IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (29 Aug 07)
Wed, Aug 29, 2007
by Geoff Young
| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Greg Maddux (10-9, 3.90) vs Micah Owings (6-7, 4.69) |
| pre: | Padres.com, B-R.com |
Greg Maddux hasn’t issued a walk all month. He’s issued just three over 210 plate appearances since the All-Star break. Two of those came in the same game.
Maddux has walked zero or one batters in 22 of his 27 starts this year. In 1997, he did that in 28 of 32 starts. Maddux is averaging 1.17 walks per nine innings, best in baseball, and he’s already walked more batters than he did in 71 more innings in ‘97.
It’s sick, is what it is. So is the fact that Micah Owings has outhomered ex-Padre Josh Barfield this season…
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August 29, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Maddux was patient and got Young at 1st for the 1st out.
August 29, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Nice work Maddux.
August 29, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Nice 1st inning start. Let’s hope our bats showed up.
August 29, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Good quick inning. Nice work.
August 29, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Nice shot OG.
August 29, 2007 at 7:20 pm
OUCH! That *sounded* like it hurt!
August 29, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Woot, go Padres!
August 29, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Phantom, you and I are the only two NOT at the game tonight it seems.
August 29, 2007 at 7:25 pm
This looks like Bud’s regular line up now. He has used this order pretty regularly over the past 3 series. Since they seem to be scoring, I suppose there is no need to change it now.
August 29, 2007 at 7:26 pm
8: Apparently. I wish the Padres had clutched up here. C’mon Kouz.
August 29, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Way to load them up with no outs…
August 29, 2007 at 7:26 pm
That was ugly.
August 29, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I think I’m going to be sick.
August 29, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Ugh. That hurts.
August 29, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I can’t believe we stranded a bases loaded 0 out inning…wtf?
August 29, 2007 at 7:27 pm
unbelievable…well, not really…
Like Lietner said, the DBacks got us right where they wanted us when they loaded ‘em up…
August 29, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Are you serious…
August 29, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Because that’s what you want out of your 3-4-5 hitters with the bases loaded at home against a sub-par pitcher.
August 29, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Sorry. 4-5-6 hitters.
August 29, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Owings giveth and taketh away…….
August 29, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I wonder where LaRussa would bat Owings in his lineup….
August 29, 2007 at 7:30 pm
21 - 8th
August 29, 2007 at 7:30 pm
21, 22: nah, probably 6th or 7th
August 29, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I’m just glad Maddux showed up tonight.
August 29, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I’m with James. I’m betting 6th….
August 29, 2007 at 7:36 pm
I guess Ankiel’s hitting 2nd, so who knows.
August 29, 2007 at 7:37 pm
For those of us not watching … did the Bradley HBP appear intentional in any way? Were there any warnings issued?
August 29, 2007 at 7:39 pm
On the bright side, Owings is throwing more pitches then Maddux….
August 29, 2007 at 7:42 pm
#27: Not at all. Just a bad pitch.
August 29, 2007 at 7:44 pm
#23: Mud just agreed with you.
August 29, 2007 at 7:50 pm
That bottom of the 1st sucked. Fortunately, Maddux is looking good - Arizona hasn’t hit a ball hard yet and the run was due to bad luck as much as anything else. Let’s get some runs against Owings here.
August 29, 2007 at 7:52 pm
OG in da house
August 29, 2007 at 7:52 pm
OG!!!!! Long ball to right!!!
August 29, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I think that’s his 1st HR at home this year!
August 29, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Take that, Petco Park! You cannot stop OG, you can only hope to contain him!
August 29, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Dong! Dong! Dong! Yeah OG!!
August 29, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Cammy with a stand up dbl to Byrnes. Excellent!
August 29, 2007 at 7:55 pm
About damn time for OG. That’s his first HR at home this season. That’s exactly what I was talking about last night — swing aggressively! There is no good reason why he hasn’t had a HR at home until tonight (unless of course he was injured which is a possibility).
August 29, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Hit so hard it knocked Hudson on his ass.
August 29, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Well the first three hitters in the lineup have Owings figured out at least. Too bad nobody else can hit him.
