IGD: Padres vs Brewers (10 May 06)
Wed, May 10, 2006
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Chan Ho Park (1-1, 4.12 ERA) vs Chris Capuano (4-2, 2.63 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
If you’re looking for a counterexample to the notion that the World Baseball Classic hurt pitchers, you could do worse than choose Chan Ho Park, for whom the WBC seemed to work wonders. Although Park isn’t the dominant pitcher he was at times with the Dodgers in the late-’90s, he has been surprisingly effective in early 2006.
How is Park doing it? One word: command. He is throwing fewer pitches per inning than ever before, which has allowed him to go deeper into games. Park’s strikeout numbers are well down from his glory years, but so are his walks. Opponents are reaching base at a .299 clip, the lowest mark against him since 1997.
Can Park keep doing it? Maybe, maybe not. But he’s already paid for, so anything positive is gravy. If he finishes the season with anything close to a 4.12 ERA I’ll be ecstatic.
On the other side, Chris Capuano is coming off what looked to be a career year and off to an even better start in 2006. He doesn’t throw hard but neither does he get hit hard. The league is batting just .210/.255/.341 against Capuano so far.
Should be a good matchup. I’ll be out at Petco Park tonight, so mind the fort while I’m gone. Talk it up, yo!
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May 10, 2006 at 6:07 pm
A guy we’ve rumor’d to be interested in, Dallas McPherson was recalled from Triple-A to the Angels yesterday …
http://tinyurl.com/orl99
May 10, 2006 at 6:17 pm
well there it is, Boch has restored my faith in his ability to screw up the liineup against lefties.
young, cameron, giles, bellhorn, greene, castilla, barfield, bard..
did ben johnson get caught with his hand in the cookie jar?
May 10, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Another pitcher none the worse for wear from the WBC is Aki. He’s closing in Texas and doing a fine job from what I’ve seen. Yossha!
May 10, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Boch says that Piazza has a “tight back” and gets a couple of days off.. bard today, bowen tomorrow..hmmmm?
May 10, 2006 at 7:26 pm
well, it looks like both pitchers are on their game. it could be a long night for the hitters. we need to manufacture a run some how.
May 10, 2006 at 8:31 pm
4th inning…3-0 Pads… and a good chance for us to get more…
May 10, 2006 at 8:36 pm
I wanna smack Castilla, I wanna smack Cameron, I wanna smack Bellhorn. If we lose this one, like last night, it will be blown chances to really blow it open early.
Repeat? Now go completely stagnant, swinging early in the count and let the other team catch up.
Frustrating AB’s to watch. Go deep, but cannot hold off on bad pitches.
May 10, 2006 at 8:41 pm
OK, with that catch, Cameron’s off my list.
May 10, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Chan Ho goes 98 pitches in 6 innings … 64 for strikes … 5/7 G/F … 7 hits + 1 BB + 4 K’s … nice job CHP! (actually, I think it’s PCH?)
May 10, 2006 at 9:14 pm
great pitching and great defense and a little bit of hitting..
its working so far..thats all we need it seems..
great job CHP
May 10, 2006 at 9:20 pm
yes, it is actually PCH (Pacific Coast Highway?)
May 10, 2006 at 9:25 pm
Chan Ho Park
May 10, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Pahk Chan Ho
May 10, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Sledge with 3 hits (2 doubles) + The Hammer with HR #8 tonight in Portland’s 5-0 win over Albq … http://tinyurl.com/osc8z
May 10, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Josh Bard….Josh Barfield…Jesse Barfield…Cecil Fielder…Prince Fielder…
…sorry guys, I’m in a weird mood.
Go Pads!
May 10, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Cassidy with 2 clean innings (with 2 K’s) … nice pickup (in DS#2) GY, that’ll get the Crushers a Hold
May 10, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Who is this Ben Johnson-guy that’s PH’ing for Cassidy?
Is he any relation to Xavier Nady?
May 10, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Is Sutcliffe drunk?
May 10, 2006 at 9:38 pm
Sutcliffe certainly sounds like he’s a little off.
May 10, 2006 at 9:40 pm
No offense? Check out this game … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260510112 … only run scored was on a BALK!
May 10, 2006 at 9:46 pm
The May-beat goes on … nice close by Hoffy (if you ignore the lead-off walk???) … Peavy tomorrow!
May 10, 2006 at 9:48 pm
new win streak…one in a row..
May 11, 2006 at 6:02 am
Sut was hammered! I can’t believe they let him in the booth, let alone gave him a microphone, in that condition.
May 11, 2006 at 10:06 am
Sutcliffe was wasted out of his skull. Anyone have a tape of that? They played clips of him this morning on 105.7, I couldn’t believe it last night.
“Hey Matty what are you still doing here in SanDiego?”-Sut “Hey Red Barron you were trivia question”-Matt trying to change the topic.
May 11, 2006 at 11:49 am
I too listened to 105.7 and the replay of Sut’s comments. Sounded to me like Sut was in the sauce!
May 12, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Sutcliffe was hammered. Here’s the video:
http://newscastdirector.blogsp.....on-tv.html