| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Greg Maddux (12-10, 3.91) vs Tom Gorzelanny (14-7, 3.45) |
| pre: | Padres.com, B-R.com |
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Dogs (with Boomer on mound) @ Rox are 3-3 after 2 full (in 2nd game of day-night DH) …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270918327
… Wells has thrown 48 pitches in the 1st 2 innings … nice … and the Dog bully has already worked 2.2 IP today …
And the Cards are up 3-1 on Phily after 3 …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270918124
Good work putting together the lineup by Black tonight. He gives OG a day off against a tough lefty, putting Clark out in right, and NOG gets the start at second. Good hitters hit at the top of the lineup; bad hitters hit at the bottom.
SD4 Trivia question to easy tonight.
Who threw out the first MLB pitch at Petco Park?
A. Woody Williams
B. David Wells
C. Jake Peavy
Obvious answer is A because Wells and Peavy weren’t even Padres when the Park opened.
4 … uh, guess again?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN200404080.shtml
3: Marcus has hit worse than Barrett and Clark for us though, he should be hitting 8th.
5 … btw, my kind of game … 3 blown saves! … and the Padres win!
They are underway in Arizona …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270918129
I forgot Wells was here that year. Wow, a lot of us tricked on that one. Majority chose Williams.
1 … Holliday dings Wells for a pair … Rox now up 5-4 after 5 …
7: Wasn’t that the game when Gary Payton robbed Barry Bonds of a homer and the Pads won 1-0? I haven’t checked your link, but that’s my recollection (of course, I might have thrown three different memories into one recollection….)
Okay, so I’m not on the Barret-bashing-wagon, but I am a little disappointed to see him starting behind the plate tonight. Maddux has been throwing so well lately with Bard behind the dish, that I really hate messing with that kind of mojo…
2 … Philly’s tie it up 3-3 in top of 6th …
11: Okay, so I checked the link. I think my memory is mostly right except I forgot about the blown saves. Oh well.
8 … D-backs with 4 quick ones … up 4-0 on Gi’nts after 1st …
14 … and you forgot Jay Payton’s first name … but it’s an interesting typo, assuming that the “robbed” happened with a “glove”
Dink, dink, dink … hey, what’s with Bay batting 6th?
Mad Dog has good placement tonight, but the bloopers are dropping in the wrong places.
16: Holy Crap! I can’t believe I typed that. I really meant to type Jay Payton. Wow. I need more sleep….
Philly starting to scare me….we really need them to lose tonight.
This is nice havin’ KK in the 3-spot with the first 2 guys getting on!
20 … Mets lose … if they keep that up, we won’t have to worry about Philly
1 – Dogs get 3 … now up 7-5 after 5-1/2 …
I like seeing Gorzelanney struggling in the 1st inning. Good indication they will have to go to the pen early.
Are you guys ready to get pissed off at Barrett for blowing this opportunity? Because I sure am!
22: Except we’ll have to worry about the Mets….
25 … good ‘nuf, huh?
All right, Barrett! Way to avoid being a scapegoat for at least one at bat.
Any chance NOG takes the first pitch?
29 … hmmm, RBI single by NOG … how cool is that? I’d say he had a better than 20% of getting a hit in that situation … and it happened!
It would be sweet if A-Gon could get 4 dingers and 13 RBI before the end of the season. I’d love to see his season totals as 30hrs and 100RBI. I think that would do a lot for his “PR”…
Ouch, how bad are the Cardinals right now? It’s September, and Adam Wainwright is PH’ing in the bottom of the 7th …
On the bright side, he got a single!!!
The Yankees are now 2.5 back of the Redsox.. Holy Crap!
After 1 …
Pitches-strikes – T Gorzelanny 31-17; G Maddux 20-15.
Ground balls-fly balls – T Gorzelanny 1-2; G Maddux 2-0.
Batters faced – T Gorzelanny 8; G Maddux 7.
… that inning by Gorz makes Maddux’ not look so bad!
Interesting read:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070917&content_id=2214568&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Thank you AGONZO!!!!!!!!!!!
Another chance for Barrett to fail us miserably.
This time he comes through (at failing us miserably). Good thing the pop out came with two outs and the deeper fly out with one.
Barrett, uuuggg. Take him out, hes a jinx.
Joe Mauer. Answer to AFLAC trivia on 4sd?
SOrry Freddy Sancheze.
