first pitch: 7:05 p.m. PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Justin Germano (4-0, 1.74 ERA) vs Miguel Batista (6-4, 5.43 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
Not much more to say about this “rivalry” that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll turn instead to something a reader alerted me to the other day. So far under Bud Black’s watch, the Padres have outhomered the opposition. How rare is this? You tell me:
| Year | Diff |
|---|---|
| Stats are through June 7, 2007, and courtesy of Baseball-Reference. | |
| 1998 | +28 |
| 1992 | +24 |
| 1970 | +23 |
| 2007 | +21 |
| 1996 | +9 |
| 1993 | +5 |
| 1971 | +3 |
| 1978 | +1 |
Here’s how it breaks down by manager:
| Manager | Games | Padres | Opp | Diff | Won | Loss | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stats are through June 7, 2007, and courtesy of Baseball-Reference. | |||||||
| Preston Gomez | 496 | 371 | 364 | +7 | 180 | 316 | .363 |
| Don Zimmer | 304 | 210 | 269 | -59 | 114 | 190 | .375 |
| John McNamara | 534 | 279 | 373 | -94 | 224 | 310 | .419 |
| Bob Skinner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Alvin Dark | 113 | 81 | 96 | -15 | 48 | 65 | .425 |
| Roger Craig | 323 | 168 | 182 | -14 | 152 | 171 | .471 |
| Jerry Coleman | 162 | 67 | 97 | -30 | 73 | 89 | .451 |
| Frank Howard | 110 | 32 | 64 | -32 | 41 | 69 | .373 |
| Dick Williams | 649 | 392 | 532 | -140 | 337 | 311 | .520 |
| Steve Boros | 162 | 136 | 150 | -14 | 74 | 88 | .457 |
| Larry Bowa | 208 | 141 | 210 | -69 | 81 | 127 | .389 |
| Jack McKeon | 357 | 254 | 295 | -41 | 193 | 164 | .541 |
| Greg Riddoch | 394 | 307 | 304 | +3 | 200 | 194 | .508 |
| Jim Riggleman | 291 | 249 | 255 | -6 | 112 | 179 | .385 |
| Bruce Bochy | 1926 | 1747 | 2085 | -338 | 951 | 975 | .494 |
| Bud Black | 59 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 36 | 23 | .610 |
Random notes:
- The first time the Padres had a positive differential came in 1970, when they outhomered their opponents, 172-149. The Pads finished the season with a 63-99 record.
- Dave Winfield paced the Padres with 13 homers in 1976, a season in which the Padres hit just 64 long balls, their lowest ever in a non-strike year.
- In 1981, the club hit 32 home runs. Joe Lefebvre led the way with eight; nobody else hit even five.
- The 1984 World Series team was outhomered, 122-109.
- The Padres haven’t outpaced the opposition since the 1998 World Series team did it, 167-139.
- In 2003, the Padres were outhomered, 208-128, their worst ever negative differential.
- Over 6089 games as a big-league franchise, the Friars have surrendered 821 more home runs than they’ve hit.
I don’t know what bearing all this has on anything, but I found it interesting. Go Padres!
121 Comments
Looks like we may not have been the only ones that gave up on them last night:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20070608-9999-1s8padrail.html
Craig Stansberry and Vince Sinisi rank 15th and 16th, respectively, in OPS in the PCL. Does anyone think these two guys will be big league regulars next year with some team?; will they possibly get called up this year by the Padres?
By the way, one Chase Headley leads the entire Texas League in OPS.
Royce Ring seems to be dominating AAA hitters. Andrew Brown was doing so at one point, but his ERA has risen to the mid-threes.
#1: I worked late last night and was chomping at the bit because I was missing the game. I listened to the first half of the 8th in the car on the way home and turned the TV on in the last of the bottom of the 8th at around 9:30ish. I thought, OK I’ll just watch the rest because it’ll be a quick loss. Boy was I wrong and glad that I didn’t have to watch the Dogs score those five runs. After a 16 hour day at the office, that was a nice win and sweep to come home to.
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I’m kind of indifferent about Canepa’s articles in the U-T. But I liked his write-up on Trevor in today’s edition.
Good quick 1st half for Germano.
