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Padres Month in Review: June 2006

The Padres had a 14-12 record in June. That may not sound great, but it sure beats their 10-17 record during the same month last year. You may remember June 2005. The Pads scored 91 runs in 27 games and allowed 123. Brian Falkenborg, Darrell May, Tim Redding, and Dennys Reyes worked 45 innings between [...]

IGD: Padres vs Athletics (29 Jun 06)

first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Jake Peavy (4-8, 4.50 ERA) vs Dan Haren (6-6, 3.56 ERA) preview: Padres.com Quasi-random observations from Wednesday night’s 8-1 victory over the A’s: Mike Cameron is on fire. After hitting just one homer in his first 142 at-bats with the Padres, he’s knocked eight in his last [...]

IGD: Padres vs Athletics (28 Jun 06)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (4-6, 4.38 ERA) vs Joe Blanton (7-6, 4.67 ERA) previews: Padres.com | ESPN I still can’t find appropriate lyrics, so these will have to do: My daddy took a look On the day that I was born And said he looks like corn And [...]

Series Preview: Padres vs Athletics

A’s are in town for three games starting Tuesday night. What’s up with the team from Oakland? Well, for starters, they’re in first place in the AL West, 1 1/2 games ahead of Texas. Left fielder Nick Swisher has become a bona fide stud in just his second full season. Catcher Jason Kendall has become [...]

IGD: Padres @ Rangers (22 Jun 06)

first pitch: 11:05 a.m., PT television: none matchup: Clay Hensley (4-5, 4.05 ERA) vs John Rheinecker (2-1, 3.60 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN Best of all possible outcomes Wednesday night: Padres get the win, we get to see Aki, and even though he takes the loss, no earned runs are charged to his [...]

IGD: Padres @ Angels (16 Jun 06)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (4-5, 3.96 ERA) vs Jeff Weaver (3-9, 6.15 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN The Padres travel north to square off against the team that knows how to market itself and alienate its own community in the process. Clay Hensley, coming off a [...]

IGD: Padres vs Marlins (10 Jun 06)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (4-4, 4.15 ERA) vs Scott Olsen (4-3, 5.60 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN How ’bout Chris Young? After taking no-hit bids into the sixth inning or later in each of his previous two starts, he goes out and strikes out a career-high [...]

IGD: Padres @ Brewers (5 Jun 06)

first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (4-3, 3.82 ERA) vs Chris Capuano (5-4, 3.33 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN The Padres, who have the best road record of any NL team this year, begin a four-game series in Milwaukee. The Brewers looked like an up-and-coming young team earlier [...]

Padres Month in Review: May 2006

Is it wrong to complain about winning more games in the month of May than any other team in the big leagues? It may not be wrong, but it’s probably in poor taste. The only ways in which the Padres’ 19-10 record can be viewed in an unfavorable light are when we compare it to [...]

IGD: Padres vs Rockies (31 May 06)

first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (3-3, 3.90 ERA) vs Jeff Francis (3-4, 3.86 ERA) If you ever need a reminder of what makes Kevin Towers a solid GM, his acquisition of Clay Hensley for Matt Herges in 2003 isn’t a bad place to look. Herges was a useful enough [...]