Padres (14-24) @ Cubs (22-15)
Randy Wolf vs Carlos Zambrano
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Go Padres! feel much better about the team since the moves, which shows the FO wants is at least trying. Old Time Padres would have sat on that team all year long and probably moved some guys at the TD. Remember Tom Warner, think he owns part of the BS still.
This is not a very good match up. Zambrano’s 1.80 ERA is not encouraging for tonight’s game.
Damn, I miss Wrigley Field. Great place to watch a game.
#2@Turbine Dude: I don’t miss the weather, though.:)
OG had to dig that out of the wall.
Giles had to dig that out of the wall.
Padres lead majors in quality starts with 23.
With the just stated fact above – Remember our DS Blog pre-season debate : What do we need more an outfielder or a 5th starter ?
He doesn’t break his bat and that would have been a Grand Slam. Whew!
Despite that HR, greene looks pathetic. He is nearly tradable to me right now. Doesn’t he live in Florida.
#8@PM: We were just talking about that at work today. I agree.
Gooch!! Tie ballgame!
Gooch has been one who has really stepped it up….
It’s always nice to see Derrick Lee hit into a DP.
#6@JP: The season’s not a quarter over yet. I’ll still put money on needing SP more than an OF when we look back at 162 games.
#11@JP: Yep. By the end of the year I expect him to be near 100 OPS+. It may not be as a Padre, but that’s what I expect him to do.
GameDay is quite confused about what happened on Kouzmanoff’s grounder. It shows no one on base, no runs have scored, but the 4th hitter of the inning is up.
As bad as Edmonds looked in CF, and as much as people rag on McAnulty and Hairston defensively, we’re still middle of the pack in defensive efficiency. I wonder if BP subscribers can break that down by flyballs and grounders.
Bard needs more cortisone injections. He almost hit that one out. Couple more injections and that’s in the seats. =)
SMOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go Jody!!
GERUT HR!!!!
#16@Oside Jon: The two days off didn’t hurt, either. Hey, look at that, my fast-twitch muscles work again!
Attaby, Jody.
Haha, Petco’s not here to take that one away from him.
#20@Tom Waits: Yeah. 2 Days off for him right now must’ve felt like 2 weeks. Good rest hopefully does him well.
Zambrano has a Ruth swing on that.
This is where Mark Grant talks about how Carlos Z may be “winded”, thus allowing us to get some runs in the top of the inning.
Damn!
Hit Soriano next time. His head was RIGHT over the plate. Don’t hit him in the head head but c’mon….
1-2 against a hacker like Soriano and you throw him a fastball down the middle?
#15@Tom Waits: I don’t think it’s split up between flyballs and grounders (also aren’t the BP stats free?)
Here’s the stats for the team (if it’s free):
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=329078
If you can’t get to that Thatcher’s has been terrible (.579), Wolf and Germano were both below average (.692 and .700). PEavy and Maddux are both at .731 and Young is at .721.
Not a great inning for Wolf — throwing the meatballs right down the middle isn’t working out so well this inning.
I wonder if Soriano keeps golf club covers on his bats to “keep bats warm-happy?”
#30@Turbine Dude: Hats for Bats? On that note, here’s the WPA breakdown of the one game playoff between the Indians and Yankees from Major League.
http://mistakesports.blogspot.com/2008/05/even-you-dorn.html
Are the Padres trying to set a record for the amount of dink hits in a season? That’s two already by Lee today plus the numerous other ones this season (like the Peavy game on Friday vs. the Rockies). Of course, bad luck like that explains why they are in last place. I’m surprised that Fukudome hit was foul.
Oh, this is not good. Wolf looked good until the 5th.
What’s Bud waiting for? Wolf has faced 6 guys this inning without getting an out …
33 … uh, make that 7 … with 5 runs in now … ug …
I can’t believe my eyes. That the Padres are losing by the cubs this stinks
Good thing that ball got by Henn. It rolled right to the 2nd base to get the double.
#35@OSIDE DANNY: Jon, don’t discount the Cubs, they are tied for 1st in the NL Central right now with a 22-15 record.
#37@Turbine Dude: Sorry, meant Danny.
#33@LynchMob: Yeah, you think Black left him in long enough? That is becoming one of his traits.
#35@OSIDE DANNY: Danny, you need to get your own Avatar.
#13@Tom Waits: I hope you’re right. I’ll make a note and check with you on this.
The padres had about 10 min and got out this is not a good day to watch the padres get bad at baseball. This is a bad day for the padres I think they are going to lose the game and be in the lamest part of the game I wish they would win because the cubs are not good.
#39@Kevin: Out of curiosity, when would you guys have wanted him pulled?
#29@Schlom: The basic stats are free, but it makes reference to sortable/filtered stats if you subscribe.
That turned ugly in an f’in hurry.
Hey, replacing Thatcher with Henn hasn’t magically solved the bullpen problems. Henn can’t throw strikes either.
#42@OSIDE DANNY: Danny see post #37.
This just became a laugher real quick!
