IGD: Padres vs Braves (22 May 06)
Mon, May 22, 2006
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Jake Peavy (3-4, 3.77 ERA) vs John Smoltz (3-2, 3.47 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | ESPN
The battle of the best hitting catchers in baseball begins tonight at Petco Park, as the Braves come to town for a three game set. Atlanta’s top backstop, Brian McCann, is listed as day-to-day due to a sprained left ankle. If he is unable to go, Hilltop High’s Todd Pratt will get the call.
Heckuva pitching matchup in the opener, with Jake Peavy going up against John Smoltz. Now would be a good time for the Padres to snap out of their current funk. At home, with Peavy on the mound? Can’t think of a better way to do it.
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May 22, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Hello, everyone. Need a win tonight.
May 22, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Peavy got through the first inning with 15 pitches, 11 for strikes. Two punchouts. He’s got the good stuff going.
May 22, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Does Ch4 use your stats on the padre catchers or was that all coincidence?
May 22, 2006 at 7:25 pm
So much for the good stuff…
May 22, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Langerhans? Ugh.
Ry: Probably coincidence.
May 22, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Peavy has faced seven batters. He’s fanned four of ‘em, given up two weak grounders, and served up the Langerhans homer. I just hope we can get some runs off Smoltz.
May 22, 2006 at 7:35 pm
How long do we stick with Gonzalez? Intellectually it makes sense to give him 500 major league at-bats, and his swing looks so nice, but in terms of winning a 670 OPS from first base won’t get it done. McAnulty must be wondering who he has to sleep with to get a start.
Hey look, Castilla had himself a quality at-bat!
May 22, 2006 at 7:48 pm
What is going on with Peavy? Yet again on pace to throw 100+ pitches in 6 innings.
May 22, 2006 at 7:57 pm
TW: Great question about P-Mac. I’m not ready to give up on Gonzo but I wouldn’t mind seeing P-Mac out there every once in a while.
May 22, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Peavy’s stuff is nasty tonight. Too bad about that one pitch. Hopefully, we’ll get some runs so Jake can forget about that one and make this start worthwhile. Piazza’s double is a start.
May 22, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Khalil works the count to 3-1, Smoltz hangs him a breaking ball and it’s a weak popup to third. Ack.
May 22, 2006 at 8:07 pm
He’s just not in a groove yet. I really do think when Khalil gets on a hot streak (whenever that may be) he’s really going to start punishing pitchers
May 22, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Peavy is dealing some filth. The changeup to Pratt and sinker to Smoltz this inning were ridiculous. He’s at 11 strikeouts through 5 innings.
May 22, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Anyone happen to know what the count was on Langerhans’ homer?
May 22, 2006 at 8:23 pm
0-1..
Cant expect Jake to pitch a shut out every time. we have to get him so runs..
May 22, 2006 at 8:29 pm
Peavy has got everything working. Thirteen strikeouts, six weak grounders, and a home run. This is as well as I’ve ever seen him pitch.
May 22, 2006 at 8:52 pm
He’s tied a franchise record with 15 punchouts. I’ll be watching this one again on TiVo after it’s over.
May 22, 2006 at 8:54 pm
This is unreal. Jake just struck out the side and has 16 through 7 innings. The only ball hit out of the infield off him left the yard.
May 22, 2006 at 8:55 pm
Make that a new franchise record at 16. Get us some runs offense!
May 22, 2006 at 9:00 pm
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May 22, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Smoltz is out … get PH’d for in 8th inning … Padres have 6 more outs vs Braves’ pen … game on!
May 22, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Jack Cust takes 3 walks … Ben Johnson 4 … as Portland rides Seth Etherton to a 7-2 win tonight … http://tinyurl.com/hjnhq
May 22, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Both of the big Wiz’s go yard … DJones’ 7th, Blanks’ 4th … http://tinyurl.com/ezdl4 … Nick Hundley with 2 doubles … Venable with 2 hits raise his avg to .310 …
May 22, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Seems like a repeat of Sat & Sun vs M’s … Camy & Giles don’t have good ABs late in game …
May 22, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Wow, Piazza crushed that ball.
May 22, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Yahoo says … M. Piazza homered to deep center
LM says … woulda been nice to have a man on base at the time … let’s go Khalil!
May 22, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Damn, Gonzalez just missed it. Warning track in left-center.
May 22, 2006 at 9:36 pm
Everyone keep their fingers crossed that we can scratch out a run so we don’t have to read in the paper tomorrow how long it’s been since someone K’ed 16 and LOST
May 22, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Some between innings humor … while sitting next to Gary Reonicke at Safeco on Saturday night, he cracks me up … he called his son on his cell phone and says “Spicoli just hit a HR” … if you don’t know who Spicoli is, check this out: http://www.fu-manchu.com/morbidaj/spicoli.htm
May 22, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Oops … C. Jones homered to deep left center … Embree’s our best pitcher for this situation? Eh, I s’pose …
May 22, 2006 at 9:42 pm
D-backs win … Dogs & Giants both up 4-1 late … not a good day so far … 3 more out … RALLY CAPS TIME!
May 22, 2006 at 9:43 pm
The idea was to have Chipper up there from the right side. That was his first homer as a righty this season.
May 22, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Wow, Blum’s our best hitter to use in bottom of 9th? Eh, I s’pose …
May 22, 2006 at 9:53 pm
G’night, all …
May 22, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Blum is only our best hitter if we’ve used everyone but him and EY.
May 22, 2006 at 11:31 pm
That realy sucks for Peavy. he made one bad pitch and hundreds of good ones.. sucks to be the loser..
But he should send a message to the offense to do something even though they faced a good John Smoltz.