IGD: Padres @ Cardinals (9 Aug 07)
Thu, Aug 9, 2007
by Geoff Young
| time: | 5:10 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Chris Young (9-3, 1.82) vs Joel Pineiro (1-2, 5.31) |
| pre: | Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com |
I’m still floored that Joel Pineiro didn’t work out as Boston’s closer. With his track record, who could have seen that coming? Oh, wait; I think the answer is everyone. Naturally he will dominate the Padres.
In less cynical news, Chris Young returns to the mound Thursday evening. Here’s hoping the oblique injury and subsequent layoff don’t come with any lingering side effects. It would be real nice to leave St. Louis with a split. Go Padres!
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August 9, 2007 at 4:44 pm
With the Dbacks and Rockies rolling, and even the Dodgers winning today, Wells being cut loose, losing a close game yesteday, today feels like a downer. But, every game counts, so here’s to hoping for a nice, simple win.
August 9, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Wow, not a very pretty lineup today. Both Blum and NOG are starting, and OG and Jenga have the day off. Ensberg instead of Kouz at third, but at least we have a chance to win because Bard is starting behind the plate.
August 9, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Glad to see Hairston in there tonight.
August 9, 2007 at 5:16 pm
If Piniero had been able to only close games against the Padres lineup, apparently he would have been quite effective.
August 9, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Glad to see us jump all over Pineiro…
August 9, 2007 at 5:23 pm
12 pitches, 4 strikes is not a great sign, but at least he survived.
August 9, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I’m back from my east coast swing … NYC + Cooperstown + DC + Shuttle launch yesterday … whew … I’m hoping to get time to post HOF pics this weekend …
After 1 full …
Pitches-strikes - C Young 12-4; J Pineiro 12-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Young 1-2; J Pineiro 0-2.
Batters faced - C Young 4; J Pineiro 3.
August 9, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Welcome back LM.
August 9, 2007 at 5:34 pm
This looks a little better for CY.
August 9, 2007 at 5:34 pm
OK, really, our hitting is depressing. I love our team, but the collective anemia we can exhibit challenges my enthusiasm.
August 9, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Thru 2 …
Pitches-strikes - C Young 23-11; J Pineiro 28-16.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Young 1-4; J Pineiro 0-5.
Batters faced - C Young 8; J Pineiro 7.
August 9, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I think the humidity is having something to do with some of these well hit balls not going out. They seem to die mid-air.
August 9, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Thru 3 …
Pitches-strikes - C Young 37-20; J Pineiro 43-27.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Young 2-4; J Pineiro 1-6.
Batters faced - C Young 11; J Pineiro 11.
… these numbers make it look like CY is back
August 9, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Why can’t we be hitting some of these doubles in the same inning, or at least hit them with no outs?
August 9, 2007 at 6:12 pm
The Cardinals have a special ability to group their hits in one inning. It’s a lot more effective than the Padres’ strategy to get one in each inning.
August 9, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Boy, that’s one of those times that I bet LaRussa wishes he had batted his pitcher 9th…
August 9, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Thru 4 …
Pitches-strikes - C Young 58-34; J Pineiro 55-34.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Young 2-6; J Pineiro 2-7.
Batters faced - C Young 17; J Pineiro 15.
August 9, 2007 at 6:21 pm
We’ve got to win this damn game. CY has given up one run so far, he dserves a win.
August 9, 2007 at 6:25 pm
#18: Yeah, looks like the good ‘ol CY is back on his game. We just need to get some offense going here.
August 9, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Great. Terrible base running and he hurts himself. Awesome.
August 9, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Hairston is hurt and it doesn’t look good. Possible oblique or ribs. Yikes.
August 9, 2007 at 6:28 pm
#20: Yeah, that pretty much sucked.
August 9, 2007 at 6:29 pm
For those watching the game, anything looking good about our offense that might not come through on the Gameday? It looks like we are sending a lot of shots to the track and getting some nice doubles. Not going very deep in counts, and not hitting with men in scoring position (which is a bit of luck, in my book).
Three “buy low” plays by KT and co, right now (some are early), not paying dividends:
NOG, Ensberg, Barrett; Ensberg and Barrett might still come around.
The 4th, Bradley, looking good but the health concerns that kept others away seeming quite relevant.
