IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (4 Apr 08)

Justin GermanoPadres (3-1) vs Dodgers (2-1)
Justin Germano vs Hideki Kuroda
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184
MLB, B-R

Battlestar Galactica finally returns tonight. I’m told that Jeff Kent is not the 12th Cylon, but with that show, you never know.

Japanese import Hideki Kuroda makes his North American debut for the Dodgers. I sat next to some guys the other day who kept repeating Tadahito Iguchi’s name and laughing hysterically — first time they’d been able to cut loose since the lobotomies. With Kuroda on the mound, no doubt they’ll be twice as hilarious.

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77 Comments

  1. Coronado Mike
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm | Permalink

    Wooo Hooo…I finally bought MLB.tv for 2008. Have the Pads game on. Life is good.

  2. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:07 pm | Permalink

    Ok…I’m watching the game and I’m stuck with the Dodgers broadcast because I live in Orange County and am I the only one who just doesn’t get the appeal of Vin Scully? I just spend the last 5 minutes listenting to him give a description (IN DETAIL) of the tattoos that Justin Germano has on his body? WTF is that about…who cares..

  3. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:11 pm | Permalink

    Ugh, falling behind hitters!

    Throw strikes, Justin!

  4. Coronado Mike
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Permalink

    Hang me a curveball…lucky that we are playing a game a night when it is wet downtown…

  5. Coronado Mike
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:24 pm | Permalink

    Very nice play by LA’s 3 bagger Dewitt…charging hard, throwig off balance to get kouz…nice.

  6. Biggest Padres Fan in Utah
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:25 pm | Permalink

    Kuroda’s got some nasty stuff

  7. Biggest Padres Fan in Utah
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:32 pm | Permalink

    Germano’s breaking ball bites! (in the good way)

  8. Coronado Mike
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

    That curve to end the inning looked a lot nicer than the last one to Kent…It had bite/late movement.

  9. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:41 pm | Permalink

    Keep in mind, Kuroda’s stuff is new to Padres hitters…
    I mean he looks good, but let’s see what happens after they see him a few times.

  10. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:44 pm | Permalink

    Germano is getting the job done thru 3, now it would be nice if we could get a hit (I’ll take a walk, even a HBP).

    Sweet Greeney!

  11. Coronado Mike
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:45 pm | Permalink

    props to KG for a very nice play. Hoping his D advances from last year continue into 08!

  12. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:52 pm | Permalink

    Germano! 100% of the Pads Offense.

  13. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:52 pm | Permalink

    Ha. Justin Germano just had by far the best at bat in the lineup thus far. Wow. Beautiful approach.

  14. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    Kuroda seems to be throwing lots of very hittable fastballs early in the count. Padre hitters are either taking them for strikes (Barrett, Hairston, Iguchi) or just missing them (Gonzalez, Greene, McAnulty, Giles).

  15. lance Richardson
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:05 pm | Permalink

    14: Those aren’t as hittable as you think. When he’s been over the plate, he’s had tremendous sinking action. He’s also throwing what looks like a four-seam on the inner half at about 94 (it could be that as he approaches the mid-90’s he loses the sink, making me mistake it for a four-seam). His slider bores in on RHBs so much that the possibility that he might throw one makes the fastball very difficult to put a good swing on. His command of all of his pitches has been outstanding. I don’t think I’d want to try and hit him today, and I suspect Padre hitters are feeling the same way.

  16. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:11 pm | Permalink

    Kouzmanoff’s ERA just went up. He should have gotten 2 errors on that play. Poor.

  17. Mark Ase
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    Kuroda is throwing 90-92 on CH 4’s gun…..which is consistent with the scouting report.

    Padres look like they are sleep walking

  18. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:16 pm | Permalink

    Yeah, it’s pretty sad when your pitcher has the only good at bat of the night.

  19. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    18. Agreed. It’s not just the outs they’re making.. it’s how their making them.

  20. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:24 pm | Permalink

    Ugh, I know, bad english…

    “it’s how THEY’RE making them.”

  21. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:24 pm | Permalink

    Greene is having a great nite defensively. Let’s get some hits!

  22. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:31 pm | Permalink

    This is like the game against Aaron Cook last year. Just embarrassing.

  23. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

    I’ll take 6 innings of 1 run ball from Germano every time…

  24. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:42 pm | Permalink

    Germano did his job. 6 IP and only the one unearned run. Let’s see if we can get some baserunners now!

  25. Stu
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:42 pm | Permalink

    Tip o’ the cap to Germano – that’s six solid innings. Now let’s see if they can get a couple of runs for him.

  26. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:43 pm | Permalink

    #23 you’re right… it was a bit of a tight rope walk..but 6 innings and 1 run is pretty solid…

    Now lets get some damn hits boys…

  27. lance Richardson
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    Assuming that’s the last we’ll see of Germano, he certainly gave us all we could hope for. at some point we’ve got to force kuroda to throw more than 9 pitches an inning.

  28. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:45 pm | Permalink

    Maybe we should have left Germano in to hit.

  29. Stephen
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:45 pm | Permalink

    OG!

  30. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    ORANGE CRUSH!!!

  31. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    OG!!!!!!!!!

  32. Stu
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    We can still call him OG if there’s no more NOG, right???? OG porch job!!!

  33. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    Good thing the ball doesn’t carry at Petco

  34. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:47 pm | Permalink

    32: The O could stand for only now.

