first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Jake Peavy (9-14, 4.17 ERA) vs Brad Penny (16-8, 4.04 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
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Brad Penny was an All-Star this year but he hasn’t pitched like one since the break. He owns a 5.81 ERA over 12 second-half starts, and opponents are hitting .305 against the power right-hander. Penny has struggled against the Padres this year, sporting a 9.00 ERA in 15 innings against them. That said, he’s won 16 games so he must be doing something right.
For the Pads, Jake Peavy has a 3.77 ERA in the second half of the season. Perhaps more importantly, he’s cut his homers way down, allowing just 7 in 76 1/3 innings. His run support still isn’t the greatest (his 5-6 record since the All-Star break is worse than Penny’s despite having an ERA that is lower by two full points), but at least he’s a lot closer to “vintage Peavy” than what we saw earlier in the year.
Padres have taken two out of the first three at Chavez Ravine to reclaim the NL West lead. Worst case, they leave LA with a split and just a half game back in the division. But nobody is thinking about a split right now.
Wild card is a nice Plan B, but the division is the real prize. Time to go get it. As we like to say around here, winning starts with beginning.
Sorry, I got nothing for this one. Unbelievable.
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matty wants to swear so bad…they are speechless
You don’t see that in batting practice, let alone a game
Seriously, Matty V. Come on!
That can’t have happened. Who is stealing signs?
Great…and Marlon Anderson is up now too.
…
Are we watching our season crumble?
we still have a better pen – sack up boys
WTF!!!
Five pitches.
he said it….Unbelievable.
I’ve never seen that in baseball…not at any level.
this is why baseball rules over other sports. the game is never over until the absolute end.
Well, if they’re going to have an inning in which they give up a lead, at least they completely imploded in spectacular fashion…
Silver lining: We may go over 1,000 posts tonight.
Good thing we scored three in the top half.
I’m fetal underneath my table…I just don’t know what to do anymore
Trevor can’t even pitch
That’s okay, we’ll take it in extras. This incredible.
This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
I think they may have something about Trevor not having been sufficiently warm yet…
Oh, my…
both teams don’t deserve to win.
at the same time, both teams do.
620. Echoed that thought here.
All we had to do to win was not give up 4 home runs in a row. I can’t wait to see the win probability graph on this one
geoff, get my e-mail?
Mud must have checked out mentally…he’s talking about angels and Grady Little
Those two pitches looked like BP fastballs. He couldn’t have been warm…
620: That could be on Bochy or Hoffman.
Four times in MLB history that has happened — four straight homers.
Amazing. What a crazy game.
I kinda liked the Angels in the Outfield reference.
700 comments?
Mud never makes sense. Worst color guy ever.
Aww c’mon. Mud’s good. But he needs Matty V. to be with him to be good.
633: I can think of at least one worse.
Who is going to close it out now after we take the lead in the 10th?
Who do we have available in the pen still:
Sweeney
Thompson
Is that it?
I would not have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. The Back to Back to Back to Back Game will be unforgettable, no matter who wins.
and now extra innings…who’s still available
Mud’s AWESOME!
Long-time reader, first-time caller… er, commenter.
Anyhoo, I just thought I’d drop in to say:
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
1:46 here on the East Coast.
Smoke is coming out of the computer.
Trevor appears to be warm now. Put him out there again.
I just can’t believe that happened to a major league team.
Let’s get some more of that D-pen
Didn’t the Padres hit four straight back in the early 70s? Cito Gaston, et al?
Dodgers fans are coming back.
Seanez is still in the pen too, I believe.
I think Matty had to leave the booth to scream out his frustrations
The Padres weren’t one of the team they listed as doing it.