August 9, 2007 at 6:29 pm
That doesn’t help. Just when we were finally going to get a leadoff guy on.
August 9, 2007 at 6:31 pm
23: That’s the thing with buying low. Frequently, you’re going to get nothing, but since you gave up nothing it’s really not a problem. Occasionally, like with Bradley, you’ll get a huge return that makes it all worth it.
August 9, 2007 at 6:31 pm
We’re starting to look like Oakland right now with everyone getting hurt.
OT, did anyone see last nite’s Mythbusters? It’s all baseball myths. I’m only 15 mins in, but I highly recommend it to anyone.
August 9, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Ugh. Another hard hit ball for naught. I swear to god we’ve been so unlucky this series.
August 9, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Apparently the Giants just traded Mark Sweeney to the Dodgers
August 9, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Thru 5 …
Pitches-strikes - C Young 75-43; J Pineiro 63-41.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Young 3-7; J Pineiro 4-8.
Batters faced - C Young 20; J Pineiro 18.
August 9, 2007 at 6:42 pm
20/21 … tell me/us more about Hairston’s play … looks like he tried to stretch a single into a double?
August 9, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I wonder if we can scratch out a run against Cy Young tonight…
August 9, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I wonder if they put in Ankiel right now to re-start his pitching career, what would his pitching line be against us? Depressingly good, if fear.
August 9, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Ankiel would throw a freaking no hitter against us with 10 walks.. and we’d lose 1-0
August 9, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I fear, not “if fear”
August 9, 2007 at 6:44 pm
What is happening in the game, Yahoo is not updating…
August 9, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I’m so proud that the Padres can contribute to lowering the league ERA on both sides of the ledger….
August 9, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Rick Ankiel? Troy Percival? It’s like a freakin’ zombie flick…
August 9, 2007 at 6:46 pm
there we go…we can’t hit anything off the pitcher..maybe we can take out a couple of Cardinals fans..
August 9, 2007 at 6:46 pm
#30: Hairston lined a sharp single to left and was looking for two right out of the box. About three-quarters of the way to second base, he clutched the lower left side of his torso and was out easily. Hairston was removed from the game and replaced in LF by Terrmel Sledge.
August 9, 2007 at 6:47 pm
#35: Nothing good…
August 9, 2007 at 6:48 pm
wow…this is really a depressing offense..
August 9, 2007 at 6:49 pm
#30: Hairston grilled a ball to left and was waived on to 2nd. The throw to 2nd beat him by about 8 ft. He slid, was tagged out and got up in pain holding the lower side of his left rib area. Exactly when and how he got hurt wasn’t clear.
That’s what I saw.
August 9, 2007 at 6:50 pm
I like Mack, but his free swinging hurts right now when a pitcher is just mowing through us. According to GD, 4 of the 5 pitches he swung at were balls.
This is really painful.
August 9, 2007 at 6:51 pm
40: There’s tons of stuff good happening; the problem is, almost all of it is happening when we’re on defense, and the five good things that did happen on offense all happened in different innings
Unless you were referring to this inning specifically, in which case, yeah, it pretty much sucks.
August 9, 2007 at 6:52 pm
#30: Hairston update: “Injured left oblique; will be re-evaluated tomorrow.”
#43: It was a brutal at-bat. Be glad you didn’t see it.
August 9, 2007 at 6:54 pm
We have NOG and a pinch-hitter due up next inning, so the probability of scoring then is pretty much 0. At least we’ll have the best hitters up in the ninth.
August 9, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Yadier is Spanish for “Death to Padres”…
August 9, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Not that I disagree with the trades, but there may be some panic inching into the Padres’ front office. The future of Colorado and Arizona have arrived, and it looks pretty fearsome. This year is probably our best shot at winning the division over the next few (not saying we won’t, but youth will served soon), and none of our gambits are playing out very well.
On a barely related note, I don’t like Ensberg. Yeah, 2 HR’s, but hating his 0 BB / 9 K’s. That does not count tonight’s flailing. Hopefully this will be a reverse jinx, but a lot of my frustation with our lame hitting seems to surface whenever he is penciled into the line up.
August 9, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Well, so much for a series split. God, I can’t believe how terribly ineffective we’ve been in this series.
August 9, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Did CY get squeezed on the Duncan AB? GD suggests two of the balls were strikes and ball 4 a borderline pitch.