  35. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:48 pm | Permalink

    The Killer Gs tonite: Germano, Greene, Giles! I guess Gonzalez is waiting to participate until later.

  36. lance Richardson
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    A bit late…

    DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!

  37. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    #35 Gonzalez with the game winner?

  38. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

    35, 37: Maybe Enrique Gonzalez can get the win.

  39. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:55 pm | Permalink

    Throw a strike!

  40. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:56 pm | Permalink

    That’s just freaking riddiculous… walking the pitcher who was trying to give himself up.

  41. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:56 pm | Permalink

    You have to be kidding me Thatcher!! That’s 3 BB in 2/3 of an inning so far this year!

  42. Zagz
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:56 pm | Permalink

    Kuroda had one really good season in Japan, which is like AA-AAA level. I am not a scout or anything but I was shocked that there was the interest in him that there was. How the Padres aren’t killing this guy is beyond me.

    How Thatcher walks a guy that is trying to give you an out is also beyond me.

  43. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:58 pm | Permalink

    If he doesn’t retire Furcal, he’s gotta get yanked

  44. Field39
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:58 pm | Permalink

    Why is Thatcher still in there?

  45. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 8:59 pm | Permalink

    38: How ’bout Glendon?

  46. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:00 pm | Permalink

    OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

  47. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:00 pm | Permalink

    Unbelievable.

    Go get him, Buddy, for crying out loud!!

  48. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

    I can’t beleive he staying in there. That’s 4 BB this year in 2/3 IP

  49. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

    We have two other lefties in the bullpen. One of them can even throw strikes. There’s no reason to leave Thatcher in to face Martin just so he can get the lefty Loney afterward.

  50. Field39
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

    You can’t be this wild at the major league level.

  51. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

    geez

  52. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

    can’t walk the bases loaded and expect to get out of it…

  53. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

    First manager mistake of the year… Buddy stayed with Thatcher too long there.

    I HATE WALKS!

  54. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

    I don’t think we’ll see Thatcher on the mound for a couple of weeks…at least I hope not

  55. Stu
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:04 pm | Permalink

    I would be happy never to see Russell Martin again.

  56. Field39
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:04 pm | Permalink

    Bud just sacraficed the game, trying to give Thatcher some confidence.

  57. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:04 pm | Permalink

    Also notable about the walks: they were to the Dodgers’ three worst hitters!

  58. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:06 pm | Permalink

    Come on Rusch, hold the score

  59. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

    unbelievable

  60. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

    Hey, another run that scores as a direct result of a walk.

  61. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:13 pm | Permalink

    well..this sucks..

  62. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:14 pm | Permalink

    It’s getting comical. Giving away free runs at PetCo

  63. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    Love those southpaws in the bullpen.

  64. Mark O
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    it’s free run night in San Diego

  65. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

    WOOOOHOOOO!!! RUSCH WITH THE HUGE STRIKEOUT!!!!

  66. OkiJames
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

    sarcasm off…

  67. Zagz
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    That inning sucked, but the Padres shouldn’t even have been in the position of using guys like Thatcher and Rusch. Kuroda is going to be an Irabu type bust and the fact they only have two hits off him is the real problem. This guy wasn’t an elite pitcher in Japan, he shouldn’t be shutting down major league batters.

  68. St. Oops
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:27 pm | Permalink

    Well this is depressing to come home to… Almost makes me glad that my internet (that I signed up for specifically so that it would start working once the baseball season started up again) still isn’t working thanks to AT&T’s crummy tech support.

  69. Ben B.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:33 pm | Permalink

    I approve of allowing a hit to Juan Pierre. If we’re going to lose, in doing so we might as well promote poor roster usage by the Dodgers.

  70. Richard D.
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

    Hey, over the course of the year… the bullpen will totally collapse a handful of times.. whaddya gonna do..

    To quote mark Grant, “Hang With ‘em” and go get ‘em tomorrow.

  71. SDSUBaseball
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

    Our ‘pen doesnt look too great this year. Pretty much everyone who has come out of the pen has had a POOR performance.

  72. Turbine Dude
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

    Just got home from the game. I hope we can do better tommorow. We still had a lot fun tonight.

  73. Geoff B
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 10:09 pm | Permalink

    Not just the pen looking poor tonite. Only 4 hits on the offensive side too. Germano had a good outing. Otherwise…piss poor.

  74. Field39
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 10:14 pm | Permalink

    Estes threw six innings of shut out ball in Portland tonight.

  75. Turbine Dude
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 10:16 pm | Permalink

    Middle reliefe is lacking.

  76. Turbine Dude
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 10:17 pm | Permalink

    I liked Justin’s outing. Looking forward to tommorow’s game.

  77. lance Richardson
    Posted April 4, 2008 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

    42: I charted Kuroda’s pithes from the third inning on, and he unquestionably has three major-league calibre out-pitches (sinker, slider, splitter). He had tremendous command of all three tonight, in addition to throwing what looked like a four-seam on occasion, as well as something that resembled a change or a curve, if only as a show-me.

    Mostly, he threw the FB-splitty-slider combo from 82 to 94 MPH (mostly sitting from 86-91), and generally threw with excellent location and good movement. the splitter had outstanding downward movement, and his slider rides in on righties more than all but a few sliders I’ve seen.

    I’ve only seen him once, but if he can throw like this on a regular basis he’s gonna be a front-of-the-rotation guy.

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