first pitch: 7:05 p.m. PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Greg Maddux (4-3, 3.92 ERA) vs Randy Wolf (7-3, 3.68 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
By request, here are the home/road splits for the Padres current starting rotation:
| IP/GS | ERA | H/9 | HR/9 | BB/9 | K/9 | BA | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stats are through June 5, 2007, and courtesy of ESPN and Baseball-Reference. | |||||||||
| Chris Young | |||||||||
| home | 6.87 | 0.52 | 4.98 | 0.00 | 3.39 | 7.60 | .164 | .261 | .241 |
| road | 5.67 | 3.63 | 7.94 | 0.68 | 3.40 | 8.17 | .232 | .304 | .364 |
| Justin Germano | |||||||||
| home | 6.50 | 1.38 | 5.54 | 1.38 | 0.00 | 4.85 | .174 | .174 | .304 |
| road | 6.00 | 2.00 | 7.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | .231 | .265 | .354 |
| Jake Peavy | |||||||||
| home | 6.62 | 2.14 | 7.57 | 0.19 | 2.14 | 9.71 | .229 | .280 | .282 |
| road | 6.80 | 1.06 | 5.03 | 0.00 | 2.65 | 11.12 | .162 | .233 | .197 |
| David Wells | |||||||||
| home | 6.73 | 2.67 | 8.01 | 0.53 | 1.07 | 5.61 | .252 | .288 | .345 |
| road | 4.72 | 7.31 | 13.98 | 1.27 | 3.18 | 4.45 | .367 | .415 | .608 |
| Greg Maddux | |||||||||
| home | 6.60 | 2.73 | 8.18 | 0.55 | 0.82 | 5.45 | .246 | .266 | .393 |
| road | 5.61 | 5.08 | 12.03 | 0.53 | 1.60 | 5.61 | .321 | .347 | .443 |
I’ve given this at least 10 seconds of thought and I have a few half-baked observations based on extremely small sample sizes:
- The bullpen is working a lot harder away from Petco Park.
- Peavy is a stud no matter where he pitches.
- CY has done a surprisingly good job of keeping the ball in the park, both home and away.
- Boomer’s splits are Hitchcock ‘98 scary; what’s up with that road walk rate?
Just something to ponder while we enjoy the game…
136 Comments
We get Silent L again tonight. KG out again.
Glad to see Tony G. doing color with Matt V. again.
Through the first four hitters that have come to the plate, this game has been a resounding success.
First four pitches are balls. Padres need to go after this guy early. I don’t think he’ll stay in past the 4th.
Randy Wolf this year has a habit of looking horrible in the first then really settling down. We need to score this inning.
Two walks to start the game. Nice. Adrian needs to capitalize on this.
After not getting a line drive in last night’s game until the 8th (according to Gameday) we get one on our first ball in play tonight. Too bad it was at someone.
Why did all that seem like de jevu’ all over again.
If you’re going to let someone reach base, Jeff Kent is the one to let on. At least he won’t steal second (probably).
Nice DP by Maddux and the crew.
Kouz with a good first pitch bloop to left.
And the bats are swinging with the Girlie Mouth double.
Uh oh. We need Blum and Maddux to bring in a runner from third with less than two outs. I bet Maddux does it, but not Blum.
One word: Blum.
Whoa!!!! We’re on fire tonight! Even Blum is hitting.
Blind squirrel, there is your nut.
Silent L with a two run double? Wait, I’ve only had three beers. This can’t be happening.
All right, new strategy. Every time Blum comes up I’m going to post something derogatory.
#18: Me too!
Maddux’s pitch economy is insane. I guess teams just figure hey, swinging away against Maddux is our best chance to win this game, since there’s no advantage to wearing him out and getting the bullpen in the game. Thus, 27 pitches to get through 3 innings.
Maddux is in prime form tonight.
Plus, Maddux has serious home-road splits.
If they can continue to get these singles and doubles home, we’ll be in good shape.
53 pitches in 2 1/2 innings. Re: #4 prediction.
24: Sorry almost 3 innings complete.
matty v just gave me an idea for a new term for clutch hits.
opportunity knocks.
corny? yes.
will it catch on? hm.
