first pitch: 10:05 a.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Chris Young (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs Brian Moehler (0-0, 27.00 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN.com
“Breakfast!” Good morning everybody,
The sun is up and there’s lots of toast and jelly
Wash Wash, you gotta wash the dishes
If you’re gonna eat upon ‘em, ya gotta wash ‘em.
You can get it if you really want,
you gotta try hard, try hard
(P.S. Keep on the sunny side)
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According to the U-T and padres.com, Williams threw two knuckleballs yesterday — one produced a strikeout and the other resulted in a weak foul.
BP wrote something on Tim Stauffer in “Future Shock” talking about make or break prospects from the 2003 draft
“Tim Stauffer, rhp, Padres (No. 4, $750,000)
While he was the fourth overall pick in the draft, we need to judge him more as a second-round pick, as Stauffer admitted to a shoulder problem after being selected and agreed to a bonus roughly one quarter of what he would have received if healthy. While he didn’t need surgery, he’s never shown the same stuff as he did in college at Richmond, and he’s gotten worse across the board at each higher level:
Level IP ERA H/9 W/9 K/9
Hi A 35.1 1.78 7.1 2.3 7.7
AA 51.1 2.63 9.8 2.3 5.8
AAA 156.2 4.32 9.9 2.5 6.5
MLB 81.0 5.33 10.2 3.2 5.4
His 15-game stint in the big leagues last year earned him a return engagement at Triple-A Portland. He’s one of those guys who is going to get plenty of looks and chances because of what he once was, and he could still be shuttling back and forth between Triple-A and the majors ten years from now if he wanted to. Sounds like John Wasdin. “
Would Woody have wafted more wobblers without so much wind? The breeze was whipping, that can’t be too good for a knuckleball.
Alliteration aside, we went from having one of the best outfield defenses to one of the worst with a single pulled muscle. I like Sledge, but he doesn’t look comfortable in LF. Young was terrible. Roberts is badly miscast in CF.
ouch that’s a slap in the face… anyonne.. look at mlb.com on the rotating front part of it.. there’s a picture of Ramon Hernandez in a SD uniform.. c”mon find a current padre to put on that board
I thought wind was a good thing for a knuckleball — the more the wind whips, the more it moves. Of course, I suppose it depends on which way the wind was whipping . . . wow.
He only threw 68 pitches . . . maybe if we’ll see more knucklers if he gets up in the 90-100 range.
It seems like high wind would tend to knock a knuckleball off-target a long way from the plate. Instead of being fooled at the last second, the batter never thinks it’s anywhere near the strike zone. The ball doesn’t have the velocity or rotation to fight through the breeze. But I could be totally wrong.
Double for Sledge. Nice.
I love Gameday . . .I’m not going to get any work done the rest of the day.
Sounds like Giles was robbed.
looks like it — gameday has the ball at the 410 mark in CF
Yup, not much work done for me either this morning.
I think we can probably say now . . . Kahlil Greene . . . en fuego
Greetings all!
Leave it to me to start watching when we walk the first two hitters in an inning…
How does Mike Jacobs steal 2 bases in one inning? Is Young just not paying attention to him, or is Piazza’s arm really that bad?
My guess is that it is a combination of both Piazza’s poor arm and Young being slower to the plate.
Marlins radio announcers said Jacobs stole third off Young.
Hey Piazza threw someone out!
That (Piazza throwing out Uggla) will stop the impunity …
Young thru 4 IP … Moehler thru 5 IP …
Pitches-strikes – C Young 59-36; B Moehler 79-45.
Ground balls-fly balls – C Young 2-5; B Moehler 4-4.
Batters faced – C Young 15; B Moehler 22.
Thru 5 full …
San Diego 3, Florida 0
Preview – Box Score – GameChannel – Recap
(2-4)
Top 6th 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 8 0
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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San Diego
D. Roberts CF 1-3
T. Sledge LF 2-3
B. Giles RF 1-3
M. Piazza C 0-3
A. Gonzalez 1B 3-3
K. Greene SS 1-2
V. Castilla 3B 0-1
J. Barfield 2B 0-2
C. Young P 0-2
Batting Pitching
Top 6th
B:1 S:0 O:0
K. Greene
1-2, .269
Last AB: Strikeout B. Moehler
5.0 IP, 8H, 2ER, 6K
Last Play: A. Gonzalez singled to center
Florida
E. Reed CF 0-2
H. Ramirez SS 1-2
M. Cabrera 3B 0-2
M. Jacobs 1B 0-1
J. Willingham C 0-1
D. Uggla 2B 0-1
C. Aguila LF 0-2
R. Abercrombie RF 0-2
B. Moehler P 0-2
= Due up
San Diego Inning Summary
- A. Gonzalez singled to center
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd: San Diego
- J. Barfield grounded out to third, A. Gonzalez scored, K. Greene to third, V. Castilla to second
- K. Greene scored, V. Castilla to third on passed ball
Top 3rd: San Diego
- A. Gonzalez singled to deep left, T. Sledge scored
San Diego
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
D. Roberts cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .227
T. Sledge lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .250
B. Giles rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .294
M. Piazza c 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .227
A. Gonzalez 1b 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 .385
K. Greene ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .269
V. Castilla 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .208
J. Barfield 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .240
C. Young p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250
Totals 22 3 8 2 1 6 7
Batting
2B – T Sledge (1, B Moehler); K Greene (1, B Moehler).