August 9, 2007 at 7:03 pm
A lot of you hacks on this blog write about Black staying with his pitchers just a few batters too long. I have no idea what the hell you guys are talking about.
August 9, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Geoff, earlier today Philly Billy asked Ted L. if there is a game start heat factor ever figured into a stat and Ted emphatically said yes. You are the stat guy, is this true? And, if not, should it be?
August 9, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I do not want Ankiel’s happy story line at our expense…; please no…
August 9, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Can Brocail go wherever Wells is going?
August 9, 2007 at 7:07 pm
And Goodnight with that one… *Sigh* This could be the worst series we have played all year offensively. Getting shut down like this for the past three games leaves me numb.
August 9, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Groan…
August 9, 2007 at 7:09 pm
RE 53, I was only afraid he would single; silly me.
August 9, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Well, I have to agree with Matty V. We get our asses beat every time we go to Bush Stadium. There’s the icing on the cake. The RTV of the day. The matter/anti-matter just isn’t mattering any more, Captian. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
August 9, 2007 at 7:14 pm
51 … HEY! I resemble that remark!
August 9, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I missed the bottom of that inning for dinner, so this is a little late, but
WHAT THE HELL WAS BLACK THINKING GOING TO BROCAIL? Why is he conceding victory there with that move? Get somebody in there that has a prayer of getting out a of jam to keep us in the game.
August 9, 2007 at 7:21 pm
If by chance we do get to the play-offs, hopefully we would face the Brewers or Cubs and NOT the Red Birds.
August 9, 2007 at 7:21 pm
I’m outta here … bleh … the lineup is very different than when I left for the HOF induction … but the outcomes look familiar … glad to have CY back in rotation … can the team pretend it’s “May” sometime?
August 9, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I’m starting to hate St. Louis more than I do L.A.
August 9, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I have only two words to say about this game: THAT SUCKS!
August 9, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Sorry we’ve sucked for the 53rd time this season. I’m a great human being but our team sucks and won’t make it to the postseason unless every fiber of our beings ignite at the same time culminating in a gigantic Padre Power boost (or just one hit with RISP). Anything is possible but much is impossible.
August 9, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Hmmmm, well either we are struggling at the plate or we suck at the plate. Never seen a group of major league millionaires so befuddled mediocre pitching. It definitely in their heads. Last two innings were mailed in. Is it time to give up on this team. Not sure, but they can’t continue to struggle at the plate for much longer before its too late. Cubs and the Atl are heating up for the wild card. Not sure we have offense to win the NL West. Az and La have close to our pitching and twice the offense. We shall see, but right now, its the Padres on 1992. Yuck.
August 9, 2007 at 10:28 pm
66: LA just got shut out 3 games in a row, i dont think they really have the greatest offense either.
August 9, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I am tired of Termel Sledge. How many more at bats does this guy get ? I guess we really don’t have many other options at Portland and I guess it is probably a good idea to see if he can perform before he is cast away…now that Hairston is hurt I guess we see more of Termel’s act and the Padre’s brass can decide if this last winter’s projected leadoff man will ever cut the mustard.
August 9, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Marcus Giles is 3 for his last 39 (.076) official at bats with 3 walks. Wow ! I mean he has been as bad as can be and beyond. Obviously, the Padres can’t continue to run him out there if this continues, you might as well bring up Stansberry or Menechino because this is not fair to the club or the fans.
August 9, 2007 at 11:22 pm
J.Kentera on XEXX said that Towers had asked him recently about bringing Klesko in here again on a waiver deal. Not that Klesko is some savior but I would much rather have Klesko coming off of the bench against a tough righty than a clown like Sledge or sending up a righty (automatic out) like KK or Barrett.
August 9, 2007 at 11:23 pm
rather Towers asked Kentera for his opinion on Klesko.
August 9, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Man, you leave for a week and you hardly recognize half the names on your team. (Well I recognize them of course, just strange to see them as Padres even though I read about the trades before I left. I need to see them in uniform playing before it’s real.)
Whoever’s playing, let’s start winning again, eh?
Okay, back to vacation mode. Greetings from Athens.
August 10, 2007 at 9:19 am
72: Enjoy your vacation, man. Don’t bother about the Padres for now. It’ll be a surprise when you get back. Let’s hope it’ll be a pleasant one.