I don’t know about y’all, but I’m real glad it’s Friday. It’s been a week. But hey, the Pads finally won a game. Woo-hoo!

Before we get into that, I thought I’d point those of you who haven’t yet read this to an excellent Q and A by San Diego’s own Craig Elsten of Padre Director of Scouting Bill Gayton. This is an outstanding read.

Only caught a little of yesterday’s game, so I’ll let others do most of the talking.

San Diego 6, Los Angeles 1 (ESPN)

The Good

• First win of the season.
• Jake Peavy: 11 strikeouts.
• Mark Loretta: three hits; Mark Kotsay, Xavier Nady, and Gary Bennett: two apiece; Mike Bynum’s first big-league hit.
• Four shutout innings from the bullpen.

The Bad

• Second straight game the Padres’ starter has averaged 22 pitches an inning.
• Nine innings from the bullpen in less than 24 hours.
• Four errors.

The Ugly

• Camouflage uniforms. I hate to say this, because I think it’s great that the Pads honor the military, but I just wish they could find a different way to do it.
• Peavy’s tumble off the mound following a pitch to Todd Hundley in the fourth. That was scary.

More on the game:

• There’s no camouflaging Padres’ first win (U-T)
• Padres hold Dodgers to two hits (padres.com)

Tonight: Darren Dreifort vs Clay Condrey at the Q. Game time, 7 PM. Television: Channel 4.