first pitch: 12:10 p.m., PT
television: none
matchup: Jake Peavy (4-10, 5.10 ERA) vs Brad Penny (4-11, 3.99 ERA)
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Since striking out 16 Braves on May 22, Jake Peavy is 1-5 with a 7.01 ERA over nine starts. I don’t have any easy answers for his struggles, and I doubt anyone else does either — otherwise he wouldn’t be struggling.
No TV Wednesday afternoon as the Pads go for the sweep in LA before heading to Denver for four against the Rockies.
Padres Gal – you can get impregnated by three guys, but you might have better luck if you become an NBA fan.
OK, that was wrong. I apologize.
Back to the Pads – this might be just what the doctor ordered for Jake. Get a lead, a couple of hits and he relaxes a little out there and his muscle memory and natural talent just takes over. 5 K’s already is a good sign.
re: Kevin Towers
I don’t think that is a high number of GMs to be talking to. Jim Bowden talked to 27 teams yesterday. Usually, talking to 10-15 teams produces only one deal.
LOL Kevin and farquaad! I can tell I am going to love posting on this site.
C’mon, Jake, don’t let ‘em back in this. Oh, you didn’t.
Welcome to the board SD Pad Gal.
I’m glad that the error only cost peavy 4 more pitches and no damage.
It’s cool SDPad’sGal but to be honest I did get a mental imagine of Bard, Barfield and Peavy on the Montel Williams anxiously awaiting the results of a paternity test telling them they were not your baby’s dady!
Peavy is not a two-year wonder. Unless he remains hurt forever, like Wood and Prior.
KRS1
that sounds like a steve garvey moment
I forget who said it but look at zito he had a down year and bounced back.
Steve Garvey is not my Padre.
But he is my favorite player of all time.
Please, get impregnated by 3 Padres.
But, don’t bring up Montel ever again on this site.
Peavy is dealing and decided not to let what’s happening to Clemens happens to him also, thus, the RBIs.
Excellent!
Garvey was a little before my time but are you trying to say he was baseball’s Shawn Kemp?
Kevin:
Garvey, a favorite? On field or off field activity?
A note from RotoWorld:
“Triple-A Portland’s Jack Cust followed up a five-walk game on Monday with three more base on balls yesterday, giving him 100 walks this season.
Cust, still just 27 years old, is batting .289/.463/.518 with 17 homers in 311 at-bats. He never made much sense for the Padres, but perhaps the bounce-back season will convince some AL club to let him compete for a DH job next year.”
Let’s be honest, Jake hasn’t been losing because of run support. He’s been getting crushed. But today he seems to be straightened out.
Steve Garvey was the recepient of another of paternity suits. That’s what they are saying.
KRS1
lets just say Garvey has alot of kids who dont share the same last name.
that was a good inning from penny im suprised the still pulled him.
He was my favorite for his on-the-field exploits. I became a baseball fan in 1980-81. I picked him and the Dodgers. When he left for the Padres after the 1982 season, I did too. The rest is history.
BTW, anybody realize that Todd Jones has 27 saves for the year?
Man, I was surprised. Good for Todd.
a number, not “another” — wow, that was bad.
6-2 its ok we still want to see trevor pitch.
Didi if you get impregnated by 3 dudes you’re going to end up on Montel Williams it’s pretty much the law.
Jones’ ERA is 4.99. Many of his saves are adventures. But their setup man, Joel Zumaya, is a future star.
Bellhorn made a Derek Jeter play in the stands and acted like it was routine.
Wow, Furcal homered? Come on, Peavy. Get the outs.
If FriarFan get’s impregnated it REALLY gonna end up on the Montel Williams show.
In-play, run-scoring play. I love those words.
A-Gon: 17-game hitting streak, 19th home run.
how many years do we have control of A-Gon for?
I like that the bats are warming up for Coors Field.
Can one really get impregnated by posting on a blog?
Unsolved Mystery is probably more likely.
Or Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
LOL! I think Maury is the host that loves to do paternity results show.
Go Papito!! (My nickname for Adrian that I blessed him with in April. I read that he and Vinny called each other that earlier this week, so I’m gonna continue the tradition since there hasn’t been a clearly defined nickname yet.)
That’s a good nickname coming from you!
Along the paternity lines of discussion, the song I’m currently listening to is “I’m at Home Getting Hammered While She’s Out Getting Nailed”.
A Country song, naturally.
4 DPs. The Dodgers can score and I can’t rest easy.
It’s a nickname that works for me for Adrian. Gonzo reminds me of The Muppet Show. A-Gon is too similar to A-Rod and I don’t want to taint Adrian’s magic with some A-Rod stank. I think Hez is a pretty cool one too.
BTW, I call Chris Young “Cowbell” due to the commercial from earlier in the season. I met him once and expressed my liking of the commercial. Chris laughed and said that was his second day with the Padres. He probably wondered what kinda team the Rangers had traded him for!
What is Peavy’s pitch count?
Do you let him go the distance, depending on the pitch count or do you get him out of there a little early making sure he leaves on a good note?
Never mind, I just remembered they are headed to Colorado, you leave him in.
6 IP 2 ER, 110 pitches…good day for Jake on the mound and with the stick.
Thank God!
Hi, farquaad! Gametracker shows Peavy’s pitchcount at 109 pitches through the end of the 6th. 64 strikes. 45 balls.
I like to call Giles “Flipper” because when he throws (like a girl I might add) his short stumpy arms look more like flippers than the arms of an outfielder.
Peavy lost his chance to hit for the cycle
Padres: 6 GIDP
Leave him in? Why not just stick an electric drill in his shoulder? Brocail and Williamson have to be used sometime, may as well be with a 5 run lead in Dodger Stadium.
belhorn is the only padre in the lineup who does not have a hit, give merv a raise.
Flipper, I like that! I tend to call him Giley. Although when he gets a walk, I proclaim in my best Dave Chappelle doing Rick James, “I’m Brian Giles, b*tch! I walk on base!” Of course, the “b*tch” is softened if I’m at the game.
Does anyone else think it strange that Brian Giles has absolutely no change to his hitting routine….ever. I mean given his decline over the last three seasons, wouldn’t you expect a tweak here or there? I notice changes in Piazza’s stance from time to time, or Cameron’s (and obviously Khalil’s). Giles just keep doing the same exact thing regardless of the results.
Also wondering why, if he is not healthy, as asserted by some here, Peavy is out to go another inning despite his elevated pitch count. Must be that Boch is giving a shout out to his bud Dusty.
If peavy is hurt he will feel this in his next 2 or 3 outings.
I don’t see why Peavy is out there either. He’s at about 120 pitches now. … I think the GIDP number is actually five for the Padres.