first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (7-1, 3.58 ERA) vs Sergio Mitre (0-0, 5.84 ERA) It’d be nice to see the Pads jump out to an early lead so we don’t have to hear the so-called home crowd chant “Klesko sucks” again. Don’t get me wrong, I love Cubs fans, [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Stauffer (1-1, 4.01 ERA) vs Glendon Rusch (4-1, 2.35 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com The Padres couldn’t quite mount another late-inning comeback Wednesday night, as Geoff Blum‘s bid for a walk-off grand slam fell just shy. Still, there’s something to be said for [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (3-5, 5.11 ERA) vs Doug Davis (6-5, 3.89 ERA) The Padres finish the month of May with a 22-6 record and are 33-19 overall. Everyone is contributing. Somebody gets hurt? Not a problem. Somebody goes into a slump? Not a problem. This is a [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (5-0, 2.00 ERA) vs Wes Obermueller (1-0, 2.43 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Ho hum, the Pads won another one-run game to improve their home record to 17-4 and extend their lead in the NL West to a whopping three [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Darrell May (0-0, 5.53 ERA) vs Victor Santos (2-4, 3.02 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com The Pads completed the sweep of the Giants in San Francisco Sunday afternoon and have now won 20 of their last 25 games. Only St. Louis has [...]

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (7-1, 3.49 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (3-1, 4.79 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Just got in from Vegas; thanks to Jay for posting the key pitcher-batter matchups in yesterday’s comments. Here they are: Padres vs Schmidt: Good: (AB/BA/OBP/SLG/OPS) Sweeney: 20/.350/.458/.750/1.208 [...]

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Tim Stauffer (1-1, 4.44 ERA) vs Noah Lowry (2-5, 5.75 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Las Vegas is a place an existentialist could love. The notion that things don’t have any intrinsic meaning until we assign meaning to them is just so damned [...]

first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (2-5, 5.47 ERA) vs Brad Hennessey (2-0, 3.66 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI Jake Peavy must’ve done something right Thursday night; he made the front page of ESPN and SI’s baseball web sites this morning. I didn’t get to watch the game, [...]

first pitch: 6:40 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (4-0, 2.29 ERA) vs Brandon Webb (6-0, 3.32 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Now that was an ugly game. Nobody really deserved to win it, but the Snakes hung on to reclaim first place in the NL West. Who do [...]

first pitch: 6:40 7:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Darrell May (0-0, 4.24 ERA) vs Brad Halsey (3-2, 3.54 ERA) The Friars beat Arizona in Tuesday night’s opener at the BOB. The final score was 9-5, but it shouldn’t have been that close. The Snakes’ starter, Russ Ortiz, worked behind in the count all [...]