Two words: Boca. chica.
Too bad Bard didn’t score there. There’s no way Blum will bring him in with two outs.
Girlie Mouth is hot tonight! And Silent L with a total of 4 RBIs in one game. Has to be a career record for him!
29: 5 is his high.
¡Blum esta en fuego!
Geoff Blum comes up with another opportunity knock
Not sure why but Blum becomes a decent hitter when he starts at shortstop.
The only downside to Silent L’s hitting is that he’s cementing his role in Black’s mind as the number one pinch hitter.
Is it better to suffer with him leaving RISP now or know that we’ll now see him in every high leverage situation for the rest of the season, including the playoffs (anyone remember the DS game 1 vs. the Cardinals)?
Thru 3 …
Pitches-strikes – R Wolf 67-43; G Maddux 27-20.
Ground balls-fly balls – R Wolf 2-3; G Maddux 5-4.
Batters faced – R Wolf 18; G Maddux 9.
… advantage: Padres. Nice job, guys!
Wolf’s already thrown 3 times more pitches than Maddux.
36 … 2.48x … but that’s a nit
OT … hoping we can root for Cust without any more teeth gnashing … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270606111 … he gets the A’s on the board with a 2-run double …
#37: Sheesh. I don’t sleep with a calculator under my pillow.
Ump got the call right.
Thru 4 …
Pitches-strikes – R Wolf 84-52; G Maddux 36-27.
Ground balls-fly balls – R Wolf 3-4; G Maddux 8-4.
Batters faced – R Wolf 21; G Maddux 12.
… now only 2.33x … boo-ya … but Maddux is struggling as I type …
For those of you who didn’t see Boca’s catch, he got up and threw it so hard to home that he damn near did a no handed cartwheel. Basically flipped himself over sideways.
39 … no, but the computer you’re typing on right now does!
Meanwhile, down on the farm … Headley with HR #11 … http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_06_06_sanaax_friaax_1 … and Hundley with HR #7 …
Nice. No run scored on that.
#43: I’m not that inclined. Too much else going on.
Even though he gave up 2 hits and a run, it still only took Maddux 10 pitches to get through the inning.
At Lake Elsinore, they put up a 6-spot to back Wade LeBlanc’s LIGHTS OUT pitching again tonight … http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_06_06_rcqafa_lesafa_1 … 2 H, 0 BB, 8 Ks in 7 IP … so far
OT … Matt Morris vs Brandon Webb is a scoreless pitchers dual thru 6 tonight … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270606129 … are they playing @ Petco?
Great throw from Cruz, but…
Now, I live in Boston so I only get to watch about half the Padres’ home games, but this is at least the third time this season I’ve seen the ball get tangled up in the left field corner against the foul pole, turning doubles into triples. Does this happen as often as it seems to me? And if so, maybe the outfielders need to practice the angles the way the Red Sox do at Fenway (believe it or not, Manny does a great job of playing the wall).
The hit by Abreu and subsequent result killed Gameday. It’s still stuck trying to figure out what exactly happened. Fortunately, I caught what happened on the radio.
Headline over at padres.mlb.com right now is …
Blum a one-man wrecking crew vs. Dodgers
… oh no … we’re gonna pay for this for the rest of the season … where’s glass-half-dude when we need him to cheer us up?
Again, for my video-less friends: 4SD sync’d up the runner coming into the plate with the tag at 3rd on a split screen. The result: The tag did in fact occur before the runner stepped on home plate.
50 … ya, Yahoo is hung also … what did happen?
You can’t expect the media to ignore a man with hair like Blummer
52 … thanks, TD!
Anytime LynchStat!
Thru 5 …
Pitches-strikes – R Wolf 96-60; G Maddux 46-33.
Ground balls-fly balls – R Wolf 4-4; G Maddux 8-6.
Batters faced – R Wolf 25; G Maddux 17.
… I have no idea what happen’d in the bottom of the 5th … it didn’t last long enough for Yahoo or GameDay to recover …
Kouz and Cameron got hits, Cameron got caught stealing third, Girly Mouth struck out. Bard grounded out to start the inning.
