first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: David Wells (2-3, 4.58 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (11-8, 3.39 ERA)
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The Padres try to bounce back Saturday afternoon from a “borderline embarrassing” defeat in the opener of a three-game set at San Francisco. David Wells makes his second start wearing #21 for the Pads. He’ll go up against right-hander Jason Schmidt. If it’s any comfort, Schmidt has been mortal (5-3, 4.62 ERA in 62.1 IP) since the All-Star break.
Don’t fall asleep now, folks, we’re in a pennant race!
Barfield to lead off…unless Bochy pinch hits Bellhorn for him
wow, cla, new padres all-time record – nice.
Great inning from Linebrink. That’s the best he’s looked in a very long time.
Liney – returning to the scene of his worst performance (and worst luck) of the year… 1-2-3 innning this time!
letting out a deep breath… freakin’ Finley kills us too much in big-time situations like that. still angry, Steve?
Re: Blum and Alexander.
It’s not like we’ve got much choice between the two. Mark Bellhorn at short? I can’t put that on Bochy, except for telling Blum not to take the bat off his shoulder or to lean into one ala Engelberg. The pitcher could drop-kick a ball to him and he wouldn’t lay off it. I won a World Series game, bitch!
My nerves? Wracked. Get some runs in the to of the 11th, if we get that far, so Bonds doesn’t have a chance to beat us.
I love that running catch Cameron does to end the inning.
As Mud would say, let’s get some points!
Cameron: The DP on the fist pitch not so loveable.
Yeah, especially because it wasted a rare Blum hit.
I guess Bochy shoulda had Cameron bunt.
i DON’T LIKE THIS MATCHUP! CAN WE GET CLA MEREDITH BACK IN? A la the Little League re-entry rule??
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and I’m having trouble controlling THE VOLUME OF MY VOICE!!!
Around the horn: Alexander to Blum to Bellhorn.
Giles gets in Cammy’s way and turns a 2B into a 3B
Ugh. Giles is too stubby to get to a ball like that.. I like that Cameron pretty much demanded that he throw the ball in. might as well walk the bases loaded – unless we think there’s someone on the bench that could hurt us when the 9-spot comes up…
alright, we need a ground ball pitcher here…. has Hensley done his bullpen yet today??
Crap. Got the grounder and it didn’t matter. So much for that.
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Thought we should have brought in Hoffman there. Go down guns blazing at least. Effing Giants. That’s how many L’s in a row?
well, so much for the momentum of two walk-offs before setting out on a roadie… pretty good job by Seanez in that last at bat, but getting your tits ripped by Ray F’n Durham is pretty much unacceptable. that dude needs to be dead to Bochy.
I agree, bring in Hoffman. Give yourself a a better chance to stay in the game and worry about what to do do when you have the lead when you actually have it. Tough loss though, great performance by the bullpen
You can’t bring in Hoffman, it wasn’t a save situation!
It’s a moot point now but I thought the second IBB was questionable. I’d rather face Feliz with the platoon advantage than a lefty pinch hitter. And if the bases aren’t loaded maybe the runner on third isn’t going to run on contact.
I don’t mean to be the straight man, but you’re kidding about the save situation right?
heh, of course. But I’m sure that’s Bochy’s thinking. He’ll use Trevor in a tie game at home but not on the road because he wants him to come in for the save.
And to think, the Pads could have won this game if only Cameron had bunted the runner to second instead of hitting into the DP! (Haven’t we already had this discussion?) Just goes to show that managing from in front of the TV is a little easier than on the bench.
Ben Johnson as trade bait next year? Where will Sledge play if Roberts comes back (not that I think he will)? From what I’ve heard, Sledge isn’t much of an outfielder, so LF (or maybe RF once in a blue moon) is his only position.
Cameron is killing us at the plate, what the hades is wrong with him. I think he’s in love with his pretty HR stroke. Give me a team full of the Drs. anytime, although hes struggling too. It gonna be a nail bitter right down to the end. God, we just don’t hit.
Some other reasons to hate the Giants:
Their 42-15 stretch against us from 1999 to 2003
Barry Bonds, when translated into Latin means “one who over-induldges in steriods despite incredible talent and gets very feisty if anyone calls him on it”, having more HR’s against us than any other team.
Brantley breaking Santiago’s with an inside fastball in 1989, leading to the Padres losing 19 of their next 21, or close to that bad and never contending again that season.
Jeff Kent and his maliciousness being so good for those years as a Giant.
The Kevin Mitchell-Dravecky-Lefferts for Chris Brown-Mark Davis-Mark Grant trade. Yeah, we got Davis and his Cy Young, but we lost a lot more.
That’s all I can come up with right now, but I will be adding to this list. Now, if we do not make the post season, we can look at our recent 1-9 record against them in the last 10 games. If we are .500 against them, this division is ours.
Matt Vasgersian is doing the Atlanta-Carolina game on FOX? That is interesting but I just saw him reporting on the pregame show.