first pitch: 5:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Chris Young (11-5, 3.55 ERA) vs Anthony Reyes (5-7, 4.92 ERA)
preview: Padres.com
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The Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres are tied for the big-league lead with 17 wins in September. The Twins have lost 8 games this month, while the Pads have lost 7.
Only the Toronto Blue Jays (2.66) have a better ERA than the Padres (2.80) in September. Opponents are hitting just .236/.298/.373 against Padres pitching. The club has outscored its opposition, 114-77, this month.
Tonight’s starter, Chris Young, has the second highest ERA (2.92) among Padres starters in September and he almost tossed a no-no last week. If ever there were a time to use the tired cliche “firing on all cylinders,” now would be it.
Go Padres!
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Tonight’s lineups
Roberts
Sledge
Walker
Piazza
Gonzalez
Cameron
Branyan
Blum
Young
Miles
Duncan
Pujols
Spiezio
Rolen
Edmonds
Belliard
Molina
Reyes
Phils have scored in the first at Washington on a triple by Utley.
Padres.com notes that CY is two road starts short of the major league record of most consecutive road victories without a loss. First Cla, then CY’s near no-hitter, Trevor’s record, close to most wins in September. The hits just keep on coming.
Geoff, you have this game listed as being on TV…Not here. Is it on Cox cable?
Washington just tied the Phils on a HR by Zimmerman…2nd inning.
I got my info from Padres.com. Channel 4SD also has it on their schedule. I think because it’s a road game, they’re not on the air till just before first pitch.
Washington takes the lead against Philli with an RBI double in the 2nd inning…off of Cole Hammels.
Geoff…sorry for the mixup…I thought the game started at 4pm..
I am a moron. Sometimes I amaze myself at how silly I really am.
In your defense, it does start at 4 p.m. somewhere.
Doumit homers in Pittsburgh. Pirates up 2-0 over Houston after 2.
Phills are now down 4-1 in the 3rd inning…
Another good move. The non-signing of Pedro Astacio
Listening to the Cardinals’ feed. Their announcers had nice things to say about Adrian Gonzalez while reading tonight’s lineups. Always nice to hear from an outsider.
As much as everyone likes to bash Giles for having a down year, the lineup feels a whole lot more bare without him in there.
Anyone watching? St. Louis broadcasters thought Roberts was out. How close was it?
PIAZZA!
Good speed on the bases.
Now they’re complimenting Trevor for being a class act. I kinda like these guys.
A 10 pitch inning with 2 Ks is not that easy to do.
Pedro was POUNDED tonight … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260927115 … I kinda like that!
was that bad baserunning by Branyan last inning – didn’t see the play?
Thru 2 full …
Pitches-strikes – C Young 26-20; An Reyes 43-25.
Ground balls-fly balls – C Young 1-1; An Reyes 1-3.
Batters faced – C Young 6; An Reyes 10.
… I like CY’s “Batters faced” stat
#21: Cards’ radio guys say it was. They’re also complaining about the strike zone, which I believe given the inconsistency we’ve seen this entire series.
Thanks Geoff…do you not have TV in SD tonight? I’ve got the mlb.tv going, but have work to do too so can’t pay full attention.
Thank you, Yadier Molina. You can pick up your check on the way out.
Thru 3 full …
Pitches-strikes – C Young 38-28; An Reyes 59-35.
Ground balls-fly balls – C Young 3-1; An Reyes 3-3.
Batters faced – C Young 9; An Reyes 14.
… still likin’ CY’s Bf stat …
Dogs up 1-0 early …
Sledgehammer has not looked like his nickname in 2 AB’s so far.
Clayton, there’s TV in SD tonight, just not where I am at the moment.
thats very sad geoff!
Utley’s earning a paycheck tonight … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260927120
Ok..i have a question…it’s 8:20 in St. Louis..why does that dork Tony LaRussa have on sunglasses?
Time for CY to bear down … 1st & 3rd … 2 out … Rolen up …
… didn’t happen … 1-1 …
Thru 4 …
Pitches-strikes – C Young 58-39; An Reyes 73-43.
Ground balls-fly balls – C Young 4-3; An Reyes 4-5.
Batters faced – C Young 15; An Reyes 18
… that was a rough inning, obviously …
Lance Berkman’s earning a paycheck also … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260927123 … what a monster season he’s having!