Watch out, I’ve got a bad feeling that Germano’s about to come back to earth…
A walk and a HBP, he’ll definitely be tested if he doesn’t have his usual control.
IMO Branyan should be a position player.
Re: 8 – Who sits?
#9: Good question. I’m just trying to think of a way to get Silent L out of the equation in my head. Even though Silent L got hot for a few games recently, I don’t think that will last long. But, you bring up a good point.
That breaking ball Germano struck out Guillen with was just beautiful.
Sean, are you going to the game tommorow?
Stick him in LF, we’ll have our poor man’s Adam Dunn without a trade.
That was un-Greene like but a damn good effort.
Good DP 1-4-3. Playing the basics. Nice.
12: I don’t think I could make it to SD in time….
I think Branyan’s best shot is in the OF like Anthony says. He can’t play middle infield, and the corners spots are taken by players we want around for 5 to 10 years….
I think it would be reasonable to Give Branyan most of the starts in Left in the upcoming series in Tampa and Chicago. Neither should be a serious challenge defensively for a left fielder.
16: Agreed, LF would work.
Girlie Mouth has shown up lately as well.
Lets see if Justin can bunt…
So what’s up with Germano’s pitch count? The Seattle Broadcast team was talking about the fact he’s never ventured over 95 pitches? And that as it sits he right about 52ish.
A walk gets him over to 2nd as well….
That worked.
Get ‘em on, get ‘em over….
Base hit ties it. Still early, though.
…leave him stranded.
Sigh.
How do you spell siyanara?
#21: Germano’s big-league high is 105, which came in his second career start in 2004. Not sure about his minor-league numbers; my guess is he’s not on any limit.
Sayonara
#29: Thanks. LOL.
I still can’t get over last night’s comeback sweep. I don’t think anyone saw that coming.
That long,long swing of Sledge, either rolling out weakly to the right side or hitting a lazy fly to the outfield is growing tiresome. Thank god for Nomar’s boot last night of Sledge’s weak grounder in the magical ninth. Give PMac some starts in left ! When Giles is back will it be Sledge who is moved ?
Seems Germano is a bit off, but is managing to raise his K/9…
“Looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker!” -Matty V.
Where does he come up with those?
Is Batista supposed to be a good pitcher, or we just out to make him look like a Cy Young winner, as usual?
Thanks Geoff, yeah they were talking about this year.
It just seemed weird they were throwing something like that out there. Then again Neihaus is getting up there, great broadcaster but man time to hang up the headphones soon. heh…
I like Bard’s bat, but my mother-in-law throws better. She is 75!
Germano’s pitches (via Gameday) appear to be way off the plate – it’s not like he’s just missing….
35 – Honestly he sucks, but he’s better than Weaver if that helps.
Mariners get the two-out RBI…
Germano continues to miss way outside….
#36: Gotcha. He also threw 100 in his final start at Triple-A this year.
#38: I haven’t looked at Gameday, but that certainly matches what I’m seeing on TV. This is not the efficient, precise Germano that we’ve seen.
39 – Weaver’s suckiness gives little consolation to Padre fans after game 2 of the NLDS.
And another two-out RBI for the Mariners. Go get him Bud.
#2: Sorry, stergios; missed your questions earlier. I think both of those guys might be useful big-league bench players but most likely not starters.
#6: You called it, BZ.
OK, that was not a good thing. Is this what last night’s game looked like? (Re: #3, I didn’t see it.).
42- The way Weaver’s been pitching and his supposed arm struggles, oh and refusing to go to on a Rehab assignment. He hasn’t exactly endeared himself to M’s fans or anyone for that matter. I still can’t believe that the M’s payed 8mil for a #5 starter.
Absurd.
Did someone forget to charge the bullpen cell-phone? What the heck was Germano doing pitching to the last three hitters?
Replaying that inning in Gameday, Germano’s release point was all over the place (as were his pitches).
Way to go Khalil. Nice double to the left corner. The boy didn’t slow down.
The silent L dread is beginning to fill Petco…
Happy to be wrong, I guess…
P-Mac!!!
Wasn’t this how the 9th got reved up last night?
NICE!