RBI – J Barfield (1), A Gonzalez (3).
2-out RBI – A Gonzalez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – M Piazza 1, D Roberts 1.
Team LOB – 4.
Base Running
Picked Off – D Roberts (1st base, B Moehler).
Florida
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
E. Reed cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
H. Ramirez ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .444
M. Cabrera 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240
M. Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200
J. Willingham c 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .348
D. Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .217
C. Aguila lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
R. Abercrombie rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125
B. Moehler p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 15 0 1 0 3 5 7
Batting
2B – H Ramirez (4, C Young).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – M Cabrera 1, R Abercrombie 1.
Team LOB – 3.
Base Running
SB – M Jacobs 2 (2, 2nd base off C Young/M Piazza, 3rd base off C Young/M Piazza).
CS – D Uggla (1, 2nd base by C Young/M Piazza).
Fielding
PB – J Willingham.
San Diego
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
C. Young 5.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 3.48
Florida
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
B. Moehler 5.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 10.29
Pitches-strikes – C Young 75-47; B Moehler 79-45.
Ground balls-fly balls – C Young 2-7; B Moehler 4-4.
Batters faced – C Young 18; B Moehler 22.
… CY lookin’ good!
Whoops … sorry ’bout that cut&paste mess
Vinny did something! Vinny did something! 2-run jack, driving in the on-base machine AGon.
Termell Sledge — Regular LF when Cameron returns?
Barfield — another SB . . . give it right back to them, Josh!
Maybe Blum will get some PT today
CY thru 6 …
Pitches-strikes – C Young 101-62; B Moehler 94-53; R Nolasco 14-10.
Ground balls-fly balls – C Young 2-9; B Moehler 4-5; R Nolasco 1-0.
Batters faced – C Young 23; B Moehler 26; R Nolasco 3.
… Padres w/ 2-on top o’ 7 …
AGon’s having quite a game. I do hope the kid keeps this up, it will take some of the sting off of our pitching. Anyone watching, has CYoung looked as good as his numbers?
Whassup with Piazza doing his Sweeney impersonation (ie. getting thrown out on the bases / at the plate)???
Bruce, I’ll have to review my Tivo for ideas on how well Young is throwing. It’s a lineup with so many young kids. He seems to have gone deep in some counts.
Whassup with Piazza still being in the game? Why are we carrying 3 catchers if not to get him some rest when the game is out of reach?
I’m really surprised that Piazza is still in there.
Young’s done for the day, leaving up 7-0. Of course his replacement, Brian Sweeney immediately starts the 7th with two straight hits and a run aided by Sledge’s error. 7-1. Is it too early to panic with our bullpen?
TW – agree! Put in a pinch-runner for him … even if it’s Mirabelli or Bowen!
TW, yeah I don’t want to get carried away about Young since he is effectively facing a AAA lineup, but he’s been solid in his two starts. I guess we will know more about FLA tomorrow when Braz takes the hill. If he shuts them down, they we can temper our enthusiasm, or get wildly carried away.
Has Trevor pitched at all yet?
No Trevor sightings yet.
Nick – No.
Until the sixth inning of today’s game, the Padres had committed just one error. Since then, they’ve made one error in the 6th, 7th and 8th. Weird, eh?
Meant to say “committed one error all season”.
Current Marlins pitcher’s last name is Resop, which spelled backwards is Poser.
Geoff, don’t say I never add anything of value to these conversations…
Great … Piazza gets one inning of rest … eh, better than nuthin’, I s’pose …
BG – well done! Who knew? What’s it mean?
Any chance Linebrink is under orders to create a “save situation” for Trevor???
Trevor paid Scottie a hundred bucks to put some runners on so he could get a save. lol
That’s a wrap … 7-2 … Linebrink with 20 pitches in 9th (2 hits) … nice game for Adrian Gonzalez (4 hits, 2 Rs, 2 RsBI) …
It turns out Trevor has pitched. He pitched an inning late in Saturday’s game giving up a run on 2 hits, striking out 1. No one was watching at that point so it was easy to miss.
Wow, another win on the road. YooHoo!
Say what you will about the Marlins, but I’ll be suprised if they finish last in the NL East.
Well, had tickets to either giants game (tue and wed) while I’m up here and both rained out. Be nice to see the sun again in SD soon.
As bad as our starting pitching has been (not counting yesterday and today), I’m still glad we didn’t trade for Wells … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260412102 …
Carillo’s had 2 nice starts down at AA Mobile … here’s box for 2nd one … http://tinyurl.com/z8ak4
… as has Jared Wells … http://tinyurl.com/fr2mq
And Leone continues his torrid start at AAA Portland … http://tinyurl.com/jozfg … HR #5 tonight …
Ekstrom with 2 nice starts at A Lake Elsinore … http://tinyurl.com/zwxvb … Headley struggling … hmmm, I thought I’d heard he was going to start @ AA Mobile … yikes … but in an odd note, he play’d SS for the Storm tonight???
Darly Jones off to a good start at low-A Ft. Wayne … http://tinyurl.com/ggsvy …
Thanks for the update LM. I, for one, cannot wait to see Carrillo. Hope he’s as good as advertised . .
Worthy of note — Kottaras hitting .375 at Mobile.
Also, Matt Bush is on LE’s roster, hasn’t played a game. I don’t know if he’s hurt or something . . .
Nick: Yes, Bush is hurt — fractured tibia will keep him out 6-8 weeks:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20060406-9999-2s6padnotes.html