Colorado has runners at second and third, nobody out in the fourth. Helton is up.
Sledge looking REALLY bad
Helton singled…tie game..1-1
Helton singles home a run to tie that game. Back here, Sledge gets the natural hat trick.
Piazza’s not going to be getting much to hit
Hawpe DP puts the Rox up, 2-1.
that’s got to be the 3rd or 4th we’ve hit on the nose but right at someone, or had it hang up too long
Whole lotta nothing. At least Reyes is up to 85 pitches through 5 innings. We can take their bullpen.
Dodgers coming right back…2 on nobody out….whoops…hit into double play…2 out..runner on 3rd.. top 5… 2-1 Rox..
4-1 Rockies…
Thru 5..Derek Lowe…10 hits..4 earned runs…
Nice easy 6th inning for CY there…
and no i’m not getting a complex since I’m talking to myself…
we’re all just in your imagination anyway
Love Aaron Cook going for the Rockies. Just the guy to hold the Dodgers until Fuentes comes on. Looking good.
I’ve always had an active imagination….
lead walk….lets go Padres…lets get some runs…..
pitching change in the middle of an at-bat….don’t see that often…at least LaRussa finally took off his sunglasses…
we should PH for sledge here
Sledge is our pinch-hitter
Crap. Still like our chances, ‘pen vs ‘pen, but we should have hung 3 or 4 minimum on Reyes tonight
Is Knott still on the team?
4-3 Rox now.
4-3 Dodgers..bottom of 6
sorry..i’m an idiot…4-3 Rox… (this is what happens when I talk to myself too much)
re 55: exactly – he’s discombobulated as a starter, hence the 0-4
61 Maybe we can use him as a PH for himself in the 9th
lead batter on for Nats, down 5-4, bot. 9
Wow, nice catch by Branyan. It’s good to be in front of the TV again.
1st, 2nd, 0 outs for Nats
loaded for Nats, 1 down
Zimmerman at the plate
The Cardinals announcers just said Prince Fielder is the favorite for Rookie of the Year. I sincerely doubt it.
Full-count on RoY Zimmerman
walked, Nats tie it 5-5 long fly ball and it’s over
Our boy Fick at the plate, 0-2 count
Miles would have been better off walking that ball over to first base. If he makes any kind of throw, Piazza’s out by a mile.
Fick choked. foul to SS. 2 out now, Kearns at bat
full count on Kearns
popped out to 2nd ouch
to the 10th 5-5 Phils-Nats
Dodgers tie it , threatening
what a play by Rolen…bad throw though
pretty good — Dodgers, Pads, Phils all tied late
Geez, don’t see Rolen do that too often. Much appreciated.
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
Not bellhorn swinging a bat!
Dodgers, Phils go ahead — Pads turn now
Gift from 1B umpire there. Bellhorn swung.
Damn, anyone but Gonzalez and we score two runs there.
geez, liney’s all over the place. get him out of there
Meredith is throwing, on what was supposed to be his day off.
Meredith will have plenty of days to rest in November.
going to the well again for Pujols…don’t like the vibe here
crap. knew that would come back to haunt us
I’ve defended Bochy a lot in the past, but he is completely to blame for this mess. Bringing in Cla for the sixth time in seven days is inexcusable. Terrible, terrible move.
yep, that was terrible
I’m a little tired of the freaking Cardinals who have to come out of the dugout and wave their helmet after ever damn home run…sit your asses down…even if you win this game, you’ve lost 2 out of 3 to the Padres at home…
Can’t give Albert two shots in a row at Cla. Boch has become too dependent on Cla.
next one is in the ear – he stared at that one for a while
Yeah, the pose by Pujols was pretty bush. A guy who’s as good as he is shouldn’t have to resort to crap like that.
maybe he read Peter’s blog and got pissed off
Hell…his strike zone is about the size of a teacup already….I could hit if i knew all i had to do is wait for the pitch right down the middle belt high…
Cards avoid the sweep. I’m pretty furious at Bochy’s decision to run Cla out there again. This may turn into a full-blown rant.
Go Rockies and Nationals!
Yep, implications aplenty – shows desparation, affects Cla’s confidence, gives Cards life and confidence against our pen (in case we see them again). Plus, if Dogs hold on, it’s only a one-game lead kids. Waste of a great effort by CY too.
