Padres (26-37) vs Mets (30-30)
Cha Seung Baek vs Oliver Perez
7:05 p.m. PT
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Ollie Perez always reminds of the 2001 Lake Elsinore Storm team that dominated the Cal League. It’s a shame Perez still hasn’t pushed past the enigmatic phase of his career…
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Beak on the mound…
I’m concerned already. His last outing didn’t impress anyone. Not that it was that bad, just not impressive.
I’m already starting to ramble, sorry.
Well, he (Beak) started out pretty good. Let’s hope it will last.
Nice shot OG. Just wish there weren’t already two outs.
Looking like I got movie night with my wife instead of the game. No Country For Old Men….or Padres? I’ll be checking in during breaks. Thinking of going to the game tomorrow. Hopefully it’ll be to watch a sweep!!!
Why didn’t Barrett just tackle him with the ball?
Que Embarassado!!!
I hope Black has somebody ready to start warming up.
little league
#1@Turbine Dude: ’nuff said.
I just watched The Bad News Bears. The newer one with Billy Bob Thorton.
It wasn’t very good.
It’s o.k Justin Huber. After all you are in left field because of your bat.
Barrett was never going to catch the speedy Beltran. He should have given the ball up sooner, and Kouz should have followed his throw instead of getting in the way. Every game there seems to be a little league mistake with thus team.
Huber’s throw was halfway up the line. Our left field play has been brutal this year. Even without really ever having played the outfield before, Headley might be an improvement over what’s out there now.
Beak got lucky. That should have been disasterous.
This perhaps is old news, but it seems worth repeating … Yahoo / AP is reporting …
http://tinyurl.com/6cz2dh
Padres pitcher Jake Peavy is likely to return to the rotation next week if he does not have any physical setbacks from a simulated game he threw on Saturday.
Peavy, the reigning NL Cy Young winner, threw 61 pitches to three batters over four innings in a simulated game at Petco Park.
#10@Steve from Boston: It was blasphemy.
With the punchout, Huber is now hitting an even .200 against lefties. Can someone remind me of the purpose of having a one-dimensional, right handed bat on the bench to hit lefties, if he doesn’t hit them?
After 150+ PA’s in the major leagues Huber has an OPS of .526
LeBlanc with 3 good innings to start tonight’s AAA Portland game …
http://tinyurl.com/5d6byx
David Wright doesn’t score on a 2-out double? I’m not watching the game … can someone explain?
I’m watching and I was as surprised as you, lynch.
Again, Baek got lucky. This guy is giving me an ulcer.
After top of 3rd (ie. 2-1/2 innings) …
Pitches-strikes – O Perez 32-21; C Baek 54-31.
Ground balls-fly balls – O Perez 1-2; C Baek 5-3.
Batters faced – O Perez 7; C Baek 15.
#19@LynchMob: Ball was hit like a rocket off of the right field wall and then fielded quickly by Giles on the rebound who wheeled and threw strike to Egon to hold Wright.
For Portland, Tom King has been more than respectable for Beavers after struggling with .158 average at A level. The guy struggles for a month in the low minors and is advanced to AAA and so far performs at a much higher level. He hit a 2 run blast tonight to put the Beavers up 2-0.
#24@JP: That’s what “organizational soldiers” do sometimes … imo … it’s fun while it lasts … but it’s rarely a reflection of reality … except the reality of “small sample sizes”. Another way to say/look at it is this … all pro players have *a lot* of talent … enough so that in any small sample size at any level of play, they can “get hot” …
OG did a good job of running that out.
Stanford just beat Fullerton St to take the Super Regional … Padres’ draft pick Erik Davis got knocked out of the game in the 3rd inning … but unless Staford goes 2-and-out at Omaha, it seems likely we’ll see Davis pitch in the CWS …
#14@LynchMob:
Great addition and not old news. Can anyone tell me, forgive my ignorance, what is a simulated game? Do we load up the field with groundsmen or players, and have Jake pitch to Padre hitters or coaches? That’s what’s always in my mind when I hear “simulated game”. How do you simulate when you don’t want to waste current player energies? Please forgive my ignorance…and sorry for the OT….back to the game.
#28@Oside Jon: Jake was on the radio today, and he said that he pitched to Carlin, Stansberry, and McAnulty.
Matt, you get the range factor by dividing a player’s range by their factor and then multiplying by nine.
#30@Steve from Boston: LOL …
After top of 5th …
Pitches-strikes – O Perez 63-38; C Baek 78-46.
Ground balls-fly balls – O Perez 1-6; C Baek 7-7.
Batters faced – O Perez 16; C Baek 22.
