| time: | 4:10 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Justin Germano (6-7, 4.18) vs Tom Glavine (11-6, 4.12) |
| pre: | Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com |
It’s amazing to think that these two pitchers have combined to win 308 games in the big leagues. What’s that? Tom Glavine accounts for 301 of those? Yes, I know. I’m sorry, did you have a point?
I think I will be bookmarking this game at baseballref. as one to remember.
Great job by Hoffman to come back and get Alou (he threw some sort of “slurve” that made Alou buckle and make count 0-2) .
buckle your seat belts for the 10th …
Dude, WTF is going on you guys? Gameday sucks, this is killing me!
Hoff will rebound, he always seems to blow his saves in bunches and then does about 20 in a row
152: Adrian is taking some damn close pitches after swinging at some bad ones early on.
#147: You got it!!!!!!
HR GONZO!
A-GONE!!!!
OMG I LOVE ADRIAN!!!
147: I FUC*ING CALLED IT!!!! ADRIAN!!!
147. Go on with your bad self! Should we call you Carnac?
Heath Bell will get the chance for a save…
When’s the last time we got into the high 100′s in posts on this board on gameday… shows you what kind of game this has been.
155, 160: I’m just glad we’re back on top.
And how about Khalil’s ABs this series? He’s just looked magnificent at the plate. How large would that be if he can hit like this for the rest of the year?
People at the league office are watching this series and stopping at church on the way home to pray for a SD-NY NLCS….
164: Seriously. What a match-up that would be.
PLEASE…1-2-3 9th! Can’t handle this anymore!!! No more losing guys on 0-2 counts!!!
This is an awesome game. Incredible. I hope we can come out on top here.
I’m watching it live on SNY (Mets network)
Nice . . K to start the inning!!
Bell looks determined to win this. He didn’t waste any time there.
Ya Bell looks good, a quik K to start the inning
We need a DP here!
Milledge was completely over-matched in that AB.
Where the hell did that miss!?
3-0 . . . that pitch looked like a strike
C’mon Heat, you’re killing me here.
2 down . . let’s go!!
I HATE Reyes. Just for his cocky attitude.
2 down. Cut Reyes down Heat!
THIS IS THE WAY TO END IT. FITTING AS ALL HELL. IN THE WORDS OF MAJOR LEAGUE, “STRIKE THIS MOTHER ****** OUT!!!!!!!!!”
We NEED to get Reyes here
dammit
crap . . good pitch there. this game will not end!!
#179: Rick Vaughn=Heath Bell?
Reyes is officially the luckiest player in baseball. Unbelievable.
Bell will get Castillo and end this thing.
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes
187: jinx
HUGE win. HUGE!!!
Save this date… Heath Bell’s first save as a Padre… could be the first of many.
Absolutely an incredible game to cap a fantastic series… and yes, Hoffy struggled… but so did Wagner.
Wow.
Holy crap. That was intense. ****ing Padres, man… just wow.
OT … http://www.theonion.com/content/news/craig_biggio_blames_media_pressure
Pads need to go 22-14 to finish season (.611 (98-64) ball rest of the way) and finish up at 90-72 . which I think puts them in the postseason. The 90 win mark has only been hit 3 times in Padres history !
This series took 5 years off my life. Could have won all 3, could have lost all 3.
I wish we had more pitching reinforcements on the 40 man for September. The relievers are dragging.
If anyone cares, Rob Neyer’s post regarding the misperception about the Pads’ offense has attracted more than 2 dozen comments, some of them educated.
Brandon Webb is sneaking in at the end of the season and making a huge run for the Cy Young again. He is averaging 7 innings per start, already throwing nearly 192 innings with 166 K’s. The first half seemed like he was going to have a decent year, but his second half has been unhuman
My sole gripe with this game, crazy as it was, was why was KK starting? Germano is not a high strike out guy, relying on his defense. So why have KK? He killed us with his defense. I don’t know if a good glove gets a DP on his error in the 6th, but if so, inning over, we cruise.
Hoffman is scaring me. It does seem like they are hitting good pitches in both blown saves, but man. Either a very unlucky streak or something has shifted.
Could vanish, but sweet to see NOG have a good game, the first one since April, it seems.