first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT
television: none
matchup: Woody Williams (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Sergio Mitre (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN.com
The Padres hit the road following a season-opening home stand that can charitably be described as disastrous. In the five games at Petco Park, they were outhit, .306/.362/.544 to .229/.298/.357, and outscored, 36 to 19. The bright spots on offense have been Brian Giles and Adrian Gonzalez. And all you need to know about the pitching is that some of the best performances so far have come from Scott Cassidy, Alan Embree, and Chan Ho Park.
Woody Williams gets the call today out of the bullpen in place of the injured Shawn Estes. According to the North County Times, Williams has been working on a knuckleball. Apparently no less an authority than Doug Mirabelli, who caught knuckler Tim Wakefield in Boston, has called Williams’ pitch “excellent.”
On the other side of the diamond, Florida is also off to a 1-4 start, although theirs is due more to luck than being dominated by the Rockies. The Marlins have scored just as many runs (21) as they’ve allowed. Rookies Hanley Ramirez and Josh Willingham are leading the charge on offense, and Miguel Cabrera is always a threat, as is youngster Jeremy Hermida. Former Padres Miguel Olivo and Matt Herges now play for the Marlins.
And speaking of San Diego connections, today’s starter, Mitre, is a local product (sweet, he has his own Wikipedia page) acquired this off-season from the Cubs in a deal that sent Juan Pierre to Chicago. Mitre, just 25 years old, spun six shutout innings in his first start of the season, notching the Marlins’ lone victory thus far, an 11-2 shellacking of the Astros exactly one week ago.
Today, something has to give. One of these teams will walk away with their second win of the young season. The other will just walk away.
It will be interesting to see if Piazza stays in for all three games in this series because of the Eastern times of the games 405, 105, 105.
Also today.. Padres CEO Sandy Alderson (alum) visited Dartmouth for a lecture/Q&A session on baseball and business.
BPro ranks the Padres dead last in MLB for the first week. Harsh but fair I suppose.
When you’re rocked by the Rockies to the point that Jake Peavy’s line starts to resemble Dewon Brazelton’s line, you know it’s been a rough week (memo to Kevin Towers: you have seen the back of Brazelton’s baseball card before, no?). With Ryan Klesko down for 2-4 months with shoulder surgery, Adrian Gonzalez gets his shot, which might be a good thing, though PECOTA sees only a .254/.313/.411 line in his crystal ball. With Shawn Estes bound for the DL, bringing back both Chan Ho Park and Woody Williams, things may get worse before they get better.
I’ll say right now that if AGon doesn’t hit better than .254 I’ll eat a Sean Burroughs jersey.
yea I saw that on BP . but I think their projection for Gonzalez looks a bit low right now I think he can hit .259-.264 range.
Homer. Khalil.
Anyone watching? Seen any knucklers?
Anyone else have problems posting comments this morning?
Hey, for any of you DS#2′ers out there … Edwin Encarnacion, Reds 3B, hit a grand slam today
News on former Padres … Chris Hammond got 2 guys out today … t hus lowering his ERA to 72.00 …
hah. nice Lynch mob.. anyone know where Marlins CFer Reggie Abercrombie’s throw went.. I think it’s still sailing off toward the Padre dugout.
Ryguy … you in DS#2?
Sledge with an RBI … Padres up 2-1 batting in top o’ 4th …
The Weighted Mean projection which you cited is conservative by its nature.
what’s DS#2?
Coleman is discussing the possible bunt. Why give a guy an out after he lets the first two batters get on base?
Mitre can’t seem to find the plate.
Three run shot!
I can’t believe I forgot to put him back in my starting lineup…
no doubt about that one.
but what is DS#2? did I miss something?
Ry,
I think that is a reference to the Ducksnorts Fantasy League #2.
oh . I’m in the NL Only. I’m “East Coast RedFoxes”
Single day rate stats are useless, but still entertaining (at least to me).
Khalil is slugging 2.667 this afternoon.
I got shut out of both
Anyone watching video of this game? Only have Gameday here at the office.
I’m watching video .. florida FSN. it just got screwy then I logged back on, right in time for Khalil Greene’s 3run shot.
Woody is starting to look like Woody again.
Williams gone after 68 pitches and only 5 innings.
please. let’s see the yank. Boch. take him out.
Bruce … are you in DS#2? (yes, this means the Yahoo Ducksnorts League #2)
Ryguy … or anyone else watching the game … seen Woody float any knucklers?
Marlins rallying off Embree in bottom of 6th … currently 5-2 …
If it were Chris Young, Bochy would have yanked him after the first double to the AAA SS instead of letting him face the best two hitters on the team. But Bochy must have had confidence in his “gritty veteran” (TM) to get out of the jam. *sigh*
haven’t seen any knucklers. I’m guessing woody would break em out if Mirabelli was in there. now Embree is in to face the lefty Jacobs. then maybe Hensley..
gotta build that bridge to Linebrink and Trevor
Wow, that was a messed up comment …
Bruce … I see you’ve said you didn’t get in either league … bleh … sorry ’bout that …
And now i see that the rally’ing was off Woody … we’ll see how Embree does in his relief … it’s grim … 2-on 0-out …
Bruce, I think Woody did have a good groove and he was only through five and threw around 70 so Boch wanted to see if he can try and work through it.,
Embree gets a line-out-double-play! Now 1-on, 2-out! Yes, the bridge is building
Ry, I hear you, but the double standard is glaring. Woody hasn’t been streched out in at least two weeks, and Bochy wants to tax him in that climate? CYoung was in a good groove the other night two, but Bochy didn’t hesitate to yank him.
5-3 … Willingham with RBI single …
I would have left Woody in after the double, too. He hadn’t thrown 70 pitches and had looked good until then.
Nince job by Embree to get out of that jam. It’d be nice to get those runs back.
As long as we are bringing up absurd Khalil stats…he is on pace for 108 HR and 270 RBI
The black holes in the #1 and 2 spots are getting old quick. Guzman is off to a nice start in Portland (showing some power). Maybe.
If you adjust for park effects, he’s bound to hit them at a higher rate than he has at PetCo & Dolphin Stadium.
I think 108 is a realistic # for Khalil.. and yea Jon S I think this lineup needs to be tinkered with (Sledge move somewhere) before Cameron returns
Guzman deserves a shot.
Well, we got one back.
I’d bat DR ninth.
I would like to see AGon in the #2 hole and Sledge/BJ in #6 or 7 unitl Cam gets back. The problem is still where to hide Vinny other than stuffing him in his locker.
I’d bat Vinny seventh in front of the pitcher.
I’m a HUGE Guzman fan … I hope he ends up in Padres’ LF … it’d be gravy if he’d hit lead-off with .370+ OBP … he’s fun fast!
Hensley in for bottom of 7th …
I’d be happy with anyone who has a .370+ OBP for the Padres.
Giles is currently the only Padre capable of such an achievement.
Barfield
Khalil
Giles
Piazza
AGon
Vinny
Ben J./TS
DJ/Cam