… I hope Bud PH’s for Baek here … NICE job by Baek … good results, to say the least.
I had a range factor post eaten.
Here’s some info on measuring defensive stats:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stats3.shtml
Range factor is part of it.
For anyone watching the game, Matt Vasgergian just asked for some info on how to determine range factor and said he’d be looking on Ducksnorts and Gaslamp Ball for the answer.
Is that like Barrett’s first home run for the Padres?
Fifth sign of the apocalypse: A home run by Michael Barrett.
#34@Sean Callahan: It only took about 175 AB’s, but there it is.
#34@Sean Callahan: Yes.
A waste of an AB sending Baek up there … and I gotta believe that Baek is pushing the edge of the envelope in terms of preventing runs from scoring … I just don’t get not PH’ing there … I know that Bell and Hoffy have pitched back-to-back … but there’s 5 other guys out there, right?
“Dividing a player’s range by their factor” ?
#31@LynchMob: I have a question about the GB-FB number thru 5 innings for Baek … it shows 7-7 … it’s my understanding that means 14 outs (7 ground outs + 7 fly outs) … plus 2 Ks = 16 outs … seems like 5 IP is only 15 outs … did Barrett drop a 3rd strike somewhere? Or is one of the GB-FG numbers off?
#40@LynchMob: Never mind … I think I see the extra “out” …
F. Tatis reached on fielder’s choice
… Beak gets credit for the “ground ball” … even though the defense didn’t turn it into an out …
#39 … that was a joke, JP … and I’m betting that MattV passes it on to his listeners … seems like his style of humor … (or was your post because MattV said it on air? if so, and you don’t know why, see #30)
This should be Baek’s last inning.
Agone should also get a Gold Glove this year.
#41@LynchMob: Gotcha (with egg on my face).
#42@Kevin: Don’t you agree that the 5th should have been Baek’s last inning?
Serious question … is the extra inning worth the out? Is it a clear trade-off either way … or truely case-by-case? Even if case-by-case, Beak is clearly what I would call a “below-average #5 starter at best” and so having him go “an extra inning” sure seems risky … and if/when that comes at the expense of an out, it doesn’t seem worth it …
Baek is a stud (tonight, anyway) … thru top of 6th …
Pitches-strikes – O Perez 80-49; C Baek 97-57.
Ground balls-fly balls – O Perez 4-6; C Baek 10-7.
Batters faced – O Perez 20; C Baek 27.
#45@LynchMob: I agree.
But since he started the sixth, I meant this REALLY BETTER be his last inning.
OG is gonna have a nice blueberry in the morning.
#44@JP: If we go 22 innings again tonight, you can enjoy some of those eggs for an early breakfast
Question for you JP … were you responding to Steve’s post … or did MattV say that on the broadcast?
#18@LynchMob: LeBlanc with 6 very nice IPs so far (0 ERs, 8Ks) … Chase with a double and an RBI … Antonelli 0-for-3 … Beavers up 5-1 after 6 …
#49@LynchMob: Steve’s post.
Yet another quality start for a Padres starter.
I have never seen three guys hit, in the same inning.
Padres HBP’d the bases loaded. This is one of their best plays.
What a crack-up … Padres’ offense gets HBP’d to load the bases …
Exactly what is it, that Tony Clark does well?
#56@Field39: Be big … and “lead” … I s’pose …
#57@LynchMob: Oh, and I know one more thing … “hit well in spring training” … I saw it with my own eyes … he hit some monstor blasts …
That could have gone better. But hey, they threatened to score without a hit or walk.
OT … if you’re a Padres minor league fan, you’ll get a kick out of this AAA box score …
http://tinyurl.com/5gcsv8
HR’s by Yordany Ramirez and David Freese in a game where Jack Cassel was the winning pitcher!
They pinch hit with Clark, then double switch with Gerut??????
I have to say. I’m becoming less and less enamored with Bud Black and his managing strategy. Of everyone on the bench, Tony Clark was the most likely to hit into a DP and the most likely to K. He did neither but he still didn’t get the run home. Jody Gerut is the best PH option at that point. And he wasted two players there because Gerut was coming in on defense anyways. I’m not sure what the heck this guy is thinking.
#61@Field39: As opposed to what? What did you want Bud to do there?
I do understand why he went with Clark because Randolph would have put in a lefty if he pinch-hit Gerut. Still, I would’ve preferred a Gerut-Schoenweis matchup over Clark against anybody in that situation. Gerut draws walks, makes solid contact, and rarely hits into double plays. Obviously, Bud Black has more faith in Clark than I do (and probably many other Padre fans) in that situation.
