first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4
matchup: Woody Williams (3-5, 4.13 ERA) vs Joel Pineiro (2-4, 5.57 ERA)
previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com

I was running around town yesterday so I only got to listen to Saturday’s 8-5 victory over the Rainiers on the car radio. Now that I’ve seen highlights on TV, I have three thoughts (which is three more than I usually have):

1. Those throwback unis the Pads wore are sweet. I wouldn’t mind seeing the guys bust those out again sometime.
2. How in the heck did Xavier Nady hit that pitch out to left field? How did he hit it out, period?
3. After so many no-decisions earlier in the season, it was good to see Jake Peavy get a little help from his offense. Peavy didn’t have his best stuff yesterday but thanks to homers from Nady, Khalil Greene, and Mark Sweeney, and a two-run double (to right no less) off the bat of Sean Burroughs, the Padres ace was able to pick up the W.

Also, I got to wondering if Peavy’s struggles might have been related in some way to the high pitch count of his previous start, but the available evidence doesn’t really support that theory. Here are all the starts in which Peavy has thrown 120+ pitches (white), followed by his subsequent start (grey):

I still would prefer not to see a whole lot of those starts. OTOH, when you consider that only 4 of his 91 career starts falls into that category, it’s not so bad.

Sunday afternoon marks the finale of interleague play (remind me again why they do this now?). Two veteran right-handers go at it:

                               AB   BA  OBP  SLG

Williams vs current Mariners  150 .253 .341 .427
Pineiro vs current Padres      58 .224 .250 .328

I will be out at today’s affair. Enjoy the game, and let’s take the series!