In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Giants (27 May 2005)
Fri, May 27, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4
matchup: Brian Lawrence (2-5, 5.47 ERA) vs Brad Hennessey (2-0, 3.66 ERA)
previews: ESPN | CBS | SI
Jake Peavy must’ve done something right Thursday night; he made the front page of ESPN and SI’s baseball web sites this morning. I didn’t get to watch the game, but I’ve read through your comments and it sounds like he pretty much dominated. I guess a two-hit shutout will do that. As for Royce Clayton, I think he’s closer to DeBarge than to Dave Chappelle’s Prince, but either would work in a pinch.
I don’t have time to break down the pitcher-batter matchups but here is how Lawrence does against the Giants (hint, be glad Barry Bonds isn’t around). And no Padres have faced Hennessey, so there.
X Factor
Xavier Nady entered the game as a defensive replacement for Ryan Klesko; he singled and scored in his only at-bat.
Go Pads!
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May 27, 2005 at 10:14 am
And go, Dave Roberts! Roberts is beating Payton by 300 OPS.
May 27, 2005 at 11:40 am
Royce Clayton is MLB’s version of the Voodoo Glow Skulls.
May 28, 2005 at 7:52 am
Brian Lawrence? Where did THAT come from? Well done!
May 28, 2005 at 11:28 am
That was some game B-Law pitched last night. How ’bout them Padres?