The answer is yes, but it took 12 innings. Bases loaded walk to Xavier Nady, who wasn’t supposed to play due to strep throat. But a win is a win, and especially after the opening day loss in Denver, I don’t think anyone is complaining.

Nice job, guys, on the in-game discussion yesterday. I’ll try to address some of the things you brought up in the comments.

Pregame ceremony did drag on a bit. Fortunately we missed most of it because we were still walking to the stadium. The Pirates introductions were interesting. Biggest cheers went to Oliver Perez, Benito Santiago, and Chula Vista native Ty Wigginton. A few folks remembered Jason Bay and Brian Meadows.

Jake Peavy? Dominant: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K. The only ball that was really well hit was the Matt Lawton double in the sixth. A little help from Phil Nevin and Peavy’s line looks even better. (Speaking of which, one thing I’m not looking forward to this year is watching Nevin and Ryan Klesko attempt to play defense on the same field, at the same time. Ugh.) Anyway, Peavy was running 93-95 mph with the fastball, according to the scoreboard. He also was working a real nice changeup and locating everything well. What else is new, right? First batter of the game was Lawton. Struck him out on three pitches. One other thing worth mentioning is that home plate umpire Dan Iassogna had a very generous outside corner. Not that Peavy didn’t throw great, but more than one hitter on both sides started trotting down toward first on balls that appeared to be outside, only to be called back to the plate.

Eric Young, getting the start in center in place of Nady, made a spectacular running grab to rob Bay of extra bases and end the first. Young separated his shoulder in the process and was unable to continue. Adam Hyzdu took over (and promptly made a terrific diving catch the next inning).

Trevor Hoffman looked okay. Not great, not horrible. Just okay. The two balls that went for hits weren’t real well struck, just well placed. Way too early to be seriously concerned about Hoffy.

It’s a win at home, and baseball is back in San Diego. Life is good.