first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (6-6, 4.64 ERA) vs Mark Hendrickson (4-11, 3.99 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Padres won the opener at Chavez Ravine, 7-6 in 11 innings. Should’ve been over in regulation, but for the second straight game, the defense let down [...]

first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (8-4, 3.59 ERA) vs Derek Lowe (7-7, 4.19 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets I’ve got nothing this morning, so we’ll get the IGD fired up a little early today. Thank goodness the Padres didn’t get swept in San Francisco. If [...]

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (6-7, 4.61 ERA) vs Jamey Wright (6-8, 4.95 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets How about this heat? It reached 103 F in Clairemont on Saturday, with 65% humidity! That may not seem like much to folks in many parts of [...]

first pitch: 6:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (4-1, 3.38 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (6-6, 3.06 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Padres are 2-6 since the All-Star break, having been outscored, 70-47. Opponents are hitting .324/.396/.612 in those eight games, with 19 home runs. Hooray for exhibition games [...]

first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (4-9, 4.78 ERA) vs Matt Cain (6-6, 4.90 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Round 1 in the battle for supremacy in the NL West goes to the Giants, as they dropped the Padres, 9-3, in the opener at Phone Company [...]

first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (6-5, 4.49 ERA) vs Noah Lowry (4-6, 4.58 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets The Padres fell three outs shy of the sweep against the Phillies on Wednesday, dropping the contest, 5-4, and the homestand. The good news is, the [...]

first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Mike Thompson (3-2, 4.30 ERA) vs Jon Lieber (3-7, 5.56 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets The Padres go for a sweep of the Phillies Wednesday afternoon and try to salvage a split of the current homestand. Four more home runs were hit in [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (5-7, 4.70 ERA) vs Ryan Madson (8-6, 5.91 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets With the way balls have been flying out of Petco Park lately, this should be a fun matchup. Right-handers are batting .350/.411/.520 against Ryan Madson this year. [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (4-1, 3.08 ERA) vs Cole Hamels (2-4, 5.44 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Padres are now 23-27 at home after being swept by the Braves over the weekend. Raise your hand if you think that’s going to get it done.

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (4-8, 4.46 ERA) vs Chuck James (3-0, 2.87 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Welcome to the bandbox, we’ve got fun ‘n’ games: Andruw Jones and Andy Adam LaRoche have hit some serious shots this weekend, but I still cannot believe [...]