In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Dodgers

first pitch: 1:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4
matchup: Tim Redding vs Jeff Weaver

Pads dropped Saturday night’s game, 8-3. The usual culprits: sloppy defense, poor clutch hitting. And now the club has lost shortstop Khalil Greene to a broken right ring finger. Of all the guys the Pads couldn’t afford to lose…

Anyway, today the two teams wrap up their three-game series at Dodger Stadium. The Padres look to #5 starter Redding to help avoid a sweep. Not exactly the position they wanted to be in, but there it is.

In limited action, the current Dodger batters have hit .297/.422/.568 over 37 at-bats against Redding. J.D. Drew and Hee Seop Choi each have a homer. For the Padres, Phil Nevin hit .329/.392/.657 against LA in 2004. He hasn’t done much against anyone so far this year. Now would be a good time to start.

I’ll be at Elsinore, watching Dave Roberts, among others. Feel free to hang out and chat; I’ll check in when I get home.

This entry was written by Geoff Young, posted on April 17, 2005 at 12:18 am, filed under In-Game Discussion. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

7 Comments

  1. Geoff Young
    Posted April 17, 2005 at 12:48 am | Permalink

    Speaking of Roberts, I forgot to mention he went 2 for 4 against San Jose in Saturday night’s game.

  2. Jay
    Posted April 17, 2005 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    Things may turn around, but early trends look like another .500-ish season. Greene and Young both out. The core power trio of Loretta, Giles, Klesko and Nevin looks like they’re aging. Loretta has started to look good again, same with Klesko. Giles gives you good at bats, but not quite the same as we traded for. And Nevin. The last time I checked, he had an OPS of .610 and chewed up a ton of at bats. Pushing him down in the order makes sense; I would push him to the bench against RHP until he gets his swing back. Of if he gets it back.

  3. jay
    Posted April 17, 2005 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

    Why Garcia? I did not get to see Blum’s glovework, but you put him at short and have Burroughs at third (against a RHP), and you have a stronger line up. Instead you get Garcia with 2nd and 3rd and one out strike out without seeing a strike his whole at bat. 5 down and low sliders, all out of the strike zone. The could have been Burroughs at bat, and I am guessing a much better at bat.

    Glad to Phil get a hit. I am watching this on Tivo as I work, so am making my comments in belated bursts.

  4. Richard
    Posted April 17, 2005 at 2:45 pm | Permalink

    3 Home Runs by the Dodgers. Redding is getting hammered. Dodger fans chant: Padres suck. They certainly have this weekend.

  5. Eric
    Posted April 18, 2005 at 7:10 am | Permalink

    what a depressing weekend. Thank God I was busy with other things. dang.

  6. Eric
    Posted April 18, 2005 at 7:11 am | Permalink

    what a depressing weekend. Thank God I was busy with other things. dang.

  7. LynchMob
    Posted April 20, 2005 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    Jay – I got a chuckle at your reference to Loretta, Giles, Klesko and Nevin as the power “trio” … those 4 may hit as many as other’s 3 :-)