first pitch: 7:05 p.m. PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Clay Hensley (0-1, 9.64 ERA) vs Matt Morris (0-0, 1.50 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
We’re seven games into the season, and already the Padres have played in four one-run contests. In fact, they’ve played in four straight, winning the last three. Get used to it, folks; this is how it’s going to be.
Clay Hensley gets the start Tuesday evening against the Giants. When he faced them in San Francisco last week, he battled control problems. Actually, the plate umpire that night battled control problems; Hensley just suffered for it. Assuming Hensley’s blister (great name for a band) doesn’t act up and tonight’s plate umpire has better command of the strike zone, he should be fine.
Matt Morris takes the mound for the Giants. He’s had pretty decent success against most current Padres over the years, with two notable exceptions: Mike Cameron (.444/.559/.926 in 34 PA) and Brian Giles (.395/.449/.744 in 49 PA). Those are big enough samples that they probably aren’t flukes.
Also, in case you missed it, the Padres have signed Chris Young to a deal worth $14.5 million over 4 years, with a club option for 2011. We’ll drill a little deeper tomorrow; for now I’ll just say I’m thrilled about the news.
Go Padres!
This inning should have already been over.
Cameron did not touch the ball ..no error … even though Mike would say it was
44: I think he can, as long as he’s off the mound. I’m pretty sure he’s allowed to lick the fingers if he’s not on the mound.
Geez Hensley’s getting unlucky.
again, I don’t get it. why not load the bases and roll a pair?
What was Clay thinking there?
That was a AAA mistake.
mental mistake by Hensley there…should’ve come home with that one…
AHHH Clay
This is just atrocious defense, and Hensley can be blamed for that one.
goodness! what the heck is Hensley doing???
52: I understand why it isn’t ruled an error. I’m just saying that there’s something wrong with that.
Are their brains broken? Dayam, this is getting silly
Your damn skippy he went!
Ok…well tonight would be a good night to score some runs
can they come back out with a different team in the third
Wow. No runs should have scored and Clay should have been out of the inning after 14 pitches.
Those runs should be unearned, even if Durham’s hit is a “double”, right?
How the heck does an experienced CF’er like Cammy lose that ball so egregiously?
78% of Greene’s hits this year have been for extra bases.
67: Only the first run was unearned.
rught 2 unearned runs
Alright!!! What the crap just happened?! I’m on the phone with my friend with the game on mute trying to be polite and listen to her and not scream while watching that half inning.
I don’t think she suspected anything.
Close at first.
still lots of AB’s for the Pads before the bottom of 9
Padres offense still lifeless. That ridonkulous top 1/2 of the inning might stand up.
72: you have more control than i. My wife just asked if i accidentally reformatted my laptop or somethin’. Ah well, at least it looks like they could get to Morris a bit.
Steve, it was a simple misunderstanding of baseball basics and slight alzheimers on the part of the Padres that caused a incredulous debacle that inning.
75: Padres are 15th in the Majors in OPS (8th in NL).
Friendly note to Gaylord Perry: might want to skip the buffet
go on a road trip … cool .. i’m in
78 – back out the first 2 games and recalc…bet we’re near the bottom
77: Yeah, it was so ridiculous, I don’t think the debacle believed it was happening either.
81: If you remove the data points that don’t fit your conclusions, then you’ll always be right.
This is looking better.
79: TV adds weight…how many cameras do you think are on Gaylord Perry right now?
now that is better baseball
back out almost a third of the season and… yeah
83 – I’m more interested in the trend, not the full set
Looks like Gaylord could get kicked out of the buffet.
Thank you Adrian
way to BO
Doh!
And Bowen’s wOBA is up to .180.
I didn’t even recognize Gaylord, but I’ll bet he still had a foreign substance hidden somewhere on his body.
Those were a couple of pretty pathetic bunt attempts
Yeah, but now it’s PrepH and Bengay.
94: yup, Gaylord’s smuggling shanks into the ballpark these days… I’m surprised he was sitting down….
96: ?
88: In a 7 game sample you want to remove outliers and analyze trends? I’m convinced by previous conversations that you’re not stupid, so I’m really having a hard time understanding where this is coming from.
oh wait, you said “on” his body…