#62@JMAR: Didn’t the double-switch make it so that it’s not true that “he wasted two players there”? I’m no Bud-fan … but this move didn’t seem bad to me …
#63@LynchMob: In that situation, I have more confidence in Gerut than Clark. I am assuming, Buddy was concerned with them sending up a left hander to face Gerut.
Corey reminds me of one of the guys from 30 Days of Night with all the teeth.
#66@Field39: I agree … which seems another reason the way Bud did this set of moves was OK …
Yo … that was 2 nice IPs for Mr Corey … after top of 8th …
Pitches-strikes – O Perez 89-54; J Smith 12-7; S Schoeneweis 8-6; C Baek 97-57; B Corey 24-15.
Ground balls-fly balls – O Perez 4-7; J Smith 1-0; S Schoeneweis 2-1; C Baek 10-7; B Corey 1-4.
Batters faced – O Perez 23; J Smith 3; S Schoeneweis 3; C Baek 27; B Corey 6.
#65@LynchMob: I like the move, so you don’t waste two players. Then, Gerut moved into the pitcher slot instead of having to use a third player to PH the next inning.
Trevor has gone three in a row. Who pitches the 9th?
#65@LynchMob: Yeah, you’re right Lynch. At the time he sent up Clark, I was thinking, “You’re gonna put Gerut in on defense anyways, so why send up Clark and replace him with the better hitter (Gerut) on defense? Gerut should just hit and then go in for defense.” Anyways, thanks for the correction. Either way, it’s a bad move by Bud.
What’s the over/under for how long this game goes?
Anyone want to take “under 13″?
Anyone want to take “over 22″?
I know batting average is over-rated as a stat, but it’s still rather pathetic that there is ONE player in today’s game that is hitting over .300. I miss Tony.
#70@Field39: Bell in … also note: there won’t be a “save situation” tonight … yet another reason that I suspect Hoffy is “nearly unavialable” …
#72@LynchMob: I’ll take under 13, because that’s all I’ll last…
#72@LynchMob: 9
Heath Bell’s last 10 outings (3-0, 11.1 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 7 K). Yeah, no problems with that guy.
#76@Field39: Thanks for playing … guess again!
I’ll take 22. I won’t last that long, though.
#74@LynchMob: Hoffman won a game two games ago.
Bell’s ERA down to 1.98.
#73@Sean Callahan: The Padres have five regulars with an on-base of .350 or better. Two of them — Gerut and McAnulty — did not start tonight, but they usually do.
I hope this works…
#82@Kevin: O.k….your point is ?
Top of the lineup …
WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How ’bout that!
#82@Kevin: That’s a more telling stat.
Way to go Scotty!
Be careful Barrett ! He almost hurt Hairy during the post game celeb.
The Padres are now 17-17 at home. Four more home games, then five straight interleague series.
#88@Kevin: And the stats you provide tells us what about the Padres offense ? What inference can we make ?
Hairston: 5-for-9 in the series.
Hairston has definitely got a flair for the dramatic.
Major league record set with Padres 4th straight 2-1 win.
These 4 wins aren’t helping the Pads’ Pythagorean record.
#92@JP: .350 is a good to very good on-base percentage. Five players with that mark is better than having four or less.
#97@Kevin: The Padres have the 2nd worst OBP in the league.
The Padres have won 10 of 18, nine of 13 and four straight. Pick the run you like best.
#98@JP:
Kevin is resident super optimist.
#97@Kevin: Yes, but five players with that .350 mark has brought how much value to the club ? At this point, this is truly one of worst offensive Padres teams I have ever seen. Thankfully though the Padres pitching is good which will hopefully prevent a disastrous season.
#98@JP: True. I didn’t say they have a great offense. But some of that poor on-base is because of Edmonds and the really poor on-base pct. of Greene, the catchers and Kouzmanoff’s April.
But the offense is better since the beginning of May. That’s something. Not the 1927 Yankees, but baby steps …
#99@Kevin: I prefer four straight, less math.
#29@Field39:
Thanks. Just geting caught up.
Hairston is dangerous in the late game.
#101@JP: Yep, leading the league in Quality Starts and a really impressive bullpen, especially since the beginning of May, are the team’s strengths. Along with Adrian and Giles.
Yes, their weakness is their offense.
#100@Stephen: Gotcha. I like the optimism and you can’t argue much with 9 of 13 but how in the world can this pitching staff be expected to perform like this ?
We won…………………….Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn’t see a second of it.
#106@Kevin: But the offense cannot get worse only better and we have been pitching better without our two aces so maybe this season is not lost
I’d had a long week and fell asleep about 8:20.
