IGD: Padres vs Nationals (16 Sep 2005)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4
matchup: Jake Peavy (12-6, 2.93 ERA) vs John Patterson (8-5, 2.74 ERA)
preview: Padres.com

magic number: 12

As I’m writing this, ESPN has John Halama starting for the Nats Friday, with Patterson going on Saturday. I don’t know who will get the call, but Peavy vs Patterson is a lot more compelling so we’ll assume that’s the matchup.

You may recall that Patterson once was a top prospect in the Arizona organization (thank goodness he and Brad Penny aren’t part of the Snakes rotation these days). Healthy enough to make it through his first complete big-league season, Patterson is having a breakthrough year similar to what Peavy did in 2004. Here’s the tale of the tape so far this year:

John Patterson vs Jake Peavy in 2005
  Patterson Peavy
GS 27 27
IP/GS 6.36 6.72
ERA 2.73 2.93
H/9 7.76 7.05
HR/9 0.63 0.84
BB/9 2.88 2.23
SO/9 8.34 9.98
BA .234 .214
OBP .297 .266
SLG .335 .362

Patterson isn’t quite at Peavy’s level, but there’s no shame in that. Assuming Patterson is good to go, this should be one heckuva duel.

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12 Comments

  1. Kevin
    Posted September 15, 2005 at 11:51 pm | Permalink

    I’m pretty sure Patterson is starting. I work at The Washington Times, and that’s what we reported.

  2. LynchMob
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 9:44 am | Permalink

    Carillo didn’t pitch well … but Storm wins game #1 of the Cal League Champ Series … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&did=milb&t=g_box&gid=2005_09_15_sjgafx_lesafx_1

  3. dprat
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 10:10 am | Permalink

    Geoff,

    Thanks for the link to the Wetzel article on Bonds. Good stuff. I’ll be sure to boo him LOUDLY when I’m at the game on the 28th – somehow, I don’t think I’ll be alone.

    Also, re: the Storm. They were 29-40 in the 2nd half, but swept a 38-32 team 3-zip in the first round, and now have taken the opener of the best-of-5 championship against a 41-29 team. Note to Padres fans: anything can happen in a playoff series.

  4. Geoff Young
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 10:19 am | Permalink

    Good call, dprat. Everyone starts the playoffs 0-0.

  5. dprat
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 11:01 am | Permalink

    Ken Rosenthal on the Padres and the playoffs:

    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/4873448

  6. LynchMob
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

    BP on Padres … http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4447 … worth a quick read.

  7. Geoff Young
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 2:59 pm | Permalink

    Missed this one earlier. Glad we took Carillo:

    http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/news/050909hochevar.html

    What a mess.

  8. LynchMob
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 4:40 pm | Permalink

    JJ has walked and scored tonight … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250916223 :-)

  9. LynchMob
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

    GY, Jim Callis has a followup in yesterday’s AskBA column … http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/columnists/askba.html … agree’d it’s a mess … but it strikes me as unusually messy for Boras … it’s usually the owners/teams who are the screw-ups …

  10. Mark
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 7:14 pm | Permalink

    Nice start for Peavy in the 1st..

  11. Mark
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 7:17 pm | Permalink

    WOW !!!!! That was a shot by Ramon…

  12. Lance
    Posted September 16, 2005 at 8:10 pm | Permalink

    Can we ever take a lead and KEEP IT?!?!?