Looks like de’ jevu’ all over again. Rally caps!!! Where’s LynchMob?
more good stuff from the bottom of the order
Got tix for tommorow’s double header? We do, thanks to Geoff.
That ball took a real nasty hop to Branyan’s right. Otherwise he picks that up and a throw to first.
#46
Just call Bud Black “Glass Joe” cuz he’s got a slow hook
57: If the pitcher s due up in the bottom of the inning you can count on Black leaving him in at least 3 batters too long.
57: A slow hook is one thing. Tonight was more “I think I left the hook in my other pants…, where is that damn hook? Someone check in the clubhouse for the hook! Oh, nevermind.”
After last night’s game, I’ve become a ‘Glass Half Full Dude.’ I’m not sure where ‘Glass Half Dude’ stands on this game so far. But, I’m sure they just made the glass into a hooka.
60: So I should stop watching now and come back in about 90 minutes to see how they did? That worked last night…
59: When your bullpen is one of your biggest assets, that really shouldn’t be the case.
#61: I’ve got a Mariner VooDoo doll with needles protruding from it and I’m about to start bloodletting a rooster over some chicken bones.
Do what ya gotta do.
Now that’s the Greene we’ve been spoiled with.
Hopefully this is a good move. Try to get the mediocre high ERA soft-tosser out of the game. Hopefully the mariners have a guy as big as a truck with an ungodly fastball so the Padres finally have a chance…
Oops, more Batista. my bad…
Batista is pitching way over his head at this point.
OK NOG, just relax and have a decent approach…
Way to swing at first pitch, Marcus. Lady Luck is hanging out in SD this week, eh?
Um….NOG’s up. Sexon misses and the Padres are on there way to another miracle comeback. More VooDoo!!!! I’m bloodletting a second rooster!
Good start, now Sledge must walk…
I’ll be happy right now with a base hit RBI for Kooooz.
KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TIED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KOOUZZZ!!!
Hey, Buddy, think you might want to find that hook faster?
That second rooster paid off.
No sooner I said Batista is pitching over his head, he starts to get lit up, and then the bring on the LOOGY..
YES!!
Slow hook or not, Bud did a nice job there, as long as Branyan heads to the outfield and Kouz goes to 3rd
Sayonara Ichiro!
75 Might as well go for the hat trick now.
For those video-impaired, did Lopez’ single to left have anything to do with having a marginal 3rd basemanin left field at the moment?
No way around it now, Blum will hit second in the 8th
82: Correction, should read “will stand at the plate second in the 8th”
81: Nope, it was a clean single
84: Thanks, good to know…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the third base coach get thrown out of the game like that.
Ok, here’s one thing that drives me nuts with Grover. Like the Padres, should be sending out the closer. Shut down, but in Grovers thinking it’s “It’s tied, it’s not a save situation so I’m going to send out White” It amazes me at times, that he’s employed.
White, Green..their both colors, I get points for that right?
86,87: I’m a little lost, what is this about?
Beltre is shaping up to be the goat tonight. Popped up the bunt (why was he bunting anyway?), then he boots the Bocachica grounder.
What the hell? Why was Boca trying to steal third?
Replay shows he was safe though…
Wow…he was safe.
I’m not so sure he was safe, at least clearly so. Stupid cubed.
Dodgers just had another blown save (vs. Toronto, this time it was Saito)
89: Seattle’s third base coach got thrown out of the game for arguing a called strike. He ran over and yelled at the umpire, who held up two fingers and seemed to say “That’s two times”.
Is it me or do the umpires really have an itchy trigger finger with the ejections lately?
BoSox Tuned the D-backs 10-3
Peavy to pitch hit?
87: This would definitely be the time Seattle should bring in their closer
whoops, meant “pinch”
Forgot there is no rule against using a catcher to pinch hit…
99 Yes it would, as any normal thinking baseball person would know. If you and I can figure it out. Why can’t Grover? This is the same guy that would bring in extreme flyball pitcher.
Said pitcher blows it, and Grover goes on with “Well I brought Mateo in to the ground ball, but man (insert your favorite opposing player) crushed it.”
Well of course Mike, you don’t bring in a flyballer to get a ground out. Logic dictates you’re not going to get a groundball from said pitcher.
Jeez, what’s with Cla’s gopheritis lately?
