Fun weekend in Philadelphia. Fun road trip. Four out of six against two playoff contenders back east? Works for me. Now the boys return to Petco for a huge four-game series against Arizona. We can whine about the fact that the Diamondbacks are outperforming their Pythagorean record by 12 games or we can acknowledge the [...]
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1969: Padres Lose Sixth Straight
August 27, 1969, San Diego: Mets 4, Padres 1 (box score) There’s domination, and then there’s DOMINATION. This game qualified as the latter. Mets left-hander Jerry Koosman gave up a solo home run to Ollie Brown with two out in the first inning. The next batter, Al Ferrara, singled to left. From that point on, [...]
IGD: Padres @ Phillies (26 Aug 07)
Game #129 time: 10:35 a.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Tim Stauffer (0-0, 17.18) vs Kyle Kendrick (6-3, 4.06) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Four things: Glad to see Doug Brocail take care of business with Carlos Ruiz. Plunking the punk in the hip won’t hasten Marcus Giles‘ return from the DL, but it’s good to know [...]
1969: Mets Beat Padres Twice on Tuesday
August 26, 1969, San Diego: Mets 8, Padres 4 (box score); Mets 3, Padres 0 (box score) Dick Kelley and Tom Seaver squared off in the opener. The Padres took a 2-0 lead in the second on a one-out Nate Colbert walk followed by a two-out Cito Gaston home run. The Mets tied the score [...]
IGD: Padres @ Phillies (25 Aug 07)
Game #128 time: 4:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Clay Hensley (2-3, 6.70) vs Kyle Lohse (7-12, 4.61) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Three things: Carlos Ruiz is an idiot. Thanks for lighting a fire under the team’s collective posterior. Here’s hoping Marcus Giles is okay. Great response by the Padres. Embarrassing the opposition in its [...]
IGD: Padres @ Phillies (24 Aug 07)
Game #127 time: 4:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (9-9, 3.90) vs Jamie Moyer (11-6, 4.12) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Greg Maddux and Jamie Moyer both made their big-league debuts in 1986 with the Chicago Cubs. Moyer’s first game came on June 16. He beat Steve Carlton and the Phillies, 7-5, at Wrigley [...]
Padres/Phillies Preview
Was that an insane series in New York or what? Thank goodness the Padres hung on to win on Thursday night (box score). Taking two out of three against the Mets in their home park is a pretty slick trick, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. We’ll postpone the weekly link roundup [...]
1969: Padres Swept in Philadelphia
August 24, 1969, Philadelphia: Phillies 6, Padres 4 (box score) The Padres, who had lost the first two of a three-game series in Philly, sent Tommie Sisk out to the mound for the finale on a Sunday afternoon. Sisk entered the contest with an 0-7 record, so he didn’t fit the classic definition of “stopper,” [...]
IGD: Padres @ Mets (23 Aug 07)
Game #126 time: 4:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (6-7, 4.18) vs Tom Glavine (11-6, 4.12) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com It’s amazing to think that these two pitchers have combined to win 308 games in the big leagues. What’s that? Tom Glavine accounts for 301 of those? Yes, I know. I’m sorry, did [...]
Peavy Ties Benes, Bullpen (Barely) Holds On to Beat Mets
Nice to hang on for the win Wednesday night (box score). Congrats to Jake Peavy for tying Andy Benes’ career mark for strikeouts by a Padres pitcher. The game wasn’t without its white-knuckle moments, aka the ninth inning. Several folks have noted that the Padres are having difficulty closing out games, and I’m happy (or [...]
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