August 29, 2007 at 7:57 pm
C’mon Adrian. You cannot keep stranding the RISP. The Pads should be moidering this guy…
August 29, 2007 at 7:59 pm
damn I thought Kouz got a hold of that one
August 29, 2007 at 8:04 pm
OT … Harang insists he’s still got to be considered for CYA …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270829123
August 29, 2007 at 8:06 pm
43 - wow. he does that once or twice more in the next couple of weeks, and he’ll pull some votes. I didn’t realize Harang was having such a great season.
August 29, 2007 at 8:06 pm
OT … Mariano Rivera with a 4-out save …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270829110
August 29, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Harang is the best pitcher in the NL that no one knows.
August 29, 2007 at 8:10 pm
I was just out driving and listening to Fox Sports Radio … Seth Everett from mlb.tv was on and said this … “if the Padres make the playoffs, and that’s not a lock, then they are my pick to win the World Series” … it got me to thinking that I haven’t been looking at this team as a possible WS winner for a couple of months now … and even the peak, I really didn’t think in those terms … hmmmm …
August 29, 2007 at 8:10 pm
46 … over Chris Young?
August 29, 2007 at 8:13 pm
everyone knows CY, don’t they?
August 29, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Yefri (the Great) with HR #2 for Eugene tonight …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_eveasx_1
August 29, 2007 at 8:18 pm
CY was an all star… was Harang
August 29, 2007 at 8:20 pm
For AAA Portland tonight …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....a_tucaaa_1
Good News: McAnulty is 2-for-2 with a 2B so far …
Bad News: Estes only went 1 IP ???
August 29, 2007 at 8:25 pm
51 … nope …
http://www.baseball-reference......aa01.shtml
August 29, 2007 at 8:26 pm
47: with a healthy Peavy and CY, our boys can ride those two arms to a championship ala the DBacks with RJ and Schilling. Of course they have to get that far first…
52: I thought Estes was shut down after feeling something in his arm with his first start of the year. I wonder if he felt it again.
August 29, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Geer now 16-6 for AA San Antonio …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_sanaax_1
August 29, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Kellen Kulbacki made BA’s PHS this week …
http://www.baseballamerica.com.....64756.html
… his numbers for August = .362/.438/.638 with five home runs, two doubles, a triple and16 RBIs in 20 games!
August 29, 2007 at 8:34 pm
All right, let’s get Maddux up this inning so we can pinch hit for him.
August 29, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Rally Time … let’s get the prof some runs … and a W!
August 29, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Or I guess they could do absolutely nothing in a nine pitch inning.
August 29, 2007 at 8:47 pm
let’s see if Black gets in trouble by leaving Maddux in.
August 29, 2007 at 8:49 pm
That should be a strikeout of Young since “ball” one was clearly a strike.
August 29, 2007 at 8:50 pm
60 … whew …
August 29, 2007 at 8:50 pm
nice work by Maddux. Chris Young, that’s how a Hall of Famer gets it done.
August 29, 2007 at 8:50 pm
nice!
August 29, 2007 at 8:53 pm
They score 6 off Webb and can only get 1 off Micah Owings — that seems about right….
August 29, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Man….I’m in Rivertucky tonight and can’t get the game on TV. Gameday is better than nothing but it still sucks. I see OG homered…..let’s get a couple more. Go Padres.
August 29, 2007 at 8:57 pm
give Owings some credit; he has pitched well. leaving the sacks full in the 1st stings even more now, though.
August 29, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Kevin Cameron with a nice 1-2-3 inning.
August 29, 2007 at 9:07 pm
That might have been Cameron’s most impressive inning of the season. Given the keys for a high leverage trip through the heart of the D-Back’s lineup during a tie game in the 8th inning, the kid strikes out Hudson and Byrnes and gets Jackson to ground out. His cutter was moving like crazy tonight.
August 29, 2007 at 9:07 pm
K-Cam should get some looks as a potential starter next year. I’m not sure if he’s got the stuff for it, but I’d be comfortable with giving him a shot.
August 29, 2007 at 9:09 pm
OG continues to be an offensive force. surprised that ball got past the “O-Dog”.
August 29, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Good job OG. Let’s see if we can get something going here!
August 29, 2007 at 9:10 pm
70: Cameron seems more like a reliever to me given that he relies heavily on one pitch, his cutter. He was very impressive that inning, though.
August 29, 2007 at 9:11 pm
HELL YEAH
second double for Cameron to *that exact same spot* in the park
August 29, 2007 at 9:11 pm
YYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 29, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Way to go Cammy!
