first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Chan Ho Park (8-5, 5.66 ERA) vs Dave Williams (8-8, 4.27 ERA) previews: ESPN | Padres.com Padres busted out in a big way Tuesday night. Despite some early baserunning gaffes, the Friars topped the Pirates, 11-3, in the opener at PNC Park. Jake Peavy mostly dominated, [...]

first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (8-4, 3.28 ERA) vs Kip Wells (6-11, 4.65 ERA) preview: Padres.com I paid a visit to one of my favorite bookstores this weekend and picked up a collection of writings by the late, great Jim Murray. The Last of the Best features pieces he [...]

first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Tim Stauffer (3-5, 4.81 ERA) vs Chris Carpenter (14-4, 2.26 ERA) The Padres are now 51-50. That’s insane. Or maybe just awesome and innovative. Don’t worry, I don’t know what I’m talking about either. Breaking an eight-game losing streak will do that to a guy. It’s like [...]

first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Stauffer (3-5, 4.42 ERA) vs Vicente Padilla (5-8, 5.61 ERA) preview: Padres.com This is a composite of a few shots I took of Stauffer warming up before his last start at Petco against the Diamondbacks. I hadn’t been that close to a big-league pitcher in [...]

first pitch: 4:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (5-9, 4.27 ERA) vs Kris Benson (6-3, 3.57 ERA) previews: ESPN | Padres.com Oh, goody. Games on the east coast. Games that I don’t get home in time to watch. Lawrence’s starts this year by runs allowed: G IP H R ER HR BB [...]

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Stauffer (3-4, 4.55 ERA) vs Brad Halsey (5-7, 4.26 ERA) previews: ESPN | Padres.com Comic-Con was great Saturday, as it always is. We went there mainly to see the Serenity panel. For those of us who find the new Star Wars movies a little–how shall [...]

first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (5-7, 4.34 ERA) vs Jason Jennings (4-8, 5.59 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com Rookie Tim Stauffer bounced back strong after a 34-pitch first inning Friday night. Spotting the Rockies to a 2-0 lead courtesy of a blast off the bat of about-to-be-traded [...]

first pitch: 6:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Stauffer (2-4, 4.78 ERA) vs Jamey Wright (5-8, 5.14 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com Friars narrowly averted a sweep at Houston, beating the Astros 7-5 Thursday. Now it’s off to Denver for three games of Arena Baseball before the All-Star break. Eric Young [...]