first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Chan Ho Park (6-6, 4.64 ERA) vs Mark Hendrickson (4-11, 3.99 ERA)
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Padres won the opener at Chavez Ravine, 7-6 in 11 innings. Should’ve been over in regulation, but for the second straight game, the defense let down Scott Linebrink. Still, a win is a win and we’ll take it.
Chan Ho Park faces his old team Tuesday night, while the Dodgers counter with former NBA player Mark Hendrickson. This raises the obvious question: In a game of one-on-one between Hendrickson and Chris Young, who do you like?
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As much as I’d like to pick Young in the one-on-one matchup, I gotta go with the guy who played 100-plus NBA games. Plus, Young’s current foot issue would probably hurt his first step quickness.
That said, I hope Henderson gets dunked on, uh I mean taken deep, tonight. Repeatedly.
I still can’t believe the Dodgers’ scorer called the play where Sledge dropped the ball, a “hit.” Linebrink’s ERA took a tumble b/c of that homer.
I’ve seen more of that this road-trip than I can remember. It seems like at least twice in Frisco and last in LA… Chaps my hide!
I think it’s good that we cleared our throat with 107 posts earlier. Now we are ready for the game.
my fingers are nice and loose..
There is no reason for Adrian Gonzalez to bat sixth, when he has been the team’s best hitter.
Pretending there is such thing as Eric Young and since Giles gets on base but doesn’t hit for power anymore and Cameron hits for some power, this should be the lineup:
Roberts, lf
Giles, rf
Gonzalez, 1b
Piazza/Bard, c
Cameron, cf
Greene, ss
Barfield, 2b
Bellhorn, 3b
I like that lineup…the only concern I have about Gonzalez so far is that he doesn’t seem to hit well with men on base.
Damn, Park does a nice job there but they’re covering the bag because the runner is in motion; ergo double play to end the inning.
Cameron: 15th HR.
With that home run, Cameron has probably been our most productive hitter.
Actually, thanks to Giles’ 60 extra PA, it’s probably him.
Padres are 7th in the Majors in EQA coming into tonight’s game.
Gonzalez (.853) and Cameron (.822) have the hightest OPS among qualifers. Bard (1.055) and Piazza (.872) have the highest among all the players.
I guess Fernando Valezuela, Hideo Nomo and Juan Marichal to that question.
I was thinking Fernando as well… I like Nomo and Marichal as the other two..although I wouldn’t have guessed those on my own..
But I see what you are saying, Richard, about Giles because of the plate appearances. That makes sense.
Cameron put a beautiful swing on that home run, driving it out to right-center.
His first of the year?
Kenny Lofton: 1st HR of the season.
Adam Eaton made his Rangers debut tonight against the Yankees: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO, 78 pitches.
Nice call on the trivia question Kevin…
Thanks, I still have the Sports Illustrated with Fernando on the cover from 1981.
anybody want to chip in on the ihatechanho.com fund? I can just see the facade of the first three innings fading away (and of the first half of the season for that matter)…
What was the trivia question?
Chan Ho Park is the wins leader from Korea. Who are the wins leaders from Mexico, Japan and Dominican Republic?
As bad as our Pads get razzed for lack of hitting, just looking quickly through the lineup the Dodgers are throwing out there tonight makes me feel like we have murderer’s row or something. Ricky Ledee? Are you kidding? In the 5 spot? Saenz in clean-up? Toby Hall. The list goes on. The only good thing in the line-up tonight is a decent very top of the order…
“Strike two.” – Mark Grant
Ah, good one. The trivia question on Channel 4SD was who has hit the most homers at Dodger Stadium.
Mike Piazza.
re: lineup
As bad as Bochy can be, I think Grady Little is worse.
Gwynn and Grant say they’d rather play every day for a last place club than simply be on the roster of a contender. Vasgersian didn’t share that opinion.
Piazza was my guess. The answer is Eric Karros.
Christina Kahrl basically spits in Dusty Baker’s face:
“The particularly odd part of [Scott Williamson's] performance so far has been his struggles against right-handed hitters. That might improve some coming to PETCO, of course, and it will obviously help to have Bruce Bochy choosing when and how to use him instead of [Dusty] Baker,”
Interesting that Lofton is wearing #6 for the Dodgers. You know, he couldn’t do that if he played for the Padres.
And somewhere, LynchMob pops a vein.
I covet that Steve Garvey bobblhead.
I agree with Gwynn and Grant. Players want to play, and good players believe they can change the fate of that last-place team.
Piazza: 3B
I thought it was a triple. Sorry.
16-game hitting streak.
Piazza: 1,000 runs.
After looking fairly lost against Hendrickson his first two times up, Gonzo drives in Piazza with a double to right. Very nice.
Bruce Bochy looks likes Bobby Valentine — he lost his disguise.
Geez, how can you hit a fly ball to Lofton that’s not deep enough to score the runner from third?
And Chan Ho takes it upon himself to get it done. Unreal.
I think the sixth is usally fall-apart time for Chan Ho.
We got a call there. I think Izturis might have been safe.
Martinez swings at ball four and hits a harmless grounder to Khalil. Gotta get through pinch-hitter J. D. Drew now.
And once again, Cameron is a stud. Great throw to nail Hall at the plate. Let’s get Park out of there and score some more runs.
How can that ball to Ethier be a 2 base error when the one hit to Sledge last night was a double?
Meredith to work the 8th…have any of the TV guys said anything about Linebrink’s absence?
Notes from AP: Dodger Stadium holds some strange memories for RHP Chan Ho Park, who faced his former team at Chavez Ravine for only the second time in his career Tuesday night. On April 8, 1994, he made his major league debut there with an inning of mop-up relief — on the same night Atlanta’s Kent Mercker beat the Dodgers with a no-hitter. On April 23, 1999, Park gave up two grand slams to St. Louis’ Fernando Tatis — in the same inning. On June 5, 1999, Park triggered an altercation with Angels pitcher Tim Belcher after Belcher forcefully tagged him out on a sacrifice bunt up the first base line. Park shoved him with both hands, then forearmed him in the face and giving him a Karate kick — leaving Belcher with a spike wound on his left thigh and a bruised left forearm. On Aug. 24, 2000, at Chavez Ravine, Park hit his first big league home run an estimated 427 feet and pitched seven scoreless innings against the Montreal Expos en route to one of his career-high 18 wins. His only other start against the Dodgers in Los Angeles was Sept. 11, 2005, when he allowed two runs and three hits and hit two batters in a no-decision.
I love Danys Baez.
Gonzalez for El Presidente.
Gonzalez is really something.
Stu: Linebrink is warming up in the ‘pen right now. Since this is no longer a save situation, he’ll probably work the ninth.
No save situation now.
Never mind, Adkins is in there instead of Linebrink.
Geoff – thanks. I’m guessing Trevor was going to get the night off after getting the save on Monday and Sunday. As for the lack of a save situation, you gotta love it when the hitters score too many runs.
Scully broadcast names Adrian Gonzalez Player of the Game. I have to say I’m not tired of that.
Assuming the Padres field a lineup of Piazza, Gonzalez, Barfield, Bellhorn, Greene, Roberts, Cameron and Giles… the Lineup Analysis tool at Baseball Musings says the lineup should look like this:
Roberts, Piazza, Barfield, Gonzalez, Cameron, Bellhorn, Greene, Pitcher, Giles.
That would certainly be interesting.