first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4
matchup: Woody Williams (1-1, 5.16 ERA) vs Noah Lowry (1-1, 4.58 ERA)
game previews: ESPN | CBS SportsLine | SI
AB BA OBP SLG
Williams vs current Giants 211 .270 .339 .422
Lowry vs current Padres 41 .341 .438 .561
Beware the middle infielders. Omar Vizquel is hitting .438/.550/.625 against Woody in 16 at-bats, Durham is at .467/.500/.667 in 15 at-bats. On the other side, a much smaller sample. Brian Giles and Ramon Hernandez have homers against Lowry.
Acknowledging that one of his starts came at Coors Field, Williams has been getting hit pretty hard in the early going. So far, the further he goes into a game, the better he gets. Friars need to start winning some games; let’s hope Woody goes pretty far tonight.
Source: ESPN. Stats through games of Apr. 24, 2005.
I would be surprised. I don’t think Bochy would do it even if it were for the best.
Again going for Burroughs’ legs…
Geoff- huh?
Interesting decision to let Woody hit here.
Giants pitcher threw one right at Burroughs’ feet, made him hit the deck.
I don’t think it was intentional; this guy is all over the place.
Thanks.
Woody strikes out, Pads leave two in scoring position.
Damn. What’s Nady doing that far down in the lineup, anyway?
That was a filthy breaking ball to punch out Vizquel.
Good question about Nady. Most of his at-bats this year have come in the #7 spot.
It’s ridiculous. Boch doesn’t want to hurt the feelings of Nevin and Giles or something…
Nady and Klesko have been the team’s best hitters. They ought to be hitting 3-4 until that’s no longer true.
Loretta was robbed.
LynchMob isn’t here, so I’ll do the honors: Portland lost to Salt Lake tonight, 18-8, thanks to an 11-run seventh. Homers for Damian Jackson and Jon Knott. Former Padre prospect Eric Cyr gets the win.
Durham go up for it?
Mobile lost to Chattanooga, 10-2. Travis Chick gave up 7 ER in 2.2 IP.
http://www.mobilebaybears.com/news/article.asp?NID=2003
Yeah, Durham made a nice play on Loretta. Mud and Mark were already calling it a single.
Mud and Mark are always a little ahead of themselves.
Ft. Wayne and Burlington split a DH.
http://www.wizardsbaseball.com/news/news.asp?newsId=532
Klesko gets ahead in the count, 3-0, strikes out with runners at first and second to end the eighth. In his defense, that was a nice pitch by Eyre.
For all the Hyzdu fans: he has an RC27 of NEGATIVE 1.63. ha
bring Williams back in
That was a tremendous catch by Loretta in foul territory down the right field line. Where would we be without Loretta…
Loretta is like Kelly Leak. He has to cover everyone’s ass.
Nice dive-n-throw by Burroughs. See, our defense is good sometimes
Great diving stop by Burroughs on a ball hit by Matheny ends the inning. This game shouldn’t even be close. Did I mention that already?
Only about ten times, Geoff. It’s STILL an understatement.
Trevor Time. He abuses Niekro for the first out.
Durham is 2 for 4 against Trevor. Both hits are doubles.
Did he ever look stupid on that strikeout. Wow. “Just missed it, Ray,” said Grant.
Trevor abuses Durham, two outs. This is Vizquel’s first time up against Hoffman.
Vizquel singles. Not hit hard…
“Abuse” is your word of the day, Geoff?
Snow is the tying run. Career against Hoffy: .231/.333/.231 (13 AB).
Defensive indifference.
Punch him out, Hoffy.
Hell yes!
Blum is the player of the game and he now leads the Pads in HRs doesn’t he?
Death. Taxes. Hoffman.
Hoffman strikes out the side, Pads win. That was sweet. Dodgers lost, too.
Thanks for the chat, gents; till next time…
That’s excellent.
Interesting graph on the OPS by number of pitches. First, I was like “Wow. They really do improve with pitches.” But then I was thinking about some adverse selection problems. Woody is probably only going to get to 90+ pitches on a good night; or, at least, he won’t get there on a horrendous night. So there are probably a lot of crappy starts hidden in the under 90 pitches. You might compare is OPS by pitch count within games where he pitched a minimum number of pitches. Interesting stat, nonetheless. Nice to see a win. I live up in SF, but my week is too busy to catch them on this run. In the last five years or so, I have probably been to 10 games up here. It is brutal being surrounded by Giants fans, especially how they have abused the Pads since 1998 (last year was better). I made it one game at Petco, and though Tankersly lost to the Brewers, it was great being surrounded by Padres fans.