Sweet DP. We need that run back + 1 !
Cla seems to be really struggling right now against lefties.
Funny, last year Linebrink was giving up bombs at a pretty alarming rate and Cla was dominant, leading to talk of possibly trading Linebrink for a bat.
The shoe’s on the other foot now, I guess.
#103: I’m collecting contributions towards the cure for Gopheritis.
Cla is still giving up fewer than 1 HR per 9 innings, I’m pretty sure.
Sorry, I ran out of roosters.
Toronto takes the lead on the Dodgers in the top of the 10th…3-2 going to bottom 10.
Damnit, Cla has got to stop giving it up. I was so excited tonite only to have Cla give up a bomb to someone who hasn’t hit one out in 160 ABs.
Oh well, at least everyone else (that matters) in the West lost or is losing. Let’s hope we can pull out the series. Gotta like our chances against Weaver.
Olmedo Saenz hits a 2-run walk-off shot off Accardo.
#$@%!@#%.
I’m going to take the Geoff Young outlook on this game. If we won every game of the season, there would be no point of the play-offs or the World Series. I think the sun will still rise in the East and set in the West tommorow. Dogs will still chase cats and Starbucks will continue to multiply like a colony of rabbits.
The world has not come to an end as of yet. Keep the faith!
-Rick
Cla might need to go to Portland to work out his release point. Right handers are hitting .318 off him this year, they hit .107 off him last year. Against lefties he’s about the same.
113. Good attitude. Take that, your fried chicken and have a look at the link below. Things are not bad
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/powerranking?season=2007&week=10&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos2
115: That is tooo sweet! Even with a loss tonight. Hell, I was just impressed with the comeback to take it to extra inninings. You always want your team to win. However, this many games in a season, how can one bitch? Not I, the slayer of roosters!
Mea culpa – I checked out like I promised, but then checked back in too early (bottom 9 – tied). I turned it off right away, but obviously my bad karma undid TD’s 3rd rooster.
We’ll get ‘em tomorrow.
I bet Towers is bummed about tonight, as I could definitely see him daydreaming of packaging Germano, Meredith, perhaps Sledge for Ichiro. They failed their auditions…
117: I’m taking roosters, chinken bones, bat’s wings, and my virgin daughter to the game tommorow. Should be a sure fire win.
Seriously, you can’t package a season in one game. We are the best team in MLB right now. The season isn’t even half over. This game just makes for good fodder for the XX show and all of us armchair managers. Enjoy the game and not just the moment.
For those of you going to the game with the Ducksnort group tommorow, see ya there. Looking forward to meeting all of you.
Go Padres,
Rick
This game troubled me, not for the outcome (well, yes), but our offense. We were very, very fortunate to get our runs, and generally had pretty bad AB’s. Miguel Batista is an OK, back end pitcher but we made him look front end.
And Germano’s approach: lots of contact, low K’s, no BB’s and no HR’s does not work when he walks hitters and hits another. I still thought flipping him when he was hot would have been the heartless but shrewd thing to do. Maybe without tonight’s BB’s and HBP he would have put up similar numbers, so let’s hope.
Hiram’s steal attempt: man you have to be sure. He gets it, it is 3B and 1 out, improving our odds quite a bit, but you miss it…; yikes. It was a very close play against the back up catcher, but if the player tags the runner in the ass and he is fully extended to the bag, that implies his had should be on the bag. It was hard to tell, but a throw into the runner seems like it default ought to be safe unless you can clearly see he was out. If the throw beats the runner to the bag, the reverse should be true, but that did not happen. Grrrr.
I looked up the run probabilities (99-02); he makes it, we gain .258 runs (.725 to .983), but if we gets nailed we lose -.608 (.725 to .117). The breakeven probability of those two is 70%. So if Hiram was 70% sure or better that he could swipe the bag, good move. If not, bad move.
I was out of town for Bard’s hot streak, so I have just seen an endless stream of junk from him. Is it wrong I am looking forward to his suspension?
Meredith will work it out, but Balsley needs to get it working. So, Meredith has been giving up runs, Bard is not that sharp but it feels good to note that Mirabelli has an OPS of 590. I am glad he is enjoying his return to the “real big leagues”.