Some of this is Linebrink’s fault for coming out and not being able to find the strike zone, but multiple other viable options in the pen besides Cla.
If Bochy brings in anyone other than Meredith and he gives up the homer I don’t think any of us would blame Bochy. It was Meredith’s night off after all. Bochy set his young pitcher up to fail and he showed no confidence in the other pitchers. I think we all saw that coming too, it’s not second guessing if you’re screaming at the television while it’s happening.
It seems Boch’s strategy was to wrap this up ASAP to give key guys a few days off before the DS starts. But it’s not like the other guys down there have gas-can numbers, aside from maybe Seanez.
I’m assuming Young must’ve been gassed. His pitch count didn’t seem to be too high.
I don’t know about everyone but a split in Arizona I think should do it because that would mean the Dodgers would have to go 3-1 to 4-0 to win the division and it is hard to do either of those in a 4 game series.
The Dodgers aren’t playing a four game series. They play Colorado again tomorrow, and then go to San Francisco. A four game series against the Giants would have really helped though.
Also, Pujols deserves a fastball in the gut next season for watching his home run like that tonight. There is absolutely no reason for any player to do that, and the fact that his club had lost seven in a row makes it even more unacceptable. I’ve always hated Pujols and now I hate him even more.
I have a feeling the division will be decided Saturday and I hope it is then. but I have a good feeling about this club
I just realized the Giants have an off-day tomorrow. Maybe this is just me, and I realize that it’s not going to impact us this season, but I think it’s really lame that they get an off-day going into the last week of the season. It’s a matter of fairness. We haven’t had an off-day in two and a half weeks. If we were neck and neck with San Francisco, they’d have a huge advantage letting everybody (especially Bonds) rest while we have to go out and either do without guys like Cla, Giles, and Greene, or send them out there tired. If I were in charge, every team in the league would play the final two weeks of September without an off-day. Maybe that’s a little nit-picky, but I think it could make a difference.
Surprising Bochy wouldn’t go to another reliever. In his defense, that was the only batter Cla would have faced, but still preplexing when you have Embree and numerous other choices (and Cla is such an integral part of the upcoming series) that he’d go to him again.
Now we head into what has traditionally been Death Valley for the Pads needing at least 2 wins.
On a brighter note, right now, the playoff phenom, Wells, is our number 5 starter.
re: 105
The Padres had off days when other teams didn’t. That falls under the heading of whining.
we can beat these dbacks, the pitching matchups look alright. I believe it’s split and we’re in but let the Padres worry about winning, and we can worry about the scoreboard. Get some runs in Arizona and some quality starts..
Padres at Chase Field 2006: 3-3 3.80 ERA (22ER in 52IP) 8HR 12BB 41SO
Armed Up
Mike Thompson 2-0 3.48 ERA 10.1 IP
Chris Young 1-0 1.29 ERA
Linebrink 2.25 ERA 3 APP 4 IP 1 H 1 HR
Meridith 0.00 ERA 2.2 IP 0 H
Hoffman 0.00 ERA 1 Sv 2.0IP 1 H
214 AB (including 1 AB by Eric Young) 37 Runs Scored/ 6.16 runs per game if I got that right.
65 for 214 (.303 avg)
Big Boppers
Roberts .407/.429/.630 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 SB 27 AB
Barfield .313/.389/.313 1 RBI
A Gonzalez .176/.286/.588 2 HR 3 RBI
Giles .308/.379/.615 2 HR 9 RBI
That’s good for tomorow’s preview, Geoff can spice that up and also that does dispose the myth that the Padres have been bad in death valley, 3-3 this year. hitting and pitching well.
remember also the Padres just rode a very quiet 6 game winning streak when compared to all the other stuff going on in the national picture.
#103 He deserves it not only for standing there watching it but for the fact that the Padres had won 2 straight against his team..but he also deserves to be knocked down for coming out of the dugout and waving his helmet just like whathisface from last night who did the same thing. Someone needs to remind him that they’ve lost 7 in a row and they still lost the series at home to us…sit your ass down and be quiet…
I have no problem with hitting Pujols because it’s partially better to just hit him and let him know who’s boss instead of throwing four intentional outside pitches
Pujols’ act was bush. He hit a meatball off a tired rookie pitcher. When that same rookie was fresh he made Pujols look like a little leaguer. I hope they limp into the playoffs and he gets a fastball in the ear en route to getting swept.
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