August 29, 2007 at 9:11 pm
there it is. get Hoffy up
August 29, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Lets get some more runs here. Give Hoffy a nite off!
August 29, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Brandon Lyon’s success this year completely confounds me. He doesn’t strike anybody out, and he doesn’t get ground balls. His xFIP this year is 4.75.
August 29, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Viva El Hombre…right up until he got thrown out at 2nd
August 29, 2007 at 9:13 pm
A little more cushing. Thanks Adrian.
August 29, 2007 at 9:14 pm
well, at least we got the run…I will never complain about aggresive base running either
August 29, 2007 at 9:14 pm
wow. lotta action at 2nd base there. Khalil, it’s OK to slide, ya know
August 29, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Re 70: He’s never had a start as a professional so it’s probably unlikely. He also went to the same HS (Joliet Catholic) as Mark Grant, as well as Sean Bergman, Mike Grace, Chris Michalak and Bill Gullickson. Not a bad haul for one school.
http://thebaseballcube.com/pla.....eron.shtml
August 29, 2007 at 9:15 pm
83: No kidding eh, I just hope he didn’t tweak something.
August 29, 2007 at 9:16 pm
huh. didn’t realize they were giving Trevor a night off. Matty just said he pitched in 6 of the last 8 games. Bell warming up in the pen.
August 29, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Bell up in the pen looking like one of M. Vick’s pit bulls…
August 29, 2007 at 9:17 pm
there’s goes Kouz’ hitting streak…oh well, start another tomorrow
August 29, 2007 at 9:17 pm
re 84: it’s not RB, but it’s ok I guess
August 29, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Of course, Bell has also pitched in a ton of games recently. But he’s young and better able to handle it, I guess.
August 29, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Alright Bell, time for save number 2!
August 29, 2007 at 9:21 pm
84 - from the “who knew” file: both Tony Gwynn and Milton Bradley (as well as Chase Utley) went to Long Beach Poly.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com.....-637.shtml
August 29, 2007 at 9:22 pm
90: I hope Heat can continue to keep this up all year.
August 29, 2007 at 9:23 pm
92: “from the “who knew” file: both Tony Gwynn and Milton Bradley”
I knew that, but I didn’t know Utley when there too.
August 29, 2007 at 9:24 pm
This umpire’s strike zone starts mid thigh, it’s unbelievable. Anything lower is a ball.
August 29, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Khalil makes that look way too easy. Goes deep towards second, scoops it up, pirouettes and makes the throw with a step to spare. Smooth.
August 29, 2007 at 9:25 pm
95: Ok, so that wasn’t just Gameday messing up on the called ball that was almost centered in the strike zone.
August 29, 2007 at 9:25 pm
95 - Bell got a low strike called there
August 29, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Khalil Greene really deserves a Gold Glove at some point.
August 29, 2007 at 9:26 pm
96: And he made that throw from shallow center.
August 29, 2007 at 9:27 pm
99: With Everett and Tulowitzki in the NL, that’ll be tough.
August 29, 2007 at 9:28 pm
99 - agreed. NL is fairly deep at shortstop, however, and Reyes in NYC will get all the hype.
August 29, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Wild Card? We don’t need no steenking Wild Card!
August 29, 2007 at 9:29 pm
98: He did, no consistency either.
August 29, 2007 at 9:30 pm
101: Everett is hur this year, and Tulo doesn’t have quite the range Khalil does (as far as I know).
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Awesome win. Tomorrow night will be nuts, with CY coming back and the boys going for the sweep. Sweet!
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
First place (by percentage points)!
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
A big broom needed for tomorrow night!!
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
1st place…………
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Virtual tie for 1st!!! If my math is correct, we are actually precentage points ahead of the DBacks now, tied with the Mets for the best record in the league!
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
re 89: It’s actually a lot better. Rancho Bernardo has had a lot of minor league players but just two majors leaguers, Hank Blalock and Cole Hamels. My high school, USDHS, has more (Prior, Quentin and Zito).
August 29, 2007 at 9:31 pm
109: Oh how sweet this is. What a fantastic series of clutch baseball so far. Shut ‘em down under CY tomorrow!
August 29, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Schlom, Uni grad here too, class of ‘93.
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