Missed pick at 3rd and a bad throw to 1st cleared the bases. I can’t believe my eyes.
The cubs are so so mean.Are any of you with me do you think i’m right guys I think the cubs are jelesy of the padres.
Did they pull Kouz for the bad play or was he hurt?
OK. I’m back from the store and it seems Danny’s been posting??? I told him he could….just be careful what you say. Man we are down by more than when I left to get dinner. Ouch!!
Danny needs his own avatar.
#49@OSIDE DANNY: Danny they are just better and the Padres have made a few stupid mistakes tonight. From the Manager on down.
#51@Oside Jon: Jon, I just saw your avatar without looking at the name at first before I realized Danny was on here. LOL
Starting in centerfield tonight, Venable has homered twice for the Beavers.
I wish Edgar could have got his 1st big league knock on a happier note.
Edgar Gonzalez is the greatest hitter ever!!!!! 2.000 OPS!!!!! Congratulations to Edgar for his first major league hit.
#43@Ben B.: Probably after Ramirez’s RBI single made it 4-1. He was the fifth straight batter to reach base without Wolf recording an out.
Possibly the batter before.
If the Padres are trying to scratch out some wins, Black can’t let the games get out of hand because the their offense isn’t go to get it done.
#53@Turbine Dude: My spelling is bad but not 4th grade level. hahahahaha
#45@Ben B.: Hopefully Henn isn’t used in the same fashion as Thatcher was yet.
I got my avatar I hope you like it and the padres are still loseing I just wish I was a baseball player I bet I would get 10 home runs.
test….avatar didn’t come up. Sorry to waste comments on this guys…..but the Pads are sucking right now.
Has anyone seen DePodesta’s blog?
http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/
Jenga’s OPS is hovering around 1000 again this year.
If its not too much trouble, could someone please tell me what happened at third base with the error by Kouz. I missed that. How did the runs score?
Just got back from dinner, and I hadn’t seen any of the game…God, we suck right now.
#61@Danny555: Danny, it takes awhile for it to show up.
#64@parlo: Bases loaded, ground ball hit to Kouz picked up 10 feet behind the bag, he was late getting to the bag for the out and rifles it to 1st with a bad throw. Ball gets away and the bases clear.
Rally cap time! WooooHoooo!
#67 Turbine Dude: Thanks TD! If its any consolation, I was looking at the scoreboards and there are a lot of blowouts tonight. Lots of games with 7 or more runs scored by one team.
With Shawn Estes coming into the rotation, does this mean Justin Germano is now platooned to middle relief?
Jody is showing that he deserves to be on this team.
#70@Turbine Dude: I think that’s the deal.
Did anybody honestly believe going into this game against Zambrano with the Cubs tied for 1st in the NL Central think we had a chance tonight?
#73@Turbine Dude: The Padres could have won a 5-4 type game, but everything went wrong instead of the other way around.
But yes, the Cubs were favored to win.
#73 Turbine Dude: We scored a couple of runs off him, and for five innings or so, it was a close game. Then the meltdown came. Then another meltdown happened the following inning. Our defense and pitching are what failed tonight. Our offense was nothing special, but it was adequate, somewhat.
#74@Kevin: #75@parlo:
I guess I came into this game expecting to lose. However, Wolf looked pretty good the first four innings. I think Black hesitated too long in pulling him when the wheels started to fall off.
OT: The reason Zambrano stayed in the game so long was that the Cubs went 5 deep into their BP yesterday. To aswer Scan’s post-game question.
#76@Turbine Dude: I totally agree about Wolf. See comment 57.
#77 Turbine Dude: Scoring twelve runs gives you that option.
AP notes: Gerut’s last homer came on May 24, 2005, against the Twins while he was playing for the Indians. He wasn’t in the majors the last two years. … Padres C Michael Barrett, bothered by a sprained right elbow ligament, threw before the game and could go on a rehab assignment soon. … Padres LF Scott Hairston fell over the Cubs’ bullpen mound chasing Fukudome’s foul fly in the sixth, but wasn’t hurt. … Edgar Gonzalez, just called up from Triple-A, had an RBI single in the seventh for his first major league hit. He is the brother of Padres’ first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. … Former Cubs pitcher Mark Prior, now with the Padres, had a setback in his rehab from shoulder surgery in April 2007. When he felt discomfort in his shoulder at extended spring training in Arizona, he was sent back to San Diego for an MRI, Black said. Prior might visit Dr. James Andrews, who performed the surgery, to be checked out.
I’ve been a Padre fan for a very long time. It hurts me to say, but this team really stinks. A lot. Almost everyone should/could be fired. Keep Adrian Gonzalez and Peavy, and toss everyone else.
Jody Gerut is decent, love to see him flourish with time, but why didn’t we make a play for Jacque Jones? Speed and defense, and he’s a local guy.
Hope Adrian’s brother works out at third, Kooz is a disaster.
And why don’t ALL of our hitters who struggle make a phone call and go visit San Diego State? I hear their baseball coach used to hit a little, maybe he could help.
Just some thoughts. Painful, but true.
testing the avatar…..