Mauer was the AL’s.
#39: OK, I’ll jump on your bandwagon now after that.
Glad Mad Dog was able to get out of that one.
Let’s rock-n-roll in this 4th!!!!!!!
Phillies up 4-3 in the top of the 10th
#39 Ditto
#39: I’m now *definately* on your bandwagon!!!!!!!!!!!
Barrett just f*cked up a bases loaded situation when he had all the opprotunity against a struggling pitcher. Grrrrrr.
I officially dislike Barrett with a passion. 3 times with bases loaded and swinging on first pitch. Idiot!!! Take pitches — it builds tension.
We’ve had 13 base runners in 4 innings. Some extra base hits would help us convert those to runs more efficiently.
Holy Helton, Batman!
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270918327
Walk off two run homer by Todd Helton to win the game 9-8 in Colorado tonight.
I’ve been a Barrett defender before but he’s been awful so far for the Padres. He just hasn’t hit at all. At least they are winning tonight, no help from him. He’s batted with 9 runners on base, driven in one and made four outs. That’s pretty damn bad.
Even bloopers would really help with runners in scoring position. I wish our batters would quit going to the plate thinking they are going to hit a GS in Petco.
4-4 in St. Louis.
Barrett will be on the postseason roster (if they make it) just because they don’t have another catcher. I’m guessing they are regretting designating LaForest now.
The Cards have tied up the Phils 4-4 in the 10th
Damn, I wish Black would have left Maddux in for the 6th!
Sometimes I think when the Padres have the bases loaded they should do the opposite of what everyone hopes for:BASE HIT HOME RUN WHATEVER.
Maybe they should just BUNT — just to mess stuff up and not hit into a double play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Viva Khalil……….
#59: Jon, I tend to agree with that. What is Danny’s assertation of that theory?
If Barrett comes up with men on base again, I vote he gets PH’d for … even if it’s just Colt Morton … stop the madness!
#59 – That assumes that Barrett could get a bunt down. He’d probably pop it up to the pitcher.
Yahoo is saying Adrian was IW’d … huh?
Thats what MLB Gameday says too
1st was open after Cameron advanced on Kouz’s ground out…
At least Barrett had a decent at bat before he killed the inning this time
I like kouz hitting third, good to see the kid get rewarded. The .270 BA is nice to see too.
Wow marcus didnt swing at a single pitch!
Michael Barrett is f’ing useless. At least Khalil is getting some runs across on my b-day.
Jebus Padres, how many men are you gonna leave on base? Heat’s not available tonite, how about we convert some of these hits into runs?
1 run was kinda of pathetic from that inning
Perfect inning for Claw
60,61,62…..Ha guys how are you doing .I just stared school 3rd grade. My dad says i got to go to bed. maybe i talk tomorrow.
OK Danny, good night. Good luck with 3rd grade and enjoy while you can.
What is our LOB at now?
Despite what the bevy of runners left on tonight would imply, the Padres have hit much better with runners on base than with the bases empty this year.
Empty: .238/.304/.396
Runners on: .265/.342/.425
Runners in scoring position: .270/.353/.438
The Padres have actually been really clutch this year.
#75: Shitty
76: I must miss all the games that they hit well with runners on. Good to know they are actually getting it done.
Owings pitched a complete game. 5-0 d-backs
Can of corn to Bay. Let’s get out of this game while the gettin’s good.
KG’s got the Pirate’s # tonight and now Barrett will f*ck it up.
I’ll start the chant: FREE COLT MORTON!
Barrett is just awful… Why did we drop Laforest again?
Wow, Barrett has been nothing short of worthless since coming to the Padres.
Let’s hope Trevor can spin some magic to get this game over.
Seems like Adrian should have had a play on that first single.
Padres win! Padres win! Padres win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember when Trevor was washed up and done when he had that rough stretch in August?
Then he pitched against SF and PITT.
Barrett is about as bad a catcher as I have seen in a while. Sposed to have a decent bat but hasn’t shown it yet. Thank got Padre Majo is stronger then the Barrett Curse this night. Now, sit down Michael Barrett down at the end of the bench and don’t make a peep.
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I was initially excited about the Barrett trade, not so much now. He’s terrible — he’s made quite a few bonehead plays. And he never walks . . . and I mean never, like Vinny Castilla never.
Bard has to be the everyday guy at this point.