xavier Nady: two hits in four trips to the plate.

Brad Baker: six walks in three innings at Jacksonville. He’s issued that many free passes in three of his six Double-A starts. He’s walked four or more batters in all but one of his starts. Not good.

Khalil Greene: three knocks in four at-bats, with a double. Kevin Walker: two perfect innings, two strikeouts.

Justin Germano: eight innings, one run. Two walks in the game brings him to 19 for the season over 22 starts. Germano is one of the more interesting pitching prospects in the Padre system. I’ve heard him compared to Kansas City’s Jeff Suppan. Here’s a quick breakout of Germano by hit prevention:

Qmax(H)  G    IP   H  R ER HR BB  SO  ERA
      1  3  24.0  12  3  3  1  3  24 1.13
      2  5  32.0  21  7  7  2  4  26 1.97
      3  2  13.2  11  4  4  1  3   7 2.63
      4  0   0.0   0  0  0  0  0   0 ----
      5  4  25.2  32 12 11  5  1  20 3.86
      6  5  33.0  47 17 15  1  8  25 4.09
      7  1   5.0  12  6  5  1  0   4 9.00

total   22 145.0 149 55 48 12 19 112 2.98

I gave him an extra earned run in there somewhere, because the columns add up to 49, but he’s only allowed 48. I’ll have to go back and figure that out one of these days.