first pitch: 9:35 a.m., PT television: none matchup: Tim Stauffer (big-league debut) vs Paul Wilson (1-3, 7.25 ERA) Brian Lawrence‘s road struggles continued Tuesday, as the Pads were unable to overcome their second straight 5-1 defecit in the ninth. More poor baserunning and lack of clutch hitting were contributing factors, as were the decisions to [...]

first pitch: 4:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (2-3, 5.19 ERA) vs Brandon Claussen (1-3, 5.60 ERA) game preview: CBS The Padres, fielding their projected Opening Day starting lineup for the first time all year, mounted an improbable comeback victory in the series opener at Cincy. And although he went 0 for [...]

first pitch: 4:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (2-0, 2.32 ERA) vs Aaron Harang (1-2, 3.96 ERA) game preview: CBS The bad news is, the Padres are coming off a 15-5 shellacking at the hands of the Cardinals. The good news is, the Friars still managed to take three of four in [...]

first pitch: 11:15 a.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Redding (0-4, 6.00 ERA) vs Jason Marquis (4-1, 2.85 ERA) game previews: ESPN | CBS SportsLine | SI Padres look to complete a most unlikely four-game sweep at Busch Stadium. Seems highly improbable, but then, so did a win behind Darrell May. Can Redding put [...]

first pitch: 11:15 a.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (3-1, 3.48 ERA) vs Chris Carpenter (4-1, 3.86 ERA) game preview: CBS SportsLine AB BA OBP SLG Eaton vs current Cardinals 97 .247 .362 .546 Carpenter vs current Padres 84 .226 .261 .298 Anybody notice the Pads have won five straight? Sure, those first [...]

first pitch: 5:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Darrell May (0-0, 4.26 ERA) vs Jeff Suppan (2-3, 3.23 ERA) The preseason favorite to win the #5 spot in the rotation makes his first start as a Padre. Unfortunately, he’ll be making it against a team full of guys who beat him like a rug. [...]

first pitch: 5:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (2-3, 5.46 ERA) vs Matt Morris (2-0, 2.12 ERA) game preview: Padres.com AB BA OBP SLG Lawrence vs current Cardinals 102 .353 .450 .627 Morris vs current Padres 154 .266 .323 .409 Mark Grudzielanek (.158/.158/.158 in 19 AB) and Albert Pujols (.231/.375/.308 in 13 [...]

first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Jake Peavy (2-0, 1.77 ERA) vs Jason Jennings (1-3, 4.55 ERA) game previews: CBS SportsLine Afternoon start, no television. Peavy tries to nail down the sweep against the Rox. AB BA OBP SLG Peavy vs current Rockies 43 .256 .289 .419 Jennings vs current Padres 222 .324 [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Redding (0-4, 7.94 ERA) vs Jamey Wright (1-2, 6.85 ERA) game previews: ESPN | CBS SportsLine Damian Jackson, recalled to replace last night’s hero Adam Hyzdu, who has been DFA’d, gets the start at shortstop. Call it the Ducksnorts curse. I’ll try not to put [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (2-1, 2.93 ERA) vs Jeff Francis (1-0, 4.37 ERA) game previews: ESPN | CBS SportsLine | SI | Padres.com And in come the Rockies. SI shows the Padres starting an outfield of Miguel Ojeda in LF, Adam Hyzdu in CF, and Xavier Nady in [...]