first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams vs Derek Lowe Good to see the Pads complete the sweep of SF. In case you missed it, they beat the Giants, 5-2 behind Brian Lawrence‘s strong pitching. Richard, Lance, and I had a solid chat going throughout the game. Where were you? So [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence vs Jerome Williams Geez, could I have waited any longer to get this posted? I defer to Richard for the details on tonight’s contest. I’m not seeing a lot of success on the Padres side against Williams. For the Giants, Michael Tucker and Ray [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy vs Brett Tomko Having been shut down by the likes of Derek Lowe, Scott Erickson, and Jeff Weaver in a weekend sweep at the hands of the Dodgers, the Pads return home and hope to rebound behind Peavy. They’ll try to do it without [...]

first pitch: 1:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Redding vs Jeff Weaver Pads dropped Saturday night’s game, 8-3. The usual culprits: sloppy defense, poor clutch hitting. And now the club has lost shortstop Khalil Greene to a broken right ring finger. Of all the guys the Pads couldn’t afford to lose… Anyway, today [...]

So there’s your first shutout of the year. Three hits and a walk against Derek Lowe, another lackluster performance from Woody Williams. Tonight’s matchup looks a little better for the Pads. first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton vs Scott Erickson I’ll be honest: Prior to this series, I didn’t realize [...]

first pitch: 7:40 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams vs Derek Lowe ESPN still has Elmer Dessens listed as tonight’s starter for Los Angeles (sorry, the team in Anaheim doesn’t get that name in my book), but the U-T has Lowe, so we’ll go with him. Among Dodger regulars, Jeff Kent has had [...]

Game 1 first pitch: 10:05 a.m., PT television: Channel 4, WGN matchup: Jake Peavy vs Kerry Wood As Jonny German over at Batters’ Box pointed out in the comments to yesterday’s game that didn’t happen, the Padres have drawn more walks this year than Baltimore, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, and the ChiSox combined. Today’s starter [...]

first pitch: 11:20 a.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy vs Mark Prior The matchup we’ve all been waiting for is here. Career numbers: Age IP P/GS H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 ERA Peavy 24 465.1 96.0 8.30 1.10 3.29 8.30 3.48 Prior 24 446.2 107.1 7.92 0.87 2.74 10.70 3.08 Brian Giles is hitting [...]

first pitch: 11:20 a.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton vs Ryan Dempster Eaton and Dempster both attempt to bounce back from poor season debuts as the Padres head to the Windy City for a three-game series. Which reminds me, if you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Redding vs Dave Williams AB H HR BB SO BA OBP SLG Redding vs current Pirates: 85 21 1 10 17 .247 .326 .329 Williams vs current Padres: 27 6 0 1 2 .222 .250 .370 Redding makes his first start for his new ballclub. [...]