No one whining about this …
M. Cameron caught stealing, catcher to third
… looks like a mega-ouch to me! It prevented B(l)um from getting another RISPy AB!
Adrian backhanded that bouncing carpet burner for out #2.
Adrian again. That kid is gonna find a Rawlings Gold Glove on his trophy shelf sometime soon in his young career.
After Geoff Blum makes an out to start this inning, do we pinch hit for Maddux?
The Dodgers did a better job of making Greg throw – 12 pitches to get three outs.
OK, I figured out why Silent L has been trying to be so productive tonight…the draft starts tommorow. Hmmm. Job in jeapardy?
On a night like this, I want to call Maddux … “Toro” … http://www.toro.com/ … ’cause he’s just mowin’ ‘em down!
After the Top of the 6th …
Pitches-strikes – R Wolf 96-60; G Maddux 58-42.
Ground balls-fly balls – R Wolf 4-4; G Maddux 10-7.
Batters faced – R Wolf 25; G Maddux 20.
… as the Seattle announcers say … My, Oh My!
Greg just might finish this game. Damn, he is on.
66: Shhh.
He crushed that right over the center field wall. At least it was only a solo HR.
No problem … just keep throwing strikes …
First walk in 7 innings. Not bad.
You know what is bad is the 0 strikeouts he has going with that, though.
Bell is warming up. and Buddy made the move. Standing ovation for Maddux.
Maddux lowered his ERA to 3.70. He may have raised his home ERA.
#71: I kinda disagree with that. If our defense really sucked, yeah that would be bad. But, if you can get the batter to hit to your fielders and they produce, it’s a good thing.
Yup, that deserves a standing-O …
71 pitches … 49 for strikes … 0 K’s … now that qualifies as “pitching to contact”!
Heath Bell is so good, amazing that Meredith has an ERA around 4 and no one has even noticed
That was a fine example. A 5-4-3 DP on a grounder to end the inning.
Bell, influenced by Maddux, decides not to strike out the two guys he was going to face, but instead to save some pitches and induce the double play grounder.
74 … the key word in what you said TD is “if” … studies have been done that show that that doesn’t happen predictably … ie. pitchers can not “get the better to hit to your fielders” … that’s the theory of BABIP = Batting Average on Balls In Play … which says that pitchers have no control over BABIP … so the more K’s they get (thus avoiding a BIP) the better …
I appologize to you all who are watching the same 4SD telecast that I am for giving a somewhat play by play or explanation on some plays. I’m doing that for our video-less compadres. Thanks.
DRAFT CHAT … the writer at Yahoo mocks the Padres to take Mike Main … which is fine by me … but I don’t think Main gets past LA @ #20 … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AjA7czNl7mW_DQXVVaLH2X4RvLYF?slug=jp-mockdraft060607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
80 … I know I appreciate it, thanks … and usually I’m not alone out here in video-less-land …
#79: In theory, I agree. However, you leave out BIG statistics in that equation. Each and every fielders percenteges on all plays made along with errors, etal. The BABIP is a bullshit stat.
82: Yes, thanks from one more video-less Padre Fan. And B(l)um or not, it’s nice to get this kind of production from the bottom of the order from time to time…
There’s a “community mock draft” going on over at Sickles site … http://www.minorleagueball.com/story/2007/6/6/233021/0724#1 … Padres are up now @ #23 … go vote …
Hey, anyone else want to see Bell come back out? I did!
#86 I did too.
Kind of a pointless exercise over there when they have the Royals taking Wieters, whom according to everyone is way too expensive for them
Kouz bobled that and threw it past NOG.
I’m hoping we’ll see Trevor’s history making 500th save.
Looks like they might be saving #500 for tomorrow night
I stand corrected
Trevor Time!
Goddamit! I thought 4SD wasn’t going to cut to commercials when Trevor came out. WTF?
OK, they came back as soon as they opened the gate for his entrance.
Off the wall in left center that just missed going out for a double.
Get it done Trevor!
(OT: Valverde just closed out the Giants… D-Backs 1-0)
This could be a hard, “easy” save.
Play goes 5-3
Haven’t seen Moores at a game in a long time
I feel “defensive indifference” coming on…
Play goes 4-3 for the 2nd out.
Fanned him twice.