I woke up, came downstairs, and my wife was watching Househunters.
Of course, I ask how the Padres are doing.
First pitch, Ding Dong, Pitch Dead.
I promise to only use my power for good, not evil.
(remember I called the last 13 inning game as well.)
Let’s make it 5 in a row tomorrow.
#109@JP: Yeah, we have gone from the season is over (trade everyone) to eight games back with 98 to play.
#106@Kevin: Are we not leading all of baseball in Quality Starts ?
Best news of the night ? Leblanc had another good start down at Portland. Maybe Leblanc does get a September start on the big club this year !
A great outing from Baek might be the most unlikely thing that has happened in the past two weeks.
#112@JP: According to ESPN.com, we were second to Arizona going into tonight — 38-34.
#114@Kevin: That’s the NL.
#111@Kevin: They are inching back towards .500 and soon KT’s phone will be ringing off hook, with GMs wanting to talk about Wolf, Giles, Maddux…
It will soon be decision time.
#116@Field39: That might be at the trade deadline, right?
#113@Kevin: Banks’ shutout still seems more unlikely to me …
According to “The Bill James Gold Mine 2008,” Hairston was on the active roster for 36 games last season. He hit five home runs in clutch situations. Two were walk-off homers.
As a team, the White Sox had the same amount of clutch homers last season.
#118@LynchMob: Maybe. But Baek stunk going into tonight, right?
#117@Kevin: The do not necessarily have the luxury of waiting until the deadline. A good offer could come at any time, between now and the deadline. If so, they will be forced to decide when the offers come.
#121@Field39: Darn. Five interleague series before the break. I hope they don’t stink during those. Their interleague history is not good.
#100@Stephen: We could remove my comments and the most negative comments — like the best and worst scores in the Olympics.
KT has said a couple of times, that Chase will be up before the next interleague series. Who is odd man out? Huber? Clark?
Adrian gets some SI love:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/gennaro_filice/06/06/threeup.threedown/index.html?eref=si_mlb
Just got home… Another 2-1 win, 4 in a row, thats a b-ball record I heard. I hope everyone voted for my boy Scotty on the post-game tonite. Kid is on fire!!! 3-4 last night, great night on D tonite (again) and a flair for the dramatic is certainly the best way to describe it. Go Padres!
btw, it was great to watch the crushed looks on Mets fans at the park tonite, how can they lose three in a row to the “pop-gun Pads?”
Parking: $10.00
Tickets: $28.00 (X2)
Hot dog, peanuts and a beer :$19.00
watching NY fans wander out dejected: PRICELESS (earn 1 more beer : )
Just got back from the game. A win is always fun, it’s all interesting to see the new ways Padres can get out of a beses loaded situation with less than 2 outs and not score a run….
#124@Field39: Huber most likely. He’s pretty much a waste of a roster spot right now.
#124@Field39: My money’s on Clark, what have you done for me lately. Huber can hit (sometimes) and doesn’t have to be pinch run for. He may not be able to throw accurately all the time, but he can catch a fly ball without help from a GPS nav system (unlike Magellanulty).
#112@JP: Make that a great start by Leblanc, and some good hitting off of Dan Meyer (the “haul” for Tim Hudson).
Re: Leblanc, mixes his pitches well. was actually setting up the bugs bunny changeup, ~72, with a 78 change and a fastball with surprising giddyup (87-92!). maybe the sacramento gun was fast. Not a single ball was hit really hard, the double was a grounder inside the bag at third. Whatever was going on with him earlier in the season (tipping the change?) seems behind him, that’s 3 great starts in a row.
Headley hit a booming 400 ft double (right-handed) to the base of the wall in center, and also had a couple of singles. Ambres and Myrow look like hitters, too. Antonelli really looks lost, getting himself in pitcher’s counts and taking pretty defensive hacks. His low BABiP may just be sustainable…
Will be at the game again tomorrow, should be able to report back on Geer and the gang.
#124@Field39: I think it will be Huber. Neither is hitting particularly well (Clark is hitting better than Huber) and although Huber has more “upside,” Clark is thought to be a “leader.” I just hope Headley is the starting DH and not Clark.
#126@130tom330: Second that priceless comment. The Mets fans were annoying tonight.
And Range Factor, iirc, is Putouts + Assists divided by defensive innings played.
Hooray for wins!
Just for the record, Gerut has 365 career major league PA against lefties, and in them he has a .597 OPS. I don’t really like Clark hitting either, but no one on the bench has hit at all this year, and at least Clark has had a really nice eye (.381 OBP).