In the dirt, runner holds at 3rd.
Re 101: wrong again…
Got him looking for #500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
103: All change-ups, I assume?
Nicely done
HOW SWEET IT IS!
ok, that’s just cool!
107 … check in at friarwatch.com tomorrow for those details …
#100 John and Becky Moores are sitting on the field instead of in the owner’s suit for tonight’s game.
I just flipped to ESPN hoping that we might get a live look at the first ever save #500. No love.
They are now doing a live retrospect of his Padre career on the big screen.
and mlb.com cuts away in the middle of it… off to ESPN.
Great game, GL Padre fans!
Matty said that last night’s post game show got higher ratings than the news. Probably be even more so tonight.
People watch the news in San Diego?
Trevor is having a press conference right now.
Dude,
I just got caught up. Seems I missed a very unusual game. Unusual in that Geoff Blum single handedly powered us to victory, though the “job in jeopardy” reference
by Turbine.
Thanks for the splits, Geoff! Nice analysis.
#119: Very unusual in the fact that yes, Silent L came through uncharacteristacally of him. However, don’t give all the credit to him. Maddux pitched a superior outing with some really good DPs by our 5-4-3 plays and catches in the outfield.
What was the reason Bob Scanlon quit playing?
115 … what is a “GL Padre fan”?
121 … is this the guy you are asking about … http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanlbo01.shtml ? … my guess is that this guy quit playing because he couldn’t K anybody …
121 … I like his OPS+ of 118 in 1993, however …
Didi posted this great link over at friarwatch … http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/in-search-of-the-sinker/ … amazing data!
122… Good luck Padres Fans
WOW … it’s Chase Headley day … 2 HRs and a 2B … http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_06_06_sanaax_friaax_1 … he’s now hitting .354/.434/.646 … make me gnash my teeth at the thought of trading him, no matter how BIG of a booper he is
When does the next BA PHS come out?
Just got back from the game. What a great night! The Padres did a nice job with the #500. The flare-colored flaming 500 rose out of the batter’s eye. A banner with Hoffman in his typical throwing motion was unfurled in right field, with the number 500 on it. A retrospect was shown on the screen. It was really nicely done. After the game, there were Pad Squad members with special “500″ stamps for your tickets.
Pads do go all out when a milestone is hit. I remember when Moores decided that we needed to build more of a history. Between Hoffy and Gwynn, we’re getting there.
Can somebody who was watching describe KK’s 2 hits tonight? I miss May …
Anyone else concerned about the crowd of 31,541 at Petco Park? Seems light to me … even for a Wednesday night … one potential spin: not many Dodger fans expecting to see anything they want to be a part of
Hmmm, this note at the bottom of the AP game story …
Padres LHP David Wells bruised his left thumb when he was jammed in batting practice. He said he’ll be OK to make his scheduled start Saturday night against the Seattle Mariners.
… something to watch for on Saturday … I hate a hand bruise …
#38: They’ve got Cust, but we’ve got Bocachica.
#51: I cannot believe Blum came through for us twice in the same game from his weaker side.
#59: Oh, I was whining plenty.
#75: Absolutely; Maddux pitched a gem.
#86: I was good either way; I love our bullpen.
#107: I haven’t watched the replay yet, but I believe the final strike to Martin came on a fastball.
#129: First was a solid line drive to left; can’t remember the second.
#130: Not really. The Mighty Ducks were busy winning the Stanley Cup; gotta believe some Dodgers fans were watching that.
Also, I’ve posted some photos from tonight:
http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2007/06/500.html
Ah, that was fun!
131: My reaction to that story: David Wells takes batting practice?
107: It was a fastball that Martin took for strike three. And it was probably a bit off of the plate. Martin’s got to know the situation there, the umpires going to give Trevor the corners when he’s going for save #500.
#59: Okay, I’ve watched Cameron’s attempted steal of third on replay and the umpire missed the call. Umpire was behind the bag and saw the throw beat Cammy, but didn’t see Cammy’s hand touch before Abreu applied the tag.
#129: Just saw the other Kouz knock; it was another solid line drive to left.
133 … LOL! I guess it couldn’t hurt